Other works

Originated the role of The Mother Abbess in 1959, in Broadway's "The Sound of Music"

She was featured in the original production of Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera, "The Consul".

(1950s-1960s) She directed her own chamber opera company in New York City devoted to contemporary works.

(1950-1960s) She recorded music by Gian Carlo Menotti and Samuel Barber.

(1951 - 1966) She was a principal singer for the New York City Opera in New York City. She played Leah in David and Alex Tamkin's world premiere opera production, "The Dybbuk." She played the Mother in Hugo Weisgall's world premiere original opera, "Six Characters in Search of an Author." She played Marie in Alban Berg's opera, "Wolzeck." She played the Governess in Benjamin Britten's opera, "The Turn of the Screw;" and she played Laura Gates in Mark Bucci's opera, "Tale for a Deaf Ear."

(1958) She played the role of Mother in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, "Maria Golovin" on Broadway in New York City.

(April 1950) She played Magda Sorol in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, "The Consul," on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York City. She sang the song, "To This We've Come" in Act II. She would revise the role at the City Opera.

(March 1950) She played Magda Sorol in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, "The Consul," in the original production in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(1960) She played Mother Abbess in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical, "The Sound of Music," on Broadway in New York City with Mary Martin in the cast. She sang "Climb Every Mountain."