S h o r t l y a f t e r, s h e m a d e
her debut at La Scala in Milan,
where the major part of her career
and greatest triumphs were to take
place. In collaboration with
conductors like Carlo Maria Giulini,
Leonard Bernstein, Gianandrea
Gavazzeni, and directors like Franco
Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti, lavish
productions of works such as
Cherubini’s Medea, Spontini’s La
Vestale,
Bellini’s
La
sonnambula and Norma,
Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Poliuto,
Verdi’s La traviata and Un ballo in
maschera, were made especially for
her to great acclaim.
She also made guest appearances at
the RoyalOpera House in London,
the Berlin State Opera, the Paris
Opera, the Lyric Chicago Opera, the Dallas Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New
York City.
In 1958, ͡