 While still a student, she made her professional opera debut at the National Theatre in Prague in a small role in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" under the baton of Jiří Kout in 1997.Shortly thereafter, she made her first appearance at the Prague State Opera as La Cieca in Amilcare Ponchielli's "La Gioconda".In 1998, she joined the roster of principal singers at the Liberec Theatre where she was committed for one year.