 Highlights of the tour were her roles as Orpheus in Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" and the title role in "Carmen" by Bizet.After the company went bankrupt, she returned to Europe and worked in Russia (where she sang a complete "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Wagner), in the Netherlands (where she sang at the Hollandsche Opera and the Nederlandse Opera), and in Germany.Van Zanten ended her singing career in 1895 and accepted a position as senior professor of solo singing at the Amsterdam conservatory, coaching many well-known Dutch singers such as Jos Tijssen, Julia Culp and Tilly Koene.