 In 1957 she created the role of the Countess in the world premiere of Stanley Hollingsworth's "La Grande Breteche" which was commissioned for television by the NBC Opera Theatre (NBCOT).For other NBCOT television broadcasts she also portrayed Helene in "War and Peace"(1957), Maddalena in "Rigoletto" (1958), and Marina Mniszech in "Boris Godunov" (1961).In 1957 Lane made her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Princess Eboli in Verdi's "Don Carlo", where she was also heard that season as Ulrica in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera".