After only 16 and half months of construction works , the theatre building was finished according to plans and it was ceremoniously opened by the emperor Franz Joseph I , who finally symbolically beat on the balcony above the main entrance with a silver hammer , made by the sculptor Robert Frangeš Mihanović on October 14 , 1895.
Nakon samo šesnaest i pol mjeseci radova , kazalište je dovršeno točno prema planu , i svečano otvoreno 14 . listopada 1895 . godine , uz prisustvo kralja Franje Josipa I , koji je izveo simbolični završni udarac na balkonskoj ogradi iznad glavnog ulaza srebrnim čekićem , koji je izradio kipar Robert Frangeš Mihanović .