sentences:  She soon appeared with Minnesota Opera, where she sang in the world premiere of Conrad Susa's "Transformations" and, in 1974 at New York City Opera, in "La bohème", as Mimi.She then appeared with the Lyric Opera of Chicago (1975) and at the Royal Opera House (1976) and in other major European opera houses 1974 Susanna in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at The Holland Festival, 1976 Servilia in a new production of La Clemenza di Tito at The Salzburg Festibal.In 1978, Malfitano achieved wider recognition in a telecast of Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Saint of Bleecker Street" from NYCO, playing Annina., as well as Rose in Kurt Weill's Street Scene on Live from Lincoln Center in 1979.