In 1997, Milan invited her onto the famous stage of La Scala to perform Ponchielli's "La Gioconda". Her debut in Milan was soon followed by other debuts at other famous opera houses: "Madama Butterfly" at San Francisco Opera, Verdi's "Jerusalem "at Carnegie Hall in New York, "Nabucco" in Zürich with Nello Santi as well as Nabucco, "Aida" and "Tosca "at the famous Arena di Verona, "Macbeth" in Paris and "Tosca" in Berlin. "Aida" in Munich followed and, in 2000, her first performances at the Metropolitan Opera in "Madama Butterfly". Later in 2000 "Manon Lescaut" at Opera Pacific, "Ernani "at the Madrid Opera, "Aida" in Macerata, "Tosca" in Paris and Tokyo, "La Gioconda" at Carnegie Hall and "Macbeth" in Berlin.