Erik (the Phantom of the Opera)

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antagonist antihero architect engineer fictional character literary character musical genius

Erik (the Phantom of the Opera) is the disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House in Gaston Leroux’s novel, obsessively manipulating events out of tragic love for the singer Christine Daaé.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Phantom of the Opera (character) 2
The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
antihero ⓘ
architect ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
musical genius ⓘ
alias O.G. NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Angel of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Opera Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Phantom of the Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn The Phantom of the Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ
backstoryLocation Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
built secret passages in the Opera House ⓘ
underground lake beneath the Opera House ⓘ
causes accidents at the Opera House ⓘ
communicatesAs disembodied voice to Christine Daaé ⓘ
createdBy Gaston Leroux NERFINISHED ⓘ
demands Box Five to be kept for his use NERFINISHED ⓘ
salary from the Opera managers ⓘ
designedFor Persian shah ⓘ
designs trap-filled torture chamber ⓘ
enemyOf Raoul de Chagny NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance Le Fantôme de l’Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1909 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
haunts Paris Opera House NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ
numerous stage adaptations ⓘ
kills Joseph Buquet NERFINISHED ⓘ
loves Christine Daaé NERFINISHED ⓘ
manipulates management of the Paris Opera House ⓘ
mentorOf Christine Daaé NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
obsessionWith Christine Daaé NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
composer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
illusionist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
magician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
torturer ⓘ
physicalCharacteristic severely disfigured face ⓘ
skeletal appearance ⓘ
residence Paris Opera House NERFINISHED ⓘ
underground lair beneath the Paris Opera House ⓘ
roleInStory antagonist of Raoul de Chagny ⓘ
skill mechanical engineering ⓘ
trap construction ⓘ
ventriloquism ⓘ
teaches singing to Christine Daaé ⓘ
theme isolation due to deformity ⓘ
tragic unrequited love ⓘ
threatens Opera management ⓘ
uses Punjab lasso ⓘ
wears black cloak ⓘ
mask ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaston Leroux → createdCharacter → Erik (the Phantom of the Opera) ⓘ
The Music of the Night → sungByCharacterInWork → Erik (the Phantom of the Opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera
The Music of the Night → associatedWithCharacter → Erik (the Phantom of the Opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (character)
The Music of the Night → signatureSongFor → Erik (the Phantom of the Opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (character)