 The Lviv Opera opened on October 4, 1900.The cultural elite—painters, writers, and composers, as well as delegations from various European theatres—attended the opening festivities.Among the guests attending the ceremony were writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the painter Henryk Siemiradzki, the Chief magistrate of Lviv Godzimir Małachowski, the provincial governor Leon Piniński and head of the provincial assembly Count Stanisław Badeni.