The Phantom of the Opera characters

First appears in chapter 2

A young Swedish soprano whose unexpected triumph at the Paris Opera makes her the company's new sensation. She believes the unseen teacher who has trained her may be the Angel of Music promised by her late father, and she is frightened by the voice's possessive demands.

First appears in chapter 2

A young aristocrat and childhood friend of Christine, newly returned to her life after recognizing her at the Opera. He loves her, but her secrecy and apparent meetings with another man leave him jealous, confused, and determined to learn who controls her.

Also known as the Opera Ghost, the Angel of Music

First appears in chapter 12

The mysterious man beneath the Opera, known to its staff as the Opera Ghost. A gifted musician and illusionist, he hides a disfigured face behind a mask. He has secretly taught Christine to sing and demands exclusive devotion from her, combining genuine love with threats and coercion.

First appears in chapter 3

One of the Opera's two new managers. Methodical and skeptical, he initially treats the Ghost's letters, financial demands, and reservation of Box Five as an elaborate fraud by employees or the departing management.

First appears in chapter 3

Moncharmin's partner in the new management of the Opera. Practical and equally unwilling to submit to an invisible extortionist, he joins the attempts to catch whoever is using the Ghost's name.

First appears in chapter 4

The box keeper responsible for Box Five. She insists that the Opera Ghost occupies the box and that his instructions must be obeyed, a conviction that makes the new managers suspect her of helping to stage the haunting.

Appears from the start

Madame Giry's daughter, a dancer in the Opera's corps de ballet and a friend of Christine. She is among the performers who trade stories about the Ghost moving through the building.

First appears in chapter 2

The Opera's established leading soprano. Proud of her position and furious when Christine replaces her, she becomes central to the new managers' conflict with the Ghost, who orders them not to let her sing Marguerite.

First appears in chapter 2

Raoul's much older brother and head of the Chagny family. He regards Raoul's attachment to an opera singer as socially disastrous and tries to restrain what he sees as a reckless infatuation.

Appears from the start

An Opera scene-shifter who claims to have seen the Ghost and describes a deathlike figure with burning eyes. His alarming stories help establish the fear already spreading backstage.

Also known as the daroga

First appears in chapter 18

A reserved man known around the Opera only as the Persian. He understands the underground passages and recognizes the methods of the man haunting the building, making him Raoul's essential guide when Christine disappears.

First appears in chapter 18

The police commissary called to investigate Christine's disappearance. He approaches the impossible events at the Opera as an ordinary criminal case, questioning the managers and Raoul while the real pursuit moves below the building.