She got her start at San Francisco Opera where she held an Adler Fellowship, singing roles such as Xenia in "Boris Godunov", Papagena in "Die Zauberflöte", Duchesse Medina-Sidonia in Milhaud's "Christoph Colombe", Marie in "La fille du régiment" and Fiakermilli in "Arabella". Her role-debut of Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos" was the vehicle of her return to San Francisco Opera in 2002. She reprised the role at the Richard-Strauss-Festspiele in Garmisch with Ulf Schirmer, Los Angeles Opera and at Houston Grand Opera.