She turned to dramatic roles, such as Bizet's Carmen and Fricka im Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
She performed the role of Anja Larsson in the premiere of Philippe Manoury's 60e Parallèle [fr] at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 3 March 1997.
At the Oper Frankfurt, she appeared as Babuschka in Prokofieff's Der Spieler, and Gertrud in Humperdick's Hänsel und Gretel, among others.
[6] In 2000, she recorded with the same choir the alto part in Bach's St Matthew Passion, alongside Andreas Wagner as the Evangelist, Friedemann Kunder as the vox Christi, and soprano Britta Stallmeister.
Her students have included Anne Bierwirth, Björn Bürger, Kateryna Kasper, Katharina Magiera, and Esther Dierkes.