La serva padrona
The soprano also appeared on Broadway in "La serva padrona" (as Serpina, 1944) and "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" (as Brook Whitney, 1945). MacWatters sang at the New York City Opera from 1946 to 1951, in "The Pirates of Penzance" (as Mabel, conducted by Julius Rudel), "Rigoletto" (as Gilda, with Giuseppe Valdengo and Luigi Infantino), "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (as Rosina, opposite Enzo Mascherini), "The Old Maid and the Thief" (as Laetitia, with Marie Powers), "Le nozze di Figaro" (as Susanna), "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (as Olympia), and "Ariadne auf Naxos" (as Zerbinetta).