Master of Opera

The Dutch National Opera Academy (DNOA) exists since 1996 and is a collaboration between the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. The DNOA is an intensive two-year master programme which offers a wide-ranging curriculum that encompasses all aspects in the training of an aspiring opera artist. Central to the learning trajectory of a DNOA student is the integration of singing, acting and physicality, with a view to producing graduates who are both technically assured and artistically credible. Combining the functions of both an educational institution and a production company, fully staged productions are an indispensable feature of the DNOA’s activities. Accordingly, the students combine their individual studies with rehearsal and performance schedules that are no different to those they will encounter in the profession. The students prepare for an international career by learning from and interacting with international contemporaries, as well as the faculty and guest teachers, all of whom without exception work in the international field. Additionally, students are required to explore and undertake a research project that is of particular relevance to their practice as an opera singer. Every year six new highly talented students can join and in total, spread over two years, a maximum of twelve students can study at the DNOA.