 She made her debut as Philine in "Mignon" in June 1881 two months after Colonel James Henry Mapleson engaged her to sing leading soprano roles in Her Majesty's Grand Italian Opera in London, England.She made her United States debut in October of the same year at the Academy of Music in New York City.She subsequently appeared as Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata", as Queen of Night in Mozart's"The Magic Flute", as Martha in Flotow's "Martha", as Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust", as the Queen in Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots", and as Isabella in Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable".