After being attached to the opera class of the Royal Conservatoire (Koninklijk Conservatorium) for a couple of years, under the artistic leadership of Kenneth Montgomery, Javier López Piñón became Head of Drama Studies when the operaclasses of the Royal Conservatoire and the Amsterdam Conservatoire merged, under the present artistic leader Alexander Oliver and became De Nieuwe Opera Academie (The New Opera Academy). As of 2008, this school gives a MA degree and has been rechristened Durch National Opera Academy.
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