A member of the NDR Chor based in Hamburg, she appeared as a soloist in opera and concert, including premieres of contemporary music such as Stravinsky's Threni and Schoenberg's Moses und Aron.
These included Lady Pamela in Auber's Fra Diavolo in 1954, alongside Wilma Lipp, Rudolf Schock and James Pease;[2] and in 1955 as Benjamin in Méhul's Joseph, with Libero de Luca in the title role.
[7] She sang as a soloist and in the choir at the première of Arnold Schoenberg's unfinished opera Moses und Aron at the Musikhalle Hamburg on 12 March 1954.
[12] She participated in the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt in 1964, performing in Golem, subtitled Polemic for nine singers (1962) by Hans G. Helms, conducted by Fred Barth.
[13] In 1959 she recorded the alto part of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Ingeborg Wenglor, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, and Theo Adam, choir of Radio Leipzig (now MDR Chor) and the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Franz Konwitschny.