Hayley Fox Maloney

Lyric Soprano

Hayley Fox is a lyric soprano skilled at performing new works and classic operatic repertoire alike.

This season, she will cover Senta and one of the flower maidens at Tundi producition’s Wagner in Vermont Festival. She sang the title role in Cendrillon with Chicago City Opera, and covered Marina in Katie: The Strongest of the Strong with Lyric Unlimited in their outreach tour. She also covered in Chicago Opera Theater’s production of Kurt Weill’s Der Silbersee. Her recent role debuts included Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Opera Company of Middlebury), Elle in La Voix Humaine (Chicago College of Performing Arts), The Girl in Remedios Varios by Carlos Carillo, and Emily in the Weight of Light by Gillian Perry (Chicago Opera Theater). She has covered Mimi in La Bohème (Opera Company of Middlebury), Cendrillon by Massenet (in English translation) (Cedar Rapids Opera) and Leonora in Ferdinando Paër’s Leonora (Chicago Opera Theater.) Hayley has been seen as a young artist with Chicago Opera Theater, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Wolf Trap Opera. She is a first Prize Winner in the Musician’s Club of Women competition, and both an Encouragement award and District Winner of the Laffont Competition.

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Recordings

Reviews

“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.

“The success of the evening rested on the shoulders of Hayley Fox as Lucette. Her opening aria was soulful and infused with a genuine vulnerability that set the tone for the night.”

-Third Coast Review

from Cendrillon with Chicago City Opera at the Checkout, February 2026

Upcoming Events

Senta (cover)

Tundi Productions:

Wagner in Vermont

August 16th, 3:00pm

Brattleboro, Vermont

Der Fliegender Hollander

Tickets

Flower Maiden (cover)

Tundi Productions:

Wagner in Vermont

August 17th, 7:00pm

Brattelboro, Vermont

Parsifal Act II

Tickets

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.

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Seasons
Hyssop
It’s been a New York minute! @salesmanonbroadway with Dad, @themuseumofmodernart , sang in a competition, strolled in Central Park with @memyself_andry got noodles with Lilith and Yoshi, recorded with @maxstudios.nyc and stayed with Christian a
Sang on the big stage today! I feel so lucky to have shared Katie’s story of strength with hundreds of families, and to have done it with such wonderful cast mates and a supportive team. Thank you @lyricopera for inviting the community in throu
The contract is signed, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining this incredible group of artists! My first experiences as an opera singer were in the chorus, from singing with @tricitiesopera in high school, to my first professional work
I am thrilled to have won the @musiciansclubofwomen Lynne Cooper Harvey Foundation Award. This means so much to me, as I have always looked up to this organization that provides performance opportunities for women in Chicago. I fought through crowds
That’s a wrap on Der Silbersee at @chicagooperatheater 🍍 I’ll miss singing in this tree chorus so expertly led by @andrewgwhitfield 🌳 What an amazing group effort, bravi to all! Photo by Michael Brosilow
Jumping into Der Silbersee at Chicago Opera Theater next week! Swipe to see the Shopgirl covers shimmy with @erinrosalesmezzo 🍏🍍🍎 It’s been fun to learn my first German role with spoken text, and cover @boya_wei who I’ve always admired
It’s been a week since we closed Cendrillon at @chicagocityopera and I am still not over it. This show was a dream come true, with such a committed team and wonderful cast mates that added intimacy and freshness to fairytale, making it real and
We open Cendrillon in less than two weeks! The costumes are lovely, and this has been such a fun production process. I hope you can make it. Tickets are at https://www.chicagocityopera.com/