 She earned good notices in 1979 for her Fennimore in Frederick Delius's "Fennimore and Gerda" at London's Camden Festival.She then appeared with ENO in the roles of Miss Jessel in "The Turn of the Screw", Desdemona in "Otello", Elizabeth I in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda", Hélène in Verdi's "Les vêpres siciliennes", Elisabeth de Valois in "Don Carlos", and "Tosca".Her recording of Elizabeth I in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda", with Janet Baker as Mary, Queen of Scots, brought her wider recognition.