The Parisian Tale

I dedicate this site to those who know what it is to sacrifice oneself for love; to those who know how difficult it is not to be like anyone else; to those who are not indifferent

In the memory of Steve Barton
"Phantomania" in figures and pictures

The musical 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Andrew Lloyd Webber was titled 'The Show of the Century' - during 4 years it gathered $ 4.5 billion - more than any other stage show, movie or series in history!

More than 20 movies were made after Leroux' novel

"Phantom of the Opera Nexus" - the thematic portal-guide - had had more than a thousand of English-language phan sites. "Why no Russian one?" - I thought and decided to create this site

During the recent years about 15 books or more were written after the classic plot, among them 'Phantom' by Susan Kay, "Masquerade" by Terry Pratchett, "Le Fantome: the last days of his life and his soul rescue" by Brigitta d'Arcy and others.

The Parisian Tale

The necessary preface

You're on the index page of the Russian-language fan site dedicated to the Phantom of the Opera legend. In the world Internet thousands of sites, photos, reviews, phanphics are dedicated to this legend. Being a Phan, I decided that it was time to make a comprehensive site in our Russian Internet, too. Welcome to the legend!

I invite all those who believe in the magic power of Music, and those who hasn't forgotten that Love is omnipotent, to join me in a journew through space and time.

A note. Here on the site I welcome both phans and those who doesn't know anything of this story. This journey is created to be interesting even for those who have never heard the title 'the Phantom of the Opera' before. But I hope that phans will also be able to find here something interesting. Especially in the 'Legend continues' section.

The Paris Opera
The short history of the opera, its designing, architecture and building; includes a link to the 'virtual tour' on the Opera

Gaston Leroux
His short biography

Leroux' classic novel
An illustrated review with links to articles on different details of the novels

The Lon Chaney movie
The highly-praised silent film and the astounding portrait of the Phantom by Lon Chaney

Other films
A short essay, containing a link to the more comprehensive review with movies annotations and links to the movie reviews

The musical by A.L.Webber
The story of the musical and its triumph all over the world; contains a link to my
Michael Crawford bilingual site.

Other Phantom books
Reviews on several Phantom books

The Yeston/Kopit musical and the Charles Dance movie
A review of the aforementioned musical and movie

The legend continues
What is going on in the Phantom world now; the place for the Phantom phans to meet and enjoy

The Phantom sites in the world Internet
Links

Russian sites dedicated to theatre and music

Also links

If you have questions, if you want to voice your opinion - welcome:
Madame Giry's Drawing-Room

The place where everyone may leave more or less intricate sign as a souvenir for me about his/her visit:

The Guestbook

Questions to the author of this site

my e-mail

Please remember that the information presented here is created through long work of a lot of people. Thus, this warning: don't use the materials of the site without notifying me!

Thanks to those who helped me to create this site

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The site design and the texts - (C)Irene Emelyanova, 2000

Disclaimer: The musical logo belongs to RUG,Inc. All this site is created for information purposes only, without any intentions for profit.