# Erik — The Phantom of the Opera character guide

> Erik in The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Poor Erik, the weeping Erik, the Opera Ghost, the Phantom

**First appearance:** 0001-i-is-it-the-ghost

## Who they are

Disfigured musical genius who haunts the Opera house and becomes obsessed with Christine.

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