That year, she made her debut in Italian opera as a profundo contralto in Copenhagen under the direction of Achille Lorini.

[1] The following summer was spent at Baden-Baden in study with Pauline Viardot, and in the autumn she began an engagement for Italian opera at Stockholm under the direction of Ferdinand Strakosch.

In the autumn she went to Brussels to sing in Italian opera, and there made a contract with Messrs. Maurice and Max Strakosch for three years in the United States.

[1] Returning to America for the seasons of 1877-78 and 1878–79, she sang in opera with Clara Louise Kellogg and Marie Rose, under the management of director Strakosch.

[1] She married Charles Monson Raymond on June 29, 1882, and after that only sang in private or for charity; and occasionally she assisted the choir at her church.