Leroux claimed the phantom was indeed real, successfully incorporating real life opera occurrences (such as the chandelier falling and killing a bystander) into his fiction. The Garnier's lack of ...

If you’re planning a trip to Paris, there’s one stop that deserves a top spot on your itinerary: the iconic Palais Garnier. This extravagant opera house, inaugurated on January 5, 1875 ...