hɜː wˈɜːk æz ɐ dᵻɹˈɛktɚ bɪɡˈæn wɪððə dˈaɪ vˈɛɹɚtˌeɪlʌŋ dˈɛs lˈuːkʌləs ʌv pˈɔːl dᵻssˈaʊ ænd bˈɜːɾoʊlt bɹˈɛxt, æt ðə dˈɔɪtʃ stˈɑːtsoʊpɚ, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti.
Her work as a director began with the Die Verurteilung des Lukullus of Paul Dessau and Bertolt Brecht, at the Deutsche Staatsoper, in 1960.