sentences:  Although she received good reviews for these performances, it was not until she won the Marian Anderson Award in 1994, an award which also helped further the careers of Sylvia McNair (1990), Denyce Graves (1991), and Nathan Gunn (1996), that she drew wider attention in the opera world.In 1994 Racette was offered a contract by the Metropolitan Opera to perform the role of Musetta in "La bohème" for performance in the spring of 1995.She made her debut at the house on March 4, 1995 with Mary Mills as Mimì, Luis Lima as Rodolfo, as Marcello, and John Fiore conducting.