Born in America, she graduated from Indiana University with a Masters Degree in Music.
Operatic appearances include Madame Lidoine/Dialogues des Carmélites (La Scala, Madrid, NYCO, Netherlands Opera); Ellen Orford/Peter Grimes (Barcelona); the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos (Spoleto Festival USA); Elsa/Lohengrin (Madrid, Barcelona); Musetta/La bohème (The Met, Opéra National de Paris, Verona); the title role in Jenufa (Venice, Amsterdam, Naples, Cincinnati, Toronto); the title role of The Bartered Bride (The Met, Geneva, Toronto) Freia/Das Rheingold (Madrid); the title role in Rusalka (Seattle, The Met); the title role in Kát’a Kabanová (Opéra National de Paris), Eva/Die Meistersinger (The Met); Nedda/I Pagliacci (The Met, NYCO); Antonia/Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Vienna Staatsoper).