In the second phase he improved greatly to first place while the winner of the first competition did worse. The first phase was out of 171 applicants which Charles won 5th place in narrowly becoming one of the 5 finalist competing for the second phase.
The actual design of the opera house was created by Charles Garnier who won the architectural competition on May 29th 1861.
Palais Garnier was commissioned as part of the reconstruction of Paris that was initiated by Emperor Napoleon III. This fact alone makes the Palais Garnier worth seeing if you have any love of opera and the stage. Palais Garnier was the scene for the famous screenplay, The Phantom of the Opera, which was originally written by Gaston Leroux and later adapted to a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1986. Today it is mainly used to host ballet productions and is no longer the primary home of the Paris Opera since the Opera Bastille opened in 1989 with the ability to seat 2,700 guests. Originally called the Salle des Capucines, it was renamed Palais Garnier to celebrate its grandeur and its architect, Charles Garnier. Construction started in 1861 and finished 14 years later in 1875. Palais Garnier is an opera house that was built to seat 1,979 guests.
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