 On 26 January 2011, she performed the role of the Marschallin in the jubilee centenary performance of "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden.Her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in the role of the Kaiserin in "Die Frau ohne Schatten" took place on 7 November 2013.In 2002, she was named Singer of the Year by the German magazine "Opernwelt".