After the fire, the City Council had announced the international competition to design a new building for the Opera Theatre in Kyiv. The winning proposal was by Victor Schröter. The exterior was designed in Neo-Renaissance style and had accounted for the needs of the actors and the spectators. The interior was redesigned in a classical style and called "Viennese Modern". However, his greatest achievement is considered to be the stage - one of the largest in Europe designed to the latest engineering standards.