| A | B |
| Eric | the Phantom's real name |
| Christine | the Phantom's student |
| Musical | what a play is called when it is sung and spoken |
| Carlotta | the new "star" who can't sing |
| Gerard Carriere | the Phantom's father |
| Tenor | the voice range the the Phantom sings |
| Faust | a real opera used in the Phantom movie |
| Meg Giry | Christine's best friend, a dancer |
| Joseph Buquet | a victim of "going down below" |
| Soprano | the voice range that Christine sings |
| Opera | what a play is called when it is entirely sung |
| Maestro | a word that means teacher, master or conductor |
| M. Charletti | in the movie, the new owner of the opera and Carlotta's husband |
| the Count de Chagney | the rich bachelor (and childhood friend) wwho sends Christine for singing lessons |
| Angel of Music | what Christine calls the "voice she hears in her head" |
| 1911 | the year the original book was written |
| 1925 | the year the first Phantom movie was made |
| Gaston LeRoux | the French newspaper reporter who wrote the Phantom book |
| Lon Chaney | the first movie Phantom |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney's nickname in Hollywood |
| 1986 | the year that the Broadway musical Phantom opened |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | the composer of the musical Phantom |
| Tim Rice | the lyricist who wrot ethe words to the musical Phantom |
| Lyricist | a person who writes words for music |
| Composer | a person who writes music |