The Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic horror novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume
One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911)
Gaston Leroux Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the defo
The Phantom of the Opera (novel)
…of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. Leroux initially was going to be a lawyer, but after spending his inheritance gambling…
Theatrical release poster
Arthur Edmund Carewe and Mary Philbin
Carl Laemmle and Gaston Leroux at the Paris Opera.
Diagram of the Opera House showing where events take place