Is the phantom of the opra real?

Answer 1

No the Phantom of the Opera is not really a ghost. He is a magician, but everyone believes he is a ghost especially those who had seen his face drawn back in fear this is when his mask is removed. In 1870's not everyone is familiar with magician's tricks so this is the reason he is able to fool Christine in believing he is an Angel of Music and everyone else's a Phantom.

Answer 2

Gaston Leroux the writer of the Phantom of the Opera was influence byJoseph Merrick known as the Elephant Man He became something of a celebrity in Victorian high society. Alexandra of Denmark, then Princess of Wales and later Queen Consort, developed a kindly interest in Merrick, leading other members of the upper class to embrace him. Merrick was unemployable for most of his life. On 29 August 1884, he took a job as a sideshow performer where he was treated decently and earned a considerable sum of money. At one point during his sideshow career, Merrick was exhibited in the back of an empty shop in Whitechapel (259 Whitechapel Road, E1 - now called the Ukay London Sari Centre), where he was seen by the physician Frederick Treves (later knighted). As Treves recalled decades later in his memoirs, he gave Merrick one of his business cards in the event that Merrick would be willing to submit to medical examination. The two men then went their separate ways. When sideshows were outlawed in the United Kingdom in 1886, Merrick travelled to Belgium to find work. He was noted for quoting Shakespeare with the London local actors and actresses. He died at White Chapel Hospital at 27.

List of Haunted Operas and their Ghost:

1.Woodstock Opera House,the ghost, dubbed "Elvira" by the local theater folk. was once a beautiful actress who was up for a lead part in a ballet. She was said to have been crushed when she didn't get the part and she committed suicide by jumping from the tower of the theater.From the time of this event, the theater has been haunted by her spirit. She even has a favorite seat in the theater, number 113, and many have witnessed this spring-loaded seat slowly lower as the ghost comes to rest there. Strange sounds have also been heard coming from the vicinity of this seat, including sighs of impatience or approval whenever the show is or is not to her spectral liking. Odd occurrences sometimes take place during performances too, like props falling and disappearing from the stage. Actors and staff at the theater also claim to occasionally catch glimpses of a phantom with long, golden hair.

2.Paris called Place de l'Opera which was built in 1875. Known the world over as the opera house that inspired the world-famous musical "The Phantom of the Opera," this opera house has its own lurking spirits, according to local legend. Many have reported seeing an apparition of an older woman who roams through the streets around the opera house. According to the legend, this woman committed suicide when the man she loved left her for a woman who was much younger than she.

3. The Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona. Dating back to the 1880s, there have been reports of laughter, yelling, and strange music.

4. The Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas has stories of a ghost that haunts the theatre, especially during the opening season.

5. The Regent Theater in Allegan, Michigan is said to be haunted, and witnesses claim to have seen moving forms and felt physical touching.

6. Scranton, Pennsylvania's Psychic Theater tells of 'the legend of a long-ago murder victim that still haunts the 100-year-old building(1433 N. Main Avenue)... that have been featured on the Travel Channel." According to a Pennsylvania Department of Tourism Pursuit Magazine article of the top ten most haunted places, "one should be ready for a "true scare... and is "not for the timid or weak of heart."

7.Palace Theatre Westcliff on Sea The theatre was built in the early 20th Century and opened to the public in 1912. it is still in operation haunted by The ghost of George, a former theatre manager had hunged myself from the fly floor.. There are reports that he might be seeing the play if there is empty seat for him. He wears early 20th century clothing and top hat. If he is seen the play is an success, if i he is not seen the play is a failure.

8. Princess Theatre he ghost of Frederick Baker, who died of a heart-attack while playing Mephistopheles in "Faust" On March 3, 1888, the opera ended as usual. The trapdoor was opened, and Federici was lowered through it until he vanished from the audience's view. On the way down, the opera singer is reported to have suffered a heart attack and died.The cast took its bows to the usual applause. When the cast was later told Federici had died, and could not have returned to the stage, the cast replied in confusion: "He's just been onstage and taken the bows with us." Princess Theatre when a photograph was taken of the film set. The photograph is said to reveal an ashen-faced, partly transparent observer. No one had seen that figure on the set that day, and only appeared in the photograph. Federici has been seen by scores of actors, patrons and theatre workers.

9. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London most famous ghost is probably "The Man In Grey", a bewigged young man in a grey riding cloak and 3-cornered hat who appears only during daylight in the Upper Circle. Popular with both cast and management, the man in grey only appears at the beginning of a successful run (which means virtually all productions at Drury Lane, the home of the great musicals). Like the Grimaldi ghost, he too, pokes and prods people, moving them around the stage.

Dan Leno, the popular comedian and clog dancer, who died aged just 43, also haunts the Theatre Royal. Clog-dancing sounds have been heard behind the closed door of his old dressing room and actors on stage for an encore have sensed his presence by the strong smell of lavender, used during his lifetime to disguise the odour caused by a bladder problem.

10. Sorg Opera House The theater's original owner, Paul J. Sorg, haunts the theater in his 1890s formal clothing. Witnesses who have seen him there identify him by a portrait which hangs in the theater lobby. He was an incredibly wealthy man, locally known as "the last of the robber barons," and he built the theater for his young wife, who was in love with drama and opera. Early on, Bob Hope performed here.

Footsteps are the most common occurrence here, along with the sighting of Sorg's ghost. He paces backstage and on the catwalks overhead.

Another ghost belongs to a black man who is supposed to sit in the closed-off balcony for every performance, despite the fact that a ceiling blocks his view. The technical people who work at the theater leave programs for him sometimes

Answer 3

It is believed that the phantom could quite possibly be real, but what is known for sure is that the novel by Gaston Leroux was based on actual events. He researched a lot for his novel, so there is some speculation that the phantom really did exist.