Photo: Harriet Chalmers Adams · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Opera house · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Theatro MunicipalSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1905–09
- Declared purpose
- Municipal theatre
- Today
- Survives, still a theatre
- Build time
- About 4 years
- Region
- Latin America
- Architect of record
- Francisco de Oliveira Passos, architect: about when credited (1904, born ). Build time on record: about 4 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A Garnier-style opera house finished in about four years.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
An opera house modelled on the Palais Garnier, built in about four years.
Why researchers flag it
A Garnier-style opera house finished in about four years.
The Garnier pattern
Its design echoes the Palais Garnier in Paris.
Four years
It went up in about four years, 1905–09.
Questions worth asking
- Why copy the Paris opera in Rio?
Possible original uses
- Opera house
What the photos show
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Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
