sentences:  Next year, she won the Great "Kathleen Ferrier" Prize at the International Vocal Competition in ´s-Hertogenbosch.She made her debut in Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila" opposite Ludovic Spiess in Cluj and then in Toulouse the same year, and she returned as "Carmen" one year later.Cortez then established herself as one of the most respected and recognized young Romanian opera singers, though in her native country she appeared mostly in concerts and recitals.