 She began her career on Broadway, in 1948-49, in Kurt Weill's "Love Life", opposite Nanette Fabray, directed by Elia Kazan.She left for Europe to begin a career in opera, performing first under the name Giulia Bardi.She made her debut at La Monnaie in Brussels, as Elvira in "I puritani", in 1951, and remained with that theatre until 1954.