Ana is a Dutch-Argentine soprano. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and then completed a one-year Master’s degree at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, located at the Royal Danish Opera House. There, she sang various roles including, Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart and Dalinda in Ariodante by Händel.Currently, Ana is pursuing her Opera Course studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, with the support of a full scholarship. She will be singing the role of La Principessa in La bella dormente nel bosco by Respighi and one of the lead roles, in a newly composed opera by Stephen McNeff.

Ana enjoys performing regularly in the Netherlands and had the honor of opening for Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam. Furthermore, she made her debut in the Concertgebouw van Amsterdam in the end of summer 2023.

Ana sang the role of Frasquita in Carmen for the Waterperry Opera Festival in Oxford during the summer of 2023. She recently appeared on the BBC Radio 3 with songs by Kaija Saariaho as part of the Total Immersion program. In 2022, she performed at the Rotterdam Opera Festival and the Tête-à-tête Festival in London and she also sang at the Copenhagen Opera Festival in the project ‘Ride! Sing! Repeat!’ 

Ana has won several awards, including the Miluška Duffková scholarship, the first prize in the Opera Viva competition, the Sinfonia Rotterdam award.

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