Zygmunt Gorgolewski won the 1895 competition, judged by an independent jury. A footnote cites a 1971 book attributing the theater to Fellner & Helmer. The article names no client, and says civic leaders wanted a large city theater funded by the city, nearby communities and donations. The cornerstone was laid in June 1897, and it opened on October 4, 1900.
The infobox gives Renaissance Revival, and the text adds Neo-Baroque and some Art Nouveau elements. It seats 1,100 and cost 2.4 million Austrian crowns. The article calls its reinforced concrete base a first in Europe, and bronze statues of Glory, Poetry and Music stand on the roof. The Poltva River was enclosed underground beneath it.
It was renovated from 1989 to 1994. Its names changed several times, and the Solomiya Krushelnytska name dates from 2000.
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