Moving to Düsseldorf, she began performing Dorabella, Venus, Octavian, Eboli, Carmen and Klytemnestra. She was then invited to perform in Carmen at Covent Garden in 1949 (returning for the Ring in 1959, Klytemnestra in 1966 and Die schweigsame Frau in 1972, and joined the Hamburg State Opera in the same year.
She began performing Dorabella, Venus, Octavian, Eboli, Carmen, and Klytemnestra in Düsseldorf. She was then invited to perform Carmen at Covent Garden in 1949 (returning for the Ring in 1959, Klytemnestra in 1966, and Die schweigsame Frau in 1972, and joined the Hamburg State Opera in the same year.