The Albanian-Belgian Ana Naqe began her varied education by studying violin (University of Tirana) and singing at the Royal Conservatory of Amsterdam, which she continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Granada. She earned a master’s degree in violin and singing from the Conservatoire Supérieur Royal of Brussels, Belgium.

Naqe performed on the most renowned stages, such as the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Teatro Solis in Montevideo, the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and the Bregenzer Festspiele Festival.

She sang the title role of Lady Macbeth by Verdi conducted by Daniel Carter in 2024, the title role of Madama Butterfly (Puccini) at Opera Vlaanderen in Antwerp and Ghent in Belgium in 2024, staged by Mariano Pensotti. In 2025 she will perform the title role as Madame Bovary, a world premiere opera at Théâtre de la Monnaie composed by Harold Noben, directed by Michael de Cock and Carme Portacelli, conducted by Debora Waldman.

Ana Naqe toured Madrid, Paris, Brussels and Montevideo as Dulcinea/Aldonza in L’Homme de la Mancha (Wasserman, Leigh, Darion) between 2018 and 2021 a production of Théâtre de la Monnaie and KVS (revived at the Théâtre du Châtelet). She received critical acclaim for her interpretation of Klara Friis, the lead role in the opera We the Drowned at the Oerol Festival in the Netherlands and the Marstal Festival in Denmark. In the summer of 2023, she performed as Medea (Cherubini) and Elettra (Mozart’s Idomeneo) at the Opera Kameralna Warsaw Tribute to Maria Callas gala as part of the 32nd Mozart Festival.

At Landestheater Coburg, Ana Naqe has also appeared as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow), and Gutrune (Götterdämmerung), alongside her role as Lady Macbeth.