The Phantom of the Opera
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 The Phantom of the Opera facts

• It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910
• It was published 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 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