- A member of the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Turner sang the role of the Stepmother in the first full-length American recording of an opera, Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel", as well as the role of Ulrica in Arturo Toscanini's 1954 broadcast performance of Verdi's "Un Ballo En Maschera", which was later released on LP.
- She sang and acted the role of Madame Flora in the original production of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, "The Medium", at Columbia University.
- She sang the role of Ma Moss in the original production of Aaron Copland's 1955 opera "The Tender Land".
- (1947) She sang the role of Gertrude (the Nurse) in a Metropolitan Opera production of Charles Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette", starring 'Jussi Bjorling' as Romeo and Bidu Sayao as Juliette.
- Sang the role of Fricka in Wagner's "Die Walküre" with the Chicago Lyric Opera, in 1956.
- She sang the role of Mamma Lucia in the Metropolitan Opera's 1947 production of Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana".
- She sang the role of "Carmen" at the New York City Center in 1959.
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