Other Notable Roles
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London: 1959: "Glauce" in Medea with Maria Callas in the title role.
1961: “Tytanya” in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conducted by Georg Solti during his first year as music director.
1962: “Pamina” in The Magic Flute conducted by Otto Klemperer.
1963: "The Countess" in Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Solti with Tito Gobbi as the Count.
1967: “Arabella” in Richard Strauss’ Arabella. She was the first British singer to perform this role, which she sang opposite Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, conducted by Solti.
1968/69: "Jenifer" in Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage. She also recorded the part in the first complete recording of this work.
La Scala, Milan: "Mimi" in La bohème conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
US Debut: March 1963: She made her American debut in Boston in the Brahms' A German Requiem with Erich Leinsdorf.
Other engagements: These included performances at the Munich Festival (where her Zdenka in Strauss's Arabella opposite Lisa Della Casa prompted her interest in the title role), in Brussels, Monaco and Holland as well as at the Staatsoper in Vienna, the Staatsoper in Berlin, the Staatsoper in Munich, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aries in 1968, and other major houses in Europe.
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