even though it was a booming financial success and hit with audiences, though that's probably because the non-critic drama geeks likely didn't know about Joel Schumacher's filmography. and no film adaptations since, so that should probably tell you about how well this film did with critics. Man, this novel has been adapted to death, then back again actually in the form of a phantom, then back to death again, but now, we've got ourselves a little twist. She and her father, a famous fiddler, traveled all over Sweden playing folk and religious music.It took them, like, 78 tries, but they finally got the musical version, which, in all fairness, didn't hit the stage until nearly 80 years after 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra' came out, but that still narrows the number of adaptations down to about 43 since 1986. Mifroid - The commissary of police called in for Christine's disappearance.Ĭhristine Daae's mother died when she was very young.la Baronne de Castelot-Barbezac - Meg as an adult. Gabriel - The superstitious chorus-master.Little Jammes - A friend of Meg, also a ballet girl.Debienne and Poligny - The previous managers of the opera house.Joseph Buquet - The chief scene-shifter.Meg Giry - Madame Giry's only daughter, a ballet girl.Moncharmin and Richard - The managers of the opera house.Count Philippe de Chagny - Raoul's elder brother.The Persian - A mysterious man from Erik's past.Raoul, Viscount de Chagny - Christine's childhood friend and love interest.Christine Daae - A young, Swedish soprano.Erik - The deformed man (believed to be a ghost), who lives in the catacombs of the opera house and loves Christine.

The phantom of the opera is an opera.