Carola combines her work as a singer with research and writing about music. Her research on Viennese composer Johanna Müller-Hermann is part of Radio 3’s Five Women Composers project. Operatic roles include Countess (The Marriage of Figaro) Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elettra (Idomeneo), Berta (The Barber of Seville) Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen), Governess (The Turn of the Screw) Pat Nixon (Nixon in China).