Born in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, she began her musical studies in Bonneville (Haute Savoie), and later in Geneva, with Magda Fonay-Besson.
She completed her training at the Paris Opéra-Studio with René Koster and Vera Rosza.
She made her stage debut as Pamina, in a production of The Magic Flute by the Opéra-Studio, in 1976.
She joined the Opéra National de Lyon, where she sang a memorable Mélisande in 1980.
She created the role of the Page in Philippe Boesmans's La Passion de Gilles in 1983.