Ridley Scott's 2001 film "Hannibal" features a scene from Dante's "La Vita Nuova"; in it, de Niese sings as the character Beatrice the song "Vide Cor Meum" by Patrick Cassidy. She was subsequently asked to perform the title role in the Met's production of Maurice Ravel's "L'enfant et les sortilèges". Other Met roles include Cleopatra in "Giulio Cesare" (2007), Euridice in "Orfeo ed Euridice" (2009), and Susanna in the same production of "The Marriage of Figaro" in which she sang Barbarina in 1998.