Her debut performance at the Metropolitan Opera came during the 1999-2000 season, in eleven performances in the role of Myrtle Wilson in the world premiere of John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" (first performance on December 20, 1999). During this same season, she also appeared as Sesto in the New York City Opera's production of Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito", as well as playing La Pelerin in Kaija Saariaho's "Clemence" at the Salzburg Festival. Her only other appearances at the Met came in two gala performances where she sang the spiritual "Deep River" (1999), and the fourth act of Bizet's Carmen in 2000, and finally four performances in February, 2003 in the role of Dido in Berlioz's 'Les Troyens. She was scheduled to sing the role of Orfeo in a new production of Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice". On her death, she was replaced by countertenor David Daniels, and the four performances run in May 2007 were dedicated to her memory.