 After her contract with Col. Mapleson lapsed, William Steinway introduced her to the conductor Theodore Thomas, and she accepted an offer to tour with the Wagnerian artists Amalie Materna, Christina Nilsson, Hermann Winkelmann, and Emil Scaria.Juch sang alternate nights with Nilsson as Elsa in Wagner's "Lohengrin".Juch was the first singer contracted by the American Opera Company in 1886.