she initially attended the teatro lirico sperimentale in palermo where she was taught by gina cigna, and made her unofficial debut in sicily as musetta in "la boheme". her first recognized success on the stage was as palermo in bellini's "i puritani". a "soprano lirico", she gained notability playing violetta in the opera "traviata", a remarkable 1977 production in madrid, and afterwards played the popular nedda in the opera "pagliacci". other notable performances include leading roles in puccini's "madama butterfly" and verdi's "trovatore" and forza del destino. while she ended her international career playing magda in "la rondine" and tosca from the famous opera by puccini, during the 1990s she performed again in the teatro regio di torino in the role of francesca da rimini.