 She then became an artist-in-residence at the Split Summer Festival, and appeared in various roles, with a repertoire that ranged from Monteverdi's "Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" to Orff’s "Carmina burana", and from Rossini’s "Mosè in Egitto" to Strauss’s "Salome".In 1996 she won the Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition, and was invited to sing Puccini ’s "Tosca" with the Opera Company of Philadelphia with Pavarotti.In the same year she sang the role of Santuzza in "Cavalleria rusticana" at the Ravenna Festival, conducted by Riccardo Muti.