 She was offered a long term contract with the Theater Dortmund in 1962, singing there for the next three years.When the new Opernhaus Dortmund was opened in 1966, she performed the title role Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss, alongside with Elisabeth Grümmer as Marschallin and Kurt Böhme as Ochs, the Dortmunder Philharmoniker conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter.In 1965 she joined the roster of principal singers at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, where she sang through 1970, and then later returned often as a guest artist.