Having begun her career in Italian opera, she is now recognized as a leading force in the German and contemporary repertories. She hasappeared on the stages of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real (Madrid), Oper Frankfurt, Opéra Na tional de Bordeaux, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Bregenz Festival, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Geneva Opera, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Teatro Municipal Santiago, Dallas Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Opéra National de Toulouse in roles including Venus (Tannhäuser), Leonore (Fidelio), and Katerina Ismailova (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District). Highlights of the 2012/3 season include Isolde (Tristan und Isolde, Salz burger Landestheater) and the title roles in Paul Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Opéra de Dijon) and R. Strauss’ Elektra (Opéra de Marseille). // Last update of the biography: June 2013