Many different versions of Erik's life are told through other adaptations such as films, television shows, books, and musicals. In the novel, Erik often refers to himself in the third person, a detail that didn't make it into any subsequent adaptations. Most of the character's history is revealed by a mysterious figure, known through most of the novel as The Persian or the Daroga, who saved Erik's life in Persia, and followed Erik to Paris other details are discussed in the novel's epilogue (e.g., his birthplace is given as a small town outside of Rouen, France). Erik himself laments the fact that his mother was horrified by his birth deformity, and that his father, a true master mason, never saw him. The novel confirms that Erik has traveled to multiple countries including France, Russia, Persia, and northern Vietnam, learning various arts and sciences from each region. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe.In the original novel, few details are given regarding Erik's past. As a young member of the ballet corps, Christine catches the Phantom's attention and, playing on a childhood promise of her father, he introduces himself to her as the Angel of Music, training her voice and orchestrating her rise to stardom in his new opera, “Don Juan Triumphant.” With all the splendor and gilt of a grand opera as well as the dark and labyrinth-like underbelly of Paris, Christine becomes a pivot between the tortured world of the Phantom and the warm world of her childhood friend and now lover Raoul.
It is 1881 and the Opera House hosts a menacing and brilliant phantom that terrorizes the performers and manipulates the new opera managers, Monsiuers André and Firmin. Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Perhaps one of the best loved shows of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, winner of both the 1986 Olivier and 1988 Tony awards for best musical, tells the story of a naïve young soprano, Christine Daaé, as she becomes entangled in the mysterious world of the Paris Opera House. Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
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