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Aida at La Scala, Milan, 1972.

Archivio la Scala

In the recording studio with British mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.

As Phèdre in Jean-Philippe Rameau’s
Hippolyte et Aricie
at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, 1982.

Aix-en-Provence Festival

With pianist Dalton Baldwin, a longtime collaborator.

As Cassandra in Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz, 1983, my Metropolitan Opera debut.

The Metropolitan Opera Archives

With conductor/violinist Vladimir Spivakov.

The Metropolitan Opera Archives

As Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, 1984.

Opéra-Comique de Paris

With accompanist Phillip Moll, with whom I worked for many years.

With conductor Claudio Abbado at the Edinburgh Festival.

With conductor Seiji Ozawa during a recording session.

With conductor James Levine.

With James Levine in recital.

As Elisabeth in Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera. Some years before, I had made my operatic debut in this role at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

The Metropolitan Opera Archives