Her well-managed voice, unified from top to bottom,[1] of moderate volume and fine quality, fitted her well for the lyric Italian repertory and she was soon in demand throughout Europe.
[citation needed] She performed in productions by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (La bohème at the Dorothy Chandler's Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1987 and Massenet's Manon at the Vienna State Opera in 1997), Dietrich Hillsdorf (Don Carlo at the Aalto Musiktheater of Essen in 1988), Steven Pimlott (Micaela in Carmen at Earl's Court in London in 1989), Robert Carsen’s Manon Lescaut in Antwerp (1991) and Paris (1993) respectively, Robert Wilson (Cio-Cio San in Paris National Opera in 1994), Harry Kupfer (Suor Angelica at the Hamburg State Opera in 1995), Franco Zeffirelli (La bohème at the San Carlo of Naples in 1996), Pier'Alli (Mefistofele at the Vienna State Opera in 1998–2000), and Giorgio Strehler (Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan in 2005).
She made her American debut at the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico, in 1987, as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, and later that same year appeared as Mimì in La bohème in Los Angeles, opposite Plácido Domingo.
[citation needed] She can be heard in many recordings, notably in Pagliacci, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, La bohème, Tosca, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Egmont, Brahms' Requiem, Don Carlo's Act 5 duet with Ramon Vargas for RCA, as well as a recital of Italian opera arias for Naxos.
[citation needed] Her career has continued successfully with concerts and recitals all over Europe and the United States, and she proved a deeply touching interpreter in certain roles, notably Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Angelica and Mimì.