Upon graduation, in 1972, she won the Rossini International Voice Competition in Milan and American conductor Thomas Schippers invited her to Cincinnati, as Mimi in Puccini's "La Bohème".
Upon graduation, in 1972, she won the Rossini International Voice Competition organized by RAI in Milan. As a result, the American conductor Thomas Schippers invited her to Cincinnati, as Mimi in Puccini's "La Bohème".