The falling chandelier in “The Phantom of the Opera” was based on a real event. In 1896, during a performance of Étienne-Joseph Floquet’s opera “Hellé,” a short-circuit caused a ...

The counterweight for the Paris Opera House chandelier really did fall once in the 1870s (its suspending wire had been damaged by fire), killing one and injuring several others.

Was the Paris Opera House ever destroyed by fire? And did the Phantom really ... The lavish auditorium seats nearly 2,000 people and has a 7-ton bronze and crystal chandelier suspended overhead.

An opera designer takes issue with a critique of the Paris opera house. Feb. 26, 2019. ... But when the house lights go down, the chandelier should no longer be visible or relevant.

You`ll never again feel safe under a chandelier. On Saturday the much-heralded Chicago production of Andrew Lloyd Webber`s ”Phantom of the Opera” opens for big show business. Just to sh… ...

It's a new twist on the show audiences have loved for years. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the "Phantom." ...

It’s Paris, 1919, and the city has seen better days. You can tell from the grainy black-and-white footage, the smoke wisping around the Opera Populaire (which looks suspiciously like the Paris ...

There may not have been a body, but the burying of recordings did take place. In 1907, the Gramophone Company sealed 24 records in two containers and locked them in the cellars of the opera house ...

“The Phantom of the Opera,” an intriguing story of a mysterious masked man haunting the Paris Opera House, has been a beloved musical for decades. The show has dazzled millions of people with ...

Lovingly named "Ruthie II" after director Hal Prince's longtime associate Ruth Mitchell, the dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House chandelier weighs one ton and features 30,000 beads.

We got a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic set piece, re-engineered for the U.S. tour that opened at the State Theatre Wednesday, and inspired by the actual chandelier in the fabled Paris Opera ...