ate ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 4 5 0 ▁artists . ▁The ▁canvas ▁house ▁cur tain ▁was ▁painted ▁to ▁represent ▁a ▁d rap ed ▁cur tain , ▁complete ▁with ▁t ass els ▁and ▁bra id . ▁ ▁The ▁ce iling ▁area ▁which ▁surr ounds ▁the ▁ch and el ier ▁was ▁originally ▁painted ▁by ▁Jules ▁Eug ène ▁Len ep ve u . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁a ▁new ▁ce iling ▁painted ▁by ▁Marc ▁Ch ag all ▁was ▁installed ▁on ▁a ▁remov able ▁frame ▁over ▁the ▁original . ▁It ▁dep ict s ▁scenes ▁from ▁oper as ▁by ▁ 1 4 ▁compos ers ▁– ▁M uss org sky , ▁Moz art , ▁Wagner , ▁Ber li oz , ▁R ame au , ▁Deb uss y , ▁R avel , ▁Stra vin sky , ▁T cha ik ov sky , ▁Adam , ▁B iz et , ▁Ver di , ▁Be eth oven , ▁and ▁Gl uck . ▁Although ▁pra ised ▁by ▁some , ▁others ▁feel ▁Ch ag all ' s ▁work ▁creates ▁" a ▁false ▁note ▁in ▁G arn ier ' s ▁carefully ▁orch estr ated ▁interior ." ▁ ▁The ▁seven - ton ▁bronze ▁and ▁cry stal ▁ch and el ier ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁G arn ier . ▁Jules ▁Cor bo z ▁prepared ▁the ▁model , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁cast ▁and ▁ch ased ▁by ▁Lac ari ère , ▁Del at our ▁& ▁C ie . ▁The ▁total ▁cost ▁came ▁to ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁gold ▁fran cs . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁central