Unmasking the Phantom

Ma Chère Confidente,   I am done with this life. Raoul has changed me and I can never go back to the horrid life I led. I forgive Christine and all that she has done to me, although I will never forget it. I will leave them at peace for I have […]

Edmée grinned behind her skull mask. She had already gotten part of her plan fulfilled by getting Christine to return to the stage. Now she needed to complete it by getting the managers to perform the opera. “What a lovely evening!” she bellowed, […]

After the rooftop conversation that Christine and Raoul had, there had been talk around Paris. The newspaper printed that the chandelier at the Opera House needed to be repaired along with the structural and fire damage it had caused after coming […]

After that confrontation, Edmée decided that tonight was not the night for opera. So, she quietly went home, tears brimming in her eyes. When she arrived, she entered the house quietly so as not to alert Raoul that she was home early. When she was […]

That night, Edmée received a note from Meg. It included tickets to the next night’s Gala performance of Gounod’s Faust. When Edmée presented the to Raoul, he mentioned that he wasn’t feeling well enough to go to the opera, and that she should go on […]

The next day, Edmée arrived at the opera house early, anxious to read more of the Phantom’s musings. Once she arrived she looked for Meg Giry but was unable to find the dancing instructor. So, letting one of the stagehands know where she was going, […]

Edmée noticed the page had faded some, but could make out the handwriting. It seemed as if this was from a hand that practiced letter and writing day in and out, as if it had just been taught – not very refined, but getting there slowly with […]

The new electric lights in the room made it look so bright that Edmée had to squint for a few moments to adjust her eyes. The full-length mirror that took up nearly an entire wall made the room look much larger than it was. The room was […]

Raoul had not been to the Paris Opera House for quite some time. Ever since that one fateful night that changed his life for better and for worse. But here he was, attending the auction of old sets, props, costumes, and whatever else they could make […]