In 1896, the great chandelier indeed fell from the roof into the audience and this accident indeed killed a certain Madame Chomette, a concierge – just like in Leroux’ novel. So far we have found, as it seems, a ‘Pet of the Opera’.īesides the water, at least one of the events in the novel is real, too. Though it is no ghost, there is a living creature down there: a white catfish that is fed by the opera staff. Instead, the water is being held in a rather unromantic, enormous cistern, in which the Parisian fire department practices diving exercises from time to time. It is not lighted by candles, and one cannot ride a gondola. It isn’t the beautiful lake as depicted in the book, the stage version and the movies. Garnier had two choices: either he would build his Opera someplace else, or he would continue building in spite of the water. Pumping nor blocking the water did help: the water kept on coming. When Charles Garnier, the architect of the opera house, was digging the foundation for the building, he was surprised by an underground stream. Little of them know, however, that there really is water underneath the building. Over 800,000 visitors and spectators come to the Opéra every year. The Opéra Garnier is a real, operating theatre in the heart of Paris, and belongs to the city's main attractions. One reason for this would be the setting. How come that this work of art is subject to so many rumors, and why are people so keen to find proof for the reality of this piece of fiction? Interestingly, for some reason, many people tend to believe that ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ is a true story. The show has been running on London's West End for almost 30 and on Broadway for 27 subsequent years, which makes it the longest running show on Broadway and the second-longest on West End. The stage adaption by Andrew Lloyd Webber made the story become immensely popular. The Phantom of The Opera is a book written by French journalist and opera critic Gaston Leroux, which was published in 1910.
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