sentences:  She devoted her 2003-2004 season exclusively to recitals and concerts.She performed in Bach's "St Matthew Passion" and toured throughout Europe, Russia and the United States with a recital program featuring works by Brahms, Schubert and Hugo Wolf.She returned to the opera stage in 2004-2005, including appearances as Carmen in a new production at the Semper Oper in Dresden directed by Katarina Lauterbach.