She was born in Johannesburg. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where from she received a diploma in classical singing. Following a successful career as a singer in Europe, she focused on directing operas. She has worked for more than twelve years as assistant of director Margarete Wallmann (Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Royal Opera of London, Paris Opera, etc.). She premiered at the opera Un ballo in maschera (Capitol Theatre of Toulouse, 1982) and then directed operas in Genoa (La traviata), Toulon, Marseille, Mantua, the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre in Messina, the Teatro Regio in Torino, the Giglio Theatre in Lucca and the Puccini Festival (Torre del Lago). For the Greek National Opera she directed the operas Nabucco (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens Festival, 1992), Otello and Carmen (1998/9, where she also designed the lighting). Her repertoire includes the operas La bohème (Smirne), Il barbiere di Siviglia (San Remo), Madama Butterfly (Puccini Festival), Faust (Grand Rapids Opera, USA), Manon (Palm Beach Opera, USA), Macbeth (Lecce), La sonnambula (Cagliari), Ali Pasha von Janina by Albert Lortzing (Tirana, world premiere), Les pêcheurs de perles (Bombay, New Delhi, Colombo), Rigoletto (Santa Cruz, Tenerife). She has collaborated with significant artists such as Placido Domingo, Seiji Ozawa, Montserrat Caballé, Katia Ricciarelli, Raina Kabaivanska and Roberto Alagna. For many years she was director and producer at the Monte Carlo Opera. // Last update of the biography: October 2025 - The list of productions below is continually updated.