Tuesday, November 2, 2010

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA





THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA









The Phantom of the Opera House is a novel written by Gaston Leroux. It took place in an Opera House. The Opera House in Paris is the biggest Opera House in the world. It is very famous and beautiful. It took fourteen years to build. The total cost is forty-seven million francs.










The Opera House has seventeen floors, ten above the ground and seven under the ground. There are many stairs and passages behind and under the stage. There are dressing-rooms for the singers and dancers. There are rooms for the stage workers to keep the opera dresses and shoes.





The Opera House is so large that there are more than 2, 500 doors in the building. It is said that a phantom in black clothes, with a yellow face but no nose and only black holes for his eyes exists in the Opera House.