 She appears to have studied, however, at the Madrid Royal Conservatory under Lázaro María Puig and Napoleone Verger, and made her operatic debut in the title role of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Cartagena around 1896.While in Spain, her repertoire included operas such as "La Sonnambula", "La Traviata", "Hamlet", "Lakmé", and "Les Huguenots" (all sung in Italian).After becoming a favorite of the Spanish public, she went on to sing in Italy.