sentences:  Schuh was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.Her first leading role with the New Orleans Opera Association (at the age of eighteen) was the page-boy Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera", opposite Jussi Björling, in 1950.She starred there in "Don Giovanni" (as Zerlina), "Carmen" (as Micaëla), "Amelia al ballo", "Falstaff" (as Nannetta), "Die Fledermaus" (as Roselinde von Eisenstein), "Hänsel und Gretel" (as Gretel), "La bohème" (as Musetta), "La traviata", "La bohème" (as Mimì), "Markheim" (world premiere), "Turandot" (as Liù), "Elektra" (as Chrysothemis), "Pagliacci", and "Il tabarro".