- The Wiener Künstlerhaus was built on Karlsplatz between 1865 and 1868 - at the same time as the Ringstrasse was opened as a prestigious boulevard by Emperor Franz Joseph I (1865) and the Vienna State Opera was completed as the Imperial and Royal Court Opera (1869). Court Opera was completed (1869)
- In 1881, the "French Hall" was added to the Künstlerhaus to accommodate the First International Art Exhibition
- This so-called "French Hall" was used in a variety of ways until 2017 - the Vienna State Opera performed here in 1987 for the Austrian premiere of The White Rose by Udo Zimmermann
- From 2023, the "Französischer Saal" was extensively renovated to enable opera performances to be staged here
- Among other things, two basement floors were built to create more space for the audience and artists!
- A workshop room was built on the 3rd floor
Ground floor
- Main entrance and foyer
- Box office, public checkroom, checkroom lockers for school classes
- Intermission buffet
- Bathrooms for the disabled
- Transport entrance (Bösendorferstraße) and an additional escape route from the stage and auditorium (Musikvereinplatz)
First upper floor
- Staircase leading to the entrance to the auditorium on the second floor
Second upper floor
- Access to the auditorium for the audience
- Lighting and video control desk and control room
Third upper floor
- Workshop room: approx. 79 m2 usable area, capacity: maximum 30 people
- Bathrooms
- Access to building services - ventilation, facilities for electro-acoustics and lighting (dimmer room), winch room
First basement floor
- Access to the lower stage with staircase towards the stage
- Access to the orchestra pit (playing position: 2.42m below stage level)
- Access to the transport podium
- Performance options from the lower stage via the openable cover panel stage
- Bathrooms for the audience
- Facilities for electro-acoustics and lighting
- Building services center (heating center, electrical room), technical storage room
Second basement
- 8 dressing rooms for artists (incl. shower, WCs)
- Access to the lower stage, with staircase towards the stage
- Technical storage areas
- Access to the transport podium
- An elevator in the audience area can be taken from the second basement floor to the third upper floor.
Stage
- A cover field stage with 38 covers that can be opened to allow performances from the lower stage
- Stage dimensions: approx. 85m2 (7.33 m deep x 12 m wide, without projection)
- Portal opening: 8 m wide x 5.10 m high
- One door and one staircase on each side to access the stage from the auditorium and vice versa
- An open staircase (approx. 4 x 1 m) in the rear, right-hand stage area for performances (with railing and handrail)
- The orchestra pit (24m²) can be moved up to stage level and can also be lowered to the second basement level (for transportation purposes).
- The raised orchestra pit provides an additional playing area of approx. 23 m²
- A transport podium can also be moved from stage level via the first basement level to the second basement level (dimensions: 1.3 x 6 x 2 m).
- Drawstring floor system with 18 pulls and one pull for the main curtain
- There are 6 additional slats for lighting, projector and decorative elements in the auditorium
- Connections for sound, lighting and video in the stage area
- A stage manager's desk on the stage
- There is no subtitling system