She gained international recognition in 1995 with her Salzburg Festival debut, where she sang Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro staged by Luc Bondy, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
She became a regular guest soloist in Salzburg, returning to consecutive seasons in The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna), La clemenza di Tito (Servilia), The Magic Flute (Pamina), Idomeneo (Ilia).
In 1998, she performed Norina in Don Pasquale with La Monnaie,[7] and was engaged as Ännchen in the premiere of the new Der Freischütz conducted by Mehta at the Bavarian State Opera,[8] where she returned in later seasons in new productions of Beethoven's Fidelio,[9] Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress,[10] and Handel's Rodelinda.
[16] In 2006 she appeared as the role at the Royal Opera House (director: David McVicar; conductor: Antonio Pappano) and the Salzburg Festival (again with Harnoncourt conducting, and staged by Claus Guth).
She was featured in Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Mozart and Schumann programme, where she interpreted Frauen-Liebe und Leben accompanied by Mitsuko Uchida.
[20] She then teamed up with Les Violons du Roy in performances involving Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, excerpts of King Arthur and The Fairy-Queen.