[3] With Edward Keurvels, Albert Baets and Hendrik Fontaine, Tokkie took financial responsibility for the new Flemish opera in the period 1893–96, at a time when the viability of this company was still questioned.

That the opera was not being a profitable enterprise meant that Tokkie had to remain active within the Antwerp diamond business, at that time controlled by the Jews.

Furthermore, he sang in the opera the Bride of the Sea (Bruid der Zee) by Jan Blockx and the Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

[8] The deputy mayor for culture and former Rexist and member of the Flemish National Union, the VNV, Odiel Daem, rend him his last tribute.

Bernard Tokkie's tomb can be found on the Israelite or Jewish section in the Schoonselhof Cemetery.