The prize was awarded jointly to Bizet and Charles Lecocq, a compromise which years later Lecocq criticised on the grounds of the jury's manipulation by Fromental Halévy in favour of Bizet.
O premio recaeu ex aequo en Bizet e Charles Lecocq, un resultado criticado anos máis tarde por Lecoq sobre a base de que Fromental Halévy manipulara o xurado a favor de Bizet.