 Everard joined Richard D'Oyly Carte's company at the Opera Comique after numerous appearances throughout London.It was for him, in November 1877, that she created the part of Mrs. Partlett in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "The Sorcerer".When "The Spectre Knight" by James Albery and Alfred Cellier was added to the programme in February 1878, she created the part of the First Lady-in-Waiting ("a capital Dueña", wrote "The Examiner").