Ylva Kihlberg was born in Sweden. Her repertoire includes Mimi in La boheme (Puccini), Emilia Marty in The Markopoulos Case, the title role in Jenufa (Janacek), the title role in Rusalka (Dvorak), the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss), Micaela in Carmen (Bizet), Firodiligi in Cosi fan tutte (Mozart), Lisa in Pique Dam (Tchaikovsky), the title role in Genoveva (Schumann), Marie in Wozzeck (Berg) and other roles. She performs at the opera houses of Copenhagen, New York, Stockholm, Malmo, Goteborg and others.

Her roles at the Israeli Opera:
Don Giovanni: Donna Elvira (2018)