in september 2011, nafornita became a member of the wiener staatsoper ensemble, where she made her professional stage debut as papagena in "die zauberflöte". as a member of the ensemble, she debuted numerous roles including: musetta ("la bohème)", susanna ("le nozze di figaro)""," pamina ("die zauberflöte)," adina ("l'elisir d'amore")"," norina ("don pasquale"")""," gilda ("rigoletto)""," zerlina ("don giovanni)""," nayade ("ariadne auf naxos"), clorinda (cenerentola), oscar ("un ballo in maschera)", and ilia ("idomeneo)""." also in vienna, in february 2013 and 2018, she was chosen as the singer to open the prestigious vienna opera ball, the broadcast of which was viewed by over 1.5 million people in the austrian/bavarian region.