 From 1960 she was a lead soprano singer of the Belgrade Opera and sang in the first Yugoslav staging of Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" (as Abigaille) and "Attila" (as Odabella), and Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma".She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1967 as Leonora in "La forza del destino" and went to sing with the company as Liù in "Turandot", Amelia in "Simon Boccanegra", Mimì in "La bohème" and the title roles of "Aida" and "La Gioconda".She performed major soprano roles opposite Mario del Monaco, Franco Corelli, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Tito Gobbi, Nicolai Gedda and Bruno Prevedi amongst others.