Because of the very brief construction period (10 months), the first director Adam Müller-Gutenbrunn had to start with debts of 160,000 florins. After this inauspicious startup, the Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater had to declare bankruptcy five years later in 1903.

Music theater from 1903 to 1950s

On 1 September 1903, Rainer Simons took over the house and renamed it the Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater - Volksoper (public opera). His intention was to continue the production of plays

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