sentences:  If this nationalist sentiment was at the heart of his opera compositions, he also struggled to find a style straddling Czech traditional melody and the grand opera style of Giacomo Meyerbeer, which he experienced as lead viola player in the orchestra of Prague's Provisional Theatre between 1862 and 1871, and whose influence is very evident in his works such as "Vanda" and "Dimitrij".His later interest in the music of Richard Wagner also affected his operas, evident in the very extensive rewrite of "Dmitrij" in 1894, following its failure at Vienna.Of all his operas, only "Rusalka", Op.