Luciano Pavarotti insisted that she sing the role of Gilda in "Rigoletto," in its
November, 1989, Metropolitan Opera performance, while he sang as the
Duke of Mantua. June Anderson said in a 1989 New York Times interview,
"You have small-voiced sopranos chirp 'Caro nome' and then they can't
be heard. Besides, how many times can you say no to the Met? Their past
offers have been either for unsuitable roles or ones in the second
cast."