 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.Her Metropolitan debut in New York came in 2001 with role of Mimì, followed by Cio-Cio San and Mimì at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House.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, Brahm's Requiem, Don Carlo's Act 5 duet with Ramon Vargas for RCA, as well as a recital of Italian opera arias for Naxos.