Last season saw her make her Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre debut singing the three Mezzo leads of Frugola, Principessa, and Zita in a new production of Pucinni's Il Trittico. She also returned to Sarasota Opera for her role debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. "Soaring above the orchestra, Chavez's 'Voi lo sapete' was a highlight," John Fleming, Opera News.

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Recent debuts include Mezzo soloist in Verdi's Requiem with the Savannah Philharmonic, Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma with Opera Tampa, the title character in Massenet's rarely performed Thérèse with Sarasota Opera, and Marcellina in Nozze di Figaro with Knoxville Opera.

 

Chavez was seen with New York City Opera in a “star turn” as Maggie in the premiere of Bell/Campbell's Stonewall, commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Other roles performed with the company include the title role in Carmen, Dolores in Dolores Claiborne, Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas, Maddalena in Rigoletto, and was also involved in the Hal Prince production of Candide. 

 

For the 2013-2015 seasons, Chavez was a principal resident artist with Opera San Jose. Highlights during her tenure include: Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Harriet Herriton in the premiere of Where Angels Fear to Tread, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Meg Page in Falstaff, Third Lady
in Die Zauberflöte. 
 

Other memorable roles include: Federico García Lorca in Ainadamar, Salud in La Vida Breve, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti, Secretary in The Consul, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Marquise de Berkenfield in La Fille de régiment and Madame Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons.