&sq=&lang=&file=File:Andr%C3%A9_Castaigne_Fant%C3%B4me_Op%C3%A9ra1.jpg) One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911). | |
| Author | Gaston Leroux |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra |
| Language | French |
| Subject | |
| Genre | Gothic fiction, Theatre-fiction |
| Publisher | Pierre Laie |
Publication date | 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1911 |
| Media type | Print (Serial) |
| Pages | ~145 including the glossary |
Original text | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra at French Wikisource |
| Translation | The Phantom of the Opera at Wikisource |
The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.
- ^ Shah, Raj (2016). "The Publication and Initial French Reception of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra". French Studies Bulletin. 37 (138): 13–16. doi:10.1093/frebul/ktw004.
- ^ Shah, Raj (2014). "No Ordinary Skeleton: Unmasking the Secret Source of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra". Forum for Modern Language Studies. 50 (1): 16–29 (17, 25n11). doi:10.1093/fmls/cqt048.