Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
In the 1980s, Silja added "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (opposite Chester Ludgin), "La Cubana", Regan in "Lear", Prinz Orlofsky in "Die Fledermaus" (with Karita Mattila and Judith Blegen, staged by Maurice Béjart), the Kostelnička in "Jenůfa" (at the Glyndebourne Festival), Grete in "Der ferne Klang", and the Nurse in "Die Frau ohne Schatten" (opposite Dame Gwyneth Jones as Barak's Wife).