Barbara has had a long, internationally acclaimed career as a leading coloratura soprano. Her career began as a National winner of the Metropolitan Opera Council auditions, going from there to win first prize in the Munich International Competition and the silver medal in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Barbara has performed in Munich, Vienna and Hamburg State Operas, Basel, the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vancouver, Athens, San Diego and Cologne, Washington Opera, Zurich, Geneva, Bonn, Graz, Madrid, Mannheim.