“Fox has a beautiful soprano that soared in the music hall.”
- Third Coast Review
from the world premiere of “Hold out your hands and listen to the rain” by Justin Weiss, written for Hayley and the Kaia String Quartet for New Music Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival.
“Hayley Fox's sweet and grounded soprano brought Emily from childhood to adulthood”
— Parterre Box on the Weight of Light by Gillian Rae Perry and Marcus Amaker, from the world concert premiere in 2024
Recordings
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Katie: The Strongest Strong by Faye Chaio
Marina (cover)
Public performance at Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago, IL
November 1st, 3:00pm
Opera in the Neighborhoods returns for both school and public performances in the 2025/26 Season with Katie: The Strongest of the Strong. This powerful opera for young audiences is inspired by the true story of Katie Sandwina, a circus strongwoman who – beyond earning the title “the strongest woman in the world," and being a wife and mother – also helped to lead the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900s. With an all-female cast, Katie: The Strongest of the Strong is a wonderful way to introduce young people to opera and the important history of women’s rights.
Additional Spring public performances are May 2nd, and 10am and 12pm at Kennedy King College
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacciby Leoncavllo
Offstage Chorus
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago , IL
11/1, 11/4, 11/7, 11/9, 11/12, 11/15, 11/20, 11/23
This duo of passionate one-act operas explores the depths of spurned lovers’ grief and the lengths they’ll go to in avenging betrayal. Deadly love triangles unfold against starkly contrasted backdrops of an idyllic Sicilian countryside and a chaotic urban center. With two shorter operas in a single performance, this is a perfect sampler for new operagoers. More seasoned audiences know it’s a delicious opportunity to revisit these tragic classics.
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Chorus
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago , IL
11/14, 11/16, 11/18
For three performances only, Enrique Mazzola leads the celebrated Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Carmina Burana, the sweeping cantata based on 24 medieval poems. Lyric’s talented musicians bring this masterpiece to life in all its visceral dimension, from sotto voce choral staccatos to bombastic crashes of brass.
As the music envelops you, contemplate the whims of fickle fortune — or simply enjoy an extended spooky season with its lush, melancholy, and oh-so-familiar strains
Cendrillon, or Cinderella, is one of the great romances in European literature- and Massenet’s operatic adaptation is every bit as enchanting! With its timeless tale of rags to riches, love at first sight, and a fairy whose magic changes everything, this opera has all the charm you could wish for.
This February 13th and 14th, the Chicago City Opera brings Cendrillon to The Checkout- Chicago’s newest venue with a Cinderella story of its own! Once a 7-Eleven, now transformed by Access Contemporary Music, The Checkout is a shining example of how magic can happen in the most unexpected places.
Join us as we bring grand opera to one of the city’s grand new spaces for a Valentine’s Day experience that’s sure to be truly unforgettable.
Cendrillon by Massenet
Cendrillon
Chicago City Opera
The Checkout
4116 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613
February 13th, 14th and 15th, 2026
Original Music
Hayley writes original music under the moniker Hyssop. Titled after the bitter herb, she aims to blend her knowledge of classical music with her interest in jazz and contemporary idioms to create a sound that is flush with spirit and color. She collaborates with her partner Timothy Fox, and has played live around Chicago and Cincinnati.