Clémence in L'amour de loin with acrobat Mariève Hemond, Canadian Opera Company, February 2012. Photo: Michael Cooper

Countess Madeleine in Capriccio with Joshua Hopkins as Olivier and Kurt Lehmann as Flamand, Pacific Opera Victoria, 2010. Photo: Emily Cooper

Countess Madeleine in Capriccio, Pacific Opera Victoria, 2010. Photo: Emily Cooper

Final scene of Capriccio, Pacific Opera Victoria, 2010. Photo: Emily Cooper

Marguerite in Faust. Vancouver Opera, 2006. Photo: Tim Matheson.

Marguerite in Faust. Vancouver Opera, 2006. Photo: Tim Matheson.

Daphne in Daphne.  Santa Fe Opera, 2007.  Photo:  Ken Howard.

Daphne in Daphne. Santa Fe Opera, 2007. Photo: Ken Howard.

Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.  Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2005.  Photo:  Dan Rest.

Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, with Lauren McNeese, Eric Cutler, Nuccia Focile, Thomas Allen, and Nathan Gunn. Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2007. Photo: Dan Rest.

Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, with Lauren McNeese as Dorabella. Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2007.  Photo:  Dan Rest.

Violetta in La Traviata. Michigan Opera Theater, 2008. Photo: John Grigaitis

Photo: Larry Lapidus

Photo: Alexander Vasiljev

Photo: Alexander Vasiljev

Photo: Alexander Vasiljev

Photo: Alexander Vasiljev

Photo: Larry Lapidus

Photo: Larry Lapidus

With Bryn Terfel at his Faenol Festival in North Wales, 2005. Photo: Barrie Harwood

At the Faenol Festival, 2005. Photo: Barrie Harwood

After a recital in Tokyo, 2006.