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In keeping with the neo-Baroque design, nearly [[Photorealism|photo-realistic]] [[allegorical paintings]] were commissioned to decorate the theatre's foyers, and in spite of budgetary constraints, the decorators "managed to produce an interior of overbearing opulence, especially in the lavishly histrionic, gilt-dripping stuccowork of the auditorium."<ref name=Ayers/> The critical reception was quite varied, with the [[Rationalism (architecture)|rationalists]] attacking the "delirious frivolity" of the design, and the traditionalists defending it as appropriate for the [[operettas]] to be performed inside.<ref name=Ayers/>

 

==Architectural drawings by Bernier==