A friend of the family then asked the opera singer Pauline Lucca to talk the girl out of her career aspirations, which she agreed to do.

In May 1888, following a request from Bolko von Hochberg [de], she came to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden as a replacement for the singer Marie Renard.

So she rehearsed with Johanna Jachmann-Wagner the Wagner's roles of Elisabeth, Elsa and Senta, but had to sing Marie, Zerline and Susanne instead.

After this guest performance she became a permanent member of the Vienna Court Opera on September 1 and worked there as a successful singer with a large repertoire for more than 10 years.

However, she gave numerous guest performances, among others at the Teatro Regio di Torino (1895), at La Scala (1896), the Hofoper Munich (1897), in Budapest, Prague and Trieste.