She also performed in contemporary operas, creating the role of Countess de la Roche in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten in Cologne in 1965, conducted by Michael Gielen.
She was a member of the Theater Würzburg from 1951, moved to the Opernhaus Wuppertal the following season, and in 1954 to the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where she remained for the rest of her career.
On 15 February 1965, she created there the role of the Countess de la Roche in the world premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera Die Soldaten.
The following year, she sang in Fidelio at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and was Brünnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at La Monnaie in Brussels.
In 1963, she performed as Sieglinde in Die Walküre at La Scala in Milan, and appeared at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux.