Major Debuts
- Professional debut: soprano soloist in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy, July 9, 1972.
- Broadway debut: Treemonisha in Scott Joplin's Treemonisha (Gunther Schuller, Conductor), (Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances), Uris Theatre, New York City, October 1975.
- Operatic debut: Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Michigan Opera Theatre, 1975.
- New York City Opera company debut: Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, 1976.
- San Francisco Opera company debut: Oscar in Un ballo in maschera (Kurt Herbert Adler, Conductor), November 12, 1977.
- Metropolitan Opera company debut: Shepherd in Tannhäuser (James Levine, Conductor), December 22, 1977.
- UK debut and Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut: Nerina in La fedeltà premiata, July 15, 1979.
- Lyric Opera of Chicago company debut: Oscar in Un ballo in maschera (John Pritchard, Conductor), November 26, 1980.
- Salzburg Festival debut and Salzburg opera debut: Despina in Così fan tutte (Ricardo Muti, Conductor), July 28, 1982.
- Salzburg Festival solo recital debut: August 25, 1984.
- Royal Opera, London company debut: Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, June 17, 1985.
- Carnegie Hall solo recital debut: April 27, 1991.
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