Kayla Wilfong is an operatic soprano from rural Michigan and the San Francisco Bay Area, praised for her “extraordinarily powerful and carrying voice” (The San Mateo Daily Journal). Most recently, she performed the title role in Cendrillon with Opera Modesto on its Central Valley and Northern California tour in January and February 2026. In August 2026, she will premiere the title role of Laura Brown in the new opera Waterfall at the Potrero Theater with Playground SF.

Her recent performances also include Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème in Sicily under Maestro Leonardo Catalonotto, Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, and soprano soloist appearances in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music under Maestri Tony Quartuccio and Leroy Kromm.

In addition to her performing career, Kayla is an award-winning voice teacher whose work has been recognized with multiple national and international teaching awards. She is regularly invited to present masterclasses and appear as a guest artist at universities and arts organizations across the country, and her students have won first place in competitions including the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Classical Vocal Competition and the American Protégé International Vocal Competition at Carnegie Hall. She currently serves on the voice and musicianship faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Pre-College Academy and Early Childhood Program, and previously worked as a conductor/director and Soloist Intensive Voice Teacher with the San Francisco Girls Chorus.

Kayla studied Voice Performance and Opera at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she graduated in 2019.