sentences:  After being hired by the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest in 1967, this changed, as she toured the country and Europe (the former Yugoslavia, France, Greece and especially Ireland), making her debut in Ambroise Thomas' "Mignon", Giuseppe Verdi's "Don Carlo", "Aida" and "Il trovatore", Gaetano Donizetti's "La Favorita" and Jules Massenet's "Werther".In 1967, she won the Grand Prize and the Golden Medal of the International "George Enescu" Contest in Bucharest, ending her competition itinerary.Already an established name in Romania, she toured France alongside Arta Florescu (in "Aida") and made her Chorégies d'Orange debut (as Amneris from "Aida").