 Later that year she performed the role of Bess with the NYCO and was heard as Liu in Puccini's "Turandot" with the Florida Grand Opera.In 1991 she toured to 56 North American cities with the NYCO, performing Countess Almaviva in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro".Music critic John Rockwell of "The New York Times" stated in his review that "[McMillian's] soprano, big and shining like a cross between Eleanor Steber and Martina Arroyo, commands attention.