 Her debut production of "Don Carlo" served as opening night of the 1950-51 season and began the tenure of Rudolf Bing as general manager.Her subsequent productions were "Aida" (1951) and "Simon Boccanegra" (1959).Around 1953 she met the British author Pamela Frankau with whom she fell in love and by 1957 they were living together at 55 Christchurch Hill in Hampstead, London.