She first came to notice when she sang Leila in Georges Bizet's The Pearl Fishers with Victoria State Opera in 1986.
Her American debut that year was as Amina in La sonnambula in San Diego.
Her work in Australia included roles in The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Maria Stuarda, Norma, La traviata, Il trovatore, La bohème, Tosca, Faust, The Tales of Hoffmann, Turandot and others.
Internationally she sang the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes.
In 2004, she was Sieglinde in the first modern Australian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, by the State Opera of South Australia.