French author Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1910, based on rumors he'd heard about the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house, one about a fire in the roof of the opera ...
The tour guide at the Palais Garnier in Paris spoke dramatically of the opera house’s marvels: Marc Chagall’s painted ceilings, the hidden signatures left by architect Charles Garnier, a stage so high ...