Das „Neue Wiener Tagblatt“ schrieb am 13. Oktober 1888 über die Abschiedsvorstellung:

Thus the curtain has fallen for the last time in the old house, the parting has taken place, and how hard this was for the friends of the plain old weathered building that is nonetheless so dear to us, cannot be expressed in mere prose. … and by half-past six a large part of the auditorium was filled. Nobody wanted to be late; and so almost everybody came early. The state of excitement the audience was in was evident from the highly animated conversation. … Not even the very highest circle of the auditorium was spared this excitement. In the Court Loge there was such a coming and going as we have never observed before. … The Emperor and his daughter seemed to be very amused by the lively hubbub in the theatre, for they scanned the assembly with cheerful smiles, observing the fourth gallery in particular for a considerable time. In the third act Emperor Franz Joseph withdrew … and in the fifth act the Emperor returned, this time staying until the end. … The auditorium was occupied by ‘tout Vienne’. Everybody in Vienna with a claim to social rank had made an appearance.