What is The Phantom of the Opera?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox Book | name = The Phantom of the Opera | title_orig = ''Le Fantôme de l'Opéra'' | translator = | image = André Castaigne Fantôme Opéra1.jpg | image_caption = Cover of the first edition | author = [[Gaston Leroux]] | cover_artist = | country = [[France]] | language = [[French language|French]] | series = | genre = Horror | publisher = | release_date = 1910 | media_type = Print | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Phantom of the Opera''''' ({{lang-fr|Le Fantôme de l’Opéra}}) is a French [[novel]] by [[Gaston Leroux]]. It was published in 1910. An [[English language|English]] edition came out a year later. The book was adapted to [[The Phantom of the Opera (musical)|a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber]] in 1986. The musical was made into a movie in 2004. Movie versions include [[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 movie)|one starring Lon Chaney]] in 1925, one from 1943 with Claude Rains, another from 1962 with Herbert Lom, and ''[[The Phantom of the Paradise]]'' (1974). The story has been adapted to made for television movies several times. The band iron maiden made a song name the phanTom of the Opera from their self titled album iron maiden. {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Phantom of the Opera, The}} [[Category:1910 books]] [[Category:French novels]]