Leroux Less Travelled: A Phantom of the Opera Recap Podcast

IT'S THE BIG ONE! Cara and Kristin climb a mountain of skulls Scooby-Doo style to oversee Chapter 6: "The Magic Violin." 

We follow original train-boy Raoul to Perros-Guirec to figure out what, exactly, is going on with Miss Christine Daae, we learn more about Daddy Daae, and Christine and Raoul invent The Midnight Society. Are YOU afraid of the dark? 

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Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee

Opening: Patrick Page does a dramatic reading of the Spiderman theme

"Queen of the Night" from Amadeus

This week, we visit the beleaguered and weary staff of the Paris Opera to try to get to the bottom of all this Phantom nonsense! 

Kristin and Cara watch the poor managers deal with Rik's list of names in red underlined, grapple with the repercussions of not paying him $240,000 francs a year, and continue to underpay their interns. 

We dare ask the question: who at the Paris Opera ISN'T quiet quitting at this point?

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Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee

Opening: The Ronnie Letter

What is Deuxmoi

We're back with Chapter 2 and 3 of Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" recap! We finally meet Christine THEE Daae, a very entitled viscount, and of course, the Phantom! Kristin joins Cara LIVE and IN PERSON to talk about the discourse on Christine's canonical age, how much WAS 20,000 francs a month, and what cocktails the old managers are drinking on their vacation.

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Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee

Opening: Keke Palmer "I'm sorry to this man" 

How much is $20,000 francs today? Reddit thread

We've arrived! Join Cara and Kristin as we dive into the beginning of "The Phantom of the Opera" (1909). We talk about the banger that is "The opera ghost really existed," our herstory with Phantom in all its iterations, debate the existence of Clown Erik, check in with Abby Lee Miller and the dance children of the Opera Garnier, and cry about the Broadway show closing. Check us out!! 

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If you're following along at home, we're using the David Coward translation, but any translation works

The opening to this episode is Christopher Lee introducing the 1925 Phantom Film

Link to Coward Translation 

Blog doing Phantom daily 

Paris Commune

Beyonce singing Phantom at the 2005 Academy Awards