sentences:  She sang in Denver, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Bagdad, Tokyo, Osaka, and Amsterdam, but she also returned to stages such as L'Arena di Verona ("La Gioconda" and "Aida" - 1988), Grand Opera, Paris (Herodias in Richard Strauss' "Salome" in the fascinating mise-en-scene of her dear Jorge Lavelli), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona ("Il Trovatore", "La Gioconda", "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", "Il Matrimonio Segreto" - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989), Teatro Comunale di Bologna ("Un Ballo in maschera" with Luciano Pavarotti - 1989).Still in 1989, she awed Paris, this time as La Star in Zygmund Krause's eponymous opera, directed by Jorge Lavelli.The former editor in chief of "Opera International", Sergio Segalini, called her "diva assolutta".