Ana Quintans originally graduated in sculpture but turned her attention to music and singing, studying in Lisbon and at the Flanders Opera Studio in Ghent. Devoting most of her work to Baroque music, she has established a particularly close relationship with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants but also with Marc Minkowski, Vincent Dumestre, Michel Corboz, Ivor Bolton, Marcos Magalhães, Leonardo García Alarcón and Alan Curtis. She has received great critical acclaim throughout Europe and recorded for labels such as Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Virgin Classics and Naxos.