 The Phantom of the Opera Written by Gaston Leroux The Phantom of The Opera is a Gothic novel, combining romance, horror fiction, mystery, tragedy. Leroux's original 1910 novel is set in late 19th century Paris at the Opera Garnier (The Paris Opera aka The National Academy of Music), which was built between 1857 and 1874. During building it became necessary to pump underground water from the foundation pit of the building, creating a huge subterranean river. The employees claim that the opera house is haunted by a mysterious ghost who wreaks chaos and destruction when displeased. Erik, a horribly deformed musical genius known as the "Opera Ghost", uses this facade to send the managers of the Opera Garnier repeated threats of catastrophe should they not pay him a monthly salary of 20,000 francs and perpetually reserve Box Five for him at every show. This arrangement, unbroken during the many years of the manager's tenure, is abruptly terminated when two new proprietors, Armand Moncharmin and Firmin Richard, take over the opera house and refuse to give in to what they view as the empty threats, thinking that it is a practical joke by former managers. Summary from Wikipedia 00. Prologue Read by Cori Samuel 01. Is It a Ghost? Read by Betsie Bush 02. The New Margarita Read by Betsie Bush 03. The Mysterious Reason Read by Betsie Bush 04. Box Five Read by Kristin Hughes 05. The Enchanted Violin Read by Jamey Osborne 06. A Visit to Box Five Read by Annie Coleman 07. Faust and What Followed Read by Annie Coleman 08. The Mysterious Brougham Read by Robin Cotter 09. At the Masked Ball Read by Robin Cotter 10. Forget the Name of the Man’s Voice Read by Kristin Hughes 11. Above the Trap-Doors Read by Claire Goget 12. Apollo’s Lyre Read by Kristin LeMoine 13. A Master-stroke of the Trap-Door Lover Read by Kristin LeMoine 14. The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin Read by Claire Goget 15. Christine! Christine! Read by katyleah 16. Mme. Giry’s Revelations Read by Marlo Dianne 17. The Safety-Pin Again Read by Peter Eastman 18. The Commissary, the Viscount and the Persian Read by Peter Eastman 19. The Viscount and the Persian Read by Alex Foster 20. In the Cellars of the Opera Read by Justine Young 21. Interesting Vicissitudes Read by Peter Eastman 22. In the Torture Chamber Read by ciaran.mooney 23. The Tortures Begin Read by Betsie Bush 24. Barrels! Barrels! Read by Mark F. Smith 25. The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which? Read by Mark F. Smith 26. The End of the Ghost’s Love Story Read by Mark F. Smith 27. Epilogue and the Paris Opera House Read by Mark F. Smith Read by Various readers Approx. run time: 9 hours The_Phantom_of_the_Opera.mp3 |
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