Annelies Van Hijfte is a Belgian soprano.

She studied at the School of Arts in Ghent and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She specialised as an opera singer at the International Opera Academy in Ghent. Annelies won first prizes at the New Tenuto competition and the Concours Lyrique Bell’arte.

Annelies's love for the lied-genre led her to the URIM masterclass program at La Monnaie, where she learned from artists like Christianne Stotijn, Barbara Bonney, Roger Vignoles, Bernarda Fink and Anne Sofie von Otter. She sang various recitals and performs regularly as a soloist with ensembles and orchestras.

She made her solo debut at the Vlaamse Opera in Babel, a new opera written by Sam Vloemans. She sang the role of Leonore in the children’s production of Fidelio by Walpurgis. As a solo singer, Annelies participated in theatre productions of Ontroerend Goed, NT Gent and KVS.

She has performed various roles such as Lauretta/Gianni Schicchi, Mimì/ La Bohème, Pamina/ Die Zauberflöte, Dido/ Dido and Aeneas, Poppea/ L’incoronnazione di Poppea, The Governess/ The turn of the screw, Helena/ A midsummer night’s dream and Euridice/ Orfeo with opera-ensembles Scoppio di vesuvio, Bang-up Opera, CloseOpera, the Yorke Trust and Transparant. 

She made her solo debut at the Vlaamse Opera in Babel, a new opera written by Sam Vloemans. She sang the role of Leonore in the children’s production of Fidelio by Walpurgis. As a solo singer, Annelies participated in theatre productions of Ontroerend Goed, NT Gent and KVS.

She enjoys performing other genres and is also active a an improviser and creator of experimental music. Last season she created and performed the music for the Opera VR performance ‘Drie geraniums op een vensterbank’ which she made together with animation artist Joren Vandenbroucke.