While today it is heard in the composer's original version, Jenůfas early popularity was fostered by a revision by Karel Kovařovic of what was considered its eccentric style and orchestration.
This studio nevertheless was well respected among students, drawing such names as Emanuel Chvála, Karel Kovařovic, Otakar Ostrčil, and Zdeněk Nejedlý, the notorious critic and subsequent politician.
Karel Gott | Karel Čapek | Karel Appel | Karel Teige | Karel Reisz | Karel Goeyvaerts | Karel van Mander | Karel Václav Rais | Karel Husa | Karel Roden | Karel Kovařovic | Karel Halík | Jan Karel Lenstra | Karel Zeman | Karel van der Toorn | Karel Svoboda | Karel Štěpánek | Karel Píč | Karel Marquez | Karel Kryl | Karel Kroupa | Karel Jaromír Erben | Karel Zich | Karel Vasak | Karel van Wolferen | Karel Van Mander | Karel Stepanek | Karel Schulz | Karel Plicka | Karel Otčenášek |
Over the years, he portrayed not only staple roles by Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů but also characters in the operas of Fibich, Karel Kovarovic, Otakar Ostrčil, Eugen Suchoň and Ján Cikker.