Keywords: Perspective view of the February 1861 Opéra competition project 34 by Botrel and Crépinet - Musée d'Orsay.jpg Henri Duponchel submitted to the first competition February 1861 for a new design of an opera house for the Paris Opera The project received the second place prize of 4 000 francs out of 170 entrants These were the only architects to win who had not received of the Prix de Rome http //www musee-orsay fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/notice html no_cache 1 nnumid 58212 cHash b553b30374 Musée d'Orsay Botrel architect<br />Alphonse-Nicolas Crépinet 1826 “1892 architect 1861 Architectural competition of February 1861 for a new opera house in Paris Henri Duponchel PD-old-100 |