Erik (The Phantom of the Opera) strangles the publisher and tries to retrieve his music, only to be disfigured when the publisher's assistant throws etching acid in his face. In the musical horror film "Phantom of the Paradise" (1974), Winslow (the Phantom character) gets his head caught in a record-press, while Robert Englund's horror-version has him selling his soul to Satan and having his face mutilated as a result. This version also has a gruesome variation on the mask, in which Erik is sewing flesh to his face. In Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation, only half of Erik's face is deformed (thus the famous half-mask often
The Phantom of the Opera (audio drama) relaunched in June 2009, as part of a new Big Finish Classics series of literary adaptations tentatively planned for 2010-2012. Opera sequences sung by Linda Richardson and Matthew Hargreaves. Music by Tim Sutton Violin by Ruth Rogers Sound design by Matthew Cochrane CD & booklet design by Alex Mallinson Written, directed and produced by Barnaby Edwards Duration: 2 hours The story was recorded on 24 and 25 September, and 4 and 12 October 2007, and released on CD in March 2008. The Phantom of the Opera (audio drama) The Phantom of the Opera, an adaptation of the novel of the