The Phantom of the Opera, is a 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 form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of 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.
| Author | Gaston Leroux |
| Original title | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra |
| Subject | Romance, Mystery, Horror |
| Publisher | Pierre Laie |
| Published in English | 1911 |
| Original text | at Wikisource |
| Translation | ' at Wikisource |
About The Phantom of the Opera
Based on Gaston Leroux's novel from 1909, this tale tells the story of a relationship between a mysterious masked man and a soprano singer.
Achievement of The Phantom of the Opera
With worldwide earnings of over $5 billion, it became the most commercially successful musical of all-time until it was surpassed by The Lion King in 2014.
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