From April 2009 until June 2011, Novak was holding a scholarship of the Liz Mohn Kultur- und Musikstiftung at the International Operastudio of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.
[1] In the 2009/10 season she sang on the opera stage Servant in Simon Boccanegra, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.
In the summer of 2011 Novak gave her debut with Saffi in Der Zigeunerbaron (director: Brigitte Fassbaender) at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch (recorded for TV and DVD).
In summer 2012 she made her debut as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen [de], Austria, also recorded for DVD.
Novak is also a regular guest on numerous concert stages in Germany and her home country Croatia, e.g. with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.