 It was with him that she had her first successes in the 1958–59 season as Sophie in Luchino Visconti's production of "Der Rosenkavalier" , and then as Micaela in "Carmen".Under a series of distinguished conductors, Carlyle sang throughout Europe and beyond, making her US debut in March 1963 in the Brahms's "A German Requiem" with Erich Leinsdorf.Now retired, she lives in Wales and teaches singing privately.