sentences:  Racette has particularly excelled in Puccini and Verdi operas.Among her most well-known roles are Violetta in "La traviata"; Blanche de la Force and Madame Lidoine in "Dialogues of the Carmelites"; both Mimì and Musetta in "La bohème", the title heroine in "Jenůfa"; Cio-Cio San in "Madama Butterfly"; Alice Ford in "Falstaff"; Liù in "Turandot"; Desdemona in "Otello"; and Káťa in "Káťa Kabanová".She performed in several world premieres, including the title role in Tobias Picker's "Emmeline" (1996), and as Leslie Crosby in Paul Moravec's "The Letter" (2009) at the Santa Fe Opera.