Bakala's main interest was concentrated on the works of Janáček. In 1921 he staged the premiere of "The Diary of One Who Disappeared", in 1930 he conducted the premiere of the opera "Z mrtvého domu" in Brno. He revised this opera in co-operation with Osvald Chlubna. He also studied Janáček's seldom performed operas "The Beginning of a Romance" (1931) and "Osud" (1934). He made the piano reductions of his works including the 2nd movement of the Piano Sonata 1.X.1905. He edited the arrangements of Moravian folk songs. His wife, soprano Marie Bakalová-Šíšová was a member of the Brno Opera as well as a concert singer.