Radio
- Phantom of the Opera (1943): The Lux Radio Broadcast of 1943 based on the 1943 film Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains. This broadcast features Basil Rathbone as the Phantom. The rest of the cast is the same as the 1943 film with Nelson Eddy, and Susanna Foster. Produced and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille.
- The Phantom of the Opera (2001): First broadcast was on June 5, 2001. This adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel was produced by Generations Productions LLC for National Public Radio and is rebroadcast via XM Satellite Radio. From the award-winning Radio Tales series. Composer/Actress: Winifred Phillips, Producer/Story Adaption/Host: Winnie Waldron.
- The Phantom of the Opera (2007): Originally aired December 2007 on BBC7, written and directed by Barnaby Edwards for Big Finish Productions. The four-part dramatization is the first to feature the original operatic sequences described in the novel, which have been recorded and orchestrated by composer Tim Sutton. The play features Anna Massey as Madame Giry, Peter Guinness as The Phantom, Helen Goldwyn as Christine, Alexander Siddig as the Persian and James D’Arcy as Raoul.
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