He subsequently joined a Czech opera touring company and finally the Vienna Volksoper in 1930.

Dalibor is a Czech opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana.

Dráteník is considered the first Czech opera.

Though the Narodni performs the international operatic repertory, they also schedule, rightly, a long list of Czech operas.

He threw himself into the musical life of the city, primarily as a champion of the new genre of Czech opera.

Czech national opera until this time had been represented only by a number of minor, rarely performed works.

It was the first Czech comic opera to replace spoken dialogue with recitative.

Fiala is chiefly remembered for his numerous appearances in films of Czech operas, operettas, and musicals.

Where in all of this is the almost equally rich treasury of Czech opera and the small but significant body of Polish opera?

His extensive discography includes recordings of many of the main baritone roles of Czech opera and song.