Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux (1868–1927)

Read by Cori Samuel, Betsie Bush, Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) and 12 others

9h 10m · 28 chapters

An old theatre under new management; a diva who thinks she can sing; a young ingenue who really can; a masked man who wreaks havoc if he doesn't get his own way. Secrets, intrigues, falling chandeliers! The Phantom of the Opera is here! (Summary by Karen Savage)

Chapters

1. 1Is It a Ghost?21 min
2. 2The New Margarita19 min
3. 3The Mysterious Reason16 min
4. 4Box Five27 min
5. 5The Enchanted Violin31 min
6. 6A Visit to Box Five6 min
7. 7Faust and What Followed26 min
8. 8The Mysterious Brougham18 min
9. 9At the Masked Ball22 min
10. 10Forget the Name of the Man's Voice11 min
11. 11Above the Trap-Doors14 min
12. 12Apollo's Lyre41 min
13. 13A Master-stroke of the Trap-Door Lover21 min
14. 14The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin10 min
15. 15Christine! Christine!9 min
16. 16Mme. Giry's Revelations25 min
17. 17The Safety-Pin Again13 min
18. 18The Commissary, the Viscount and the Persian12 min
19. 19The Viscount and the Persian11 min
20. 20In the Cellars of the Opera22 min
21. 21Interesting Vicissitudes33 min
22. 22In the Torture Chamber11 min
23. 23The Tortures Begin13 min
24. 24Barrels! Barrels!23 min
25. 25The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which?15 min
26. 26The End of the Ghost's Love Story22 min
27. 27Epilogue and the Paris Opera House33 min
28. •Prologue11 min

Recording: LibriVox · public domain