Set in the mysterious and magnificent Paris Opera House, the story tells of the Phantom, a musical genius with a deformed face, who lives in seclusion beneath the opera house and falls deeply in love with the young soprano Christine. The tale is a poignant and thrilling tale of love.
The Phantom of the Opera is indeed a very typical Gothic work. It perfectly blends the core elements of Gothic literature and art.
The Phantom uses various acoustic and mechanical techniques to make himself appear as an omnipresent "ghost," shrouding the entire story in a supernatural veil of mystery. The visual symbols in the play, such as masks, skulls, blood-red cloaks, and midnight cemeteries, are all filled with a Gothic aesthetic of death and despair.