Kara Alfano has performed with opera companies and vocal groups throughout Michigan, including Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Grand Rapids, Arbor Opera Theater, Motor City Lyric Opera, the Comic Opera Guild, and Vox Early Music Ensemble. Her roles have included Adele in Die Fledermaus, Sister Constance in Dialogue of the Carmelites, Susanna and Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro, The Princess in The Goose Girl, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, and The Sandman in Hansel and Gretel. On the concert stage, Ms. Alfano has been a featured soloist in Honnegar’s King David, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Bach’s Mass in B-minor. Past awards have included the Seth F. Hokanson Voice Scholarship (National Award), and The Jenny Lind Voice Award (Michigan).

A dedicated teacher, Ms. Alfano serves on the voice faculty at Concordia University, where she teaches voice lessons, Vocal Arts Lab, and the Concordia Chorale. She also maintains voice studios at the Ann Arbor School of Performing Arts and at Grosse Pointe South High School.

Ms. Alfano received her training at the University of Michigan School of Music, earning both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Voice Performance. As a member of the UM Chamber Choir, she sang on the 2004 Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s Grammy award winning Songs of Innocence and Experience. She has studied under Carmen Pelton, Freda Herseth, Edward Parmentier, and Martin Katz.