 After further studies in Milan, with Giannina Russ, and an absence from the stage of almost ten years, she made a new debut as a soprano using her married name Grandi in 1932, at the Teatro Carcano in Milan, in the title role of Verdi's "Aida".She made her debut at La Scala in 1934, as Helen in Boito's "Mefistofele".She made her British debut in 1939 at Glyndebourne, as Verdi's Lady Macbeth, considered her greatest role.