sentences:  Among the many appearances she has made with the company are, Mathilde in "William Tell" (1997), the title role in "Luisa Miller" (2000), Violetta (2001), the title role in Leoš Janáček's "Jenůfa" (2001), Desdemona in "Otello" (2002), Liù (2002), and several performance of Cio-Cio San from 2005 through 2008 among other roles.In 2000 Racette made her debut at La Scala as Ellen Orford and her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Jenůfa.She has since returned to Chicago numerous time to portray such roles as Mimì, Marguerite in Charles Gounod's "Faust", Micaëla, Liù, and Madame Lidoine.