Title: Das Phantom der Oper
Content:  Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Olaf Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine. Raoul was played by director Ernst Matray.
Title: The Phantom of the Operetta (1960 film)
Content: Germán Valdés as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes ; Ana Luisa Peluffo as Lucy ; Luis Aldás as Sen~or Marcucci ; Marcelo Chávez as Sen~or Lopez ; Famie Kaufman as Gertrudis la flaca ; Antonio Brillas as Juan ; Julián de Meriche as Vladimir ; Armando Sáenz as De Ramos, crítico teatral ; Eduardo Alcaraz as Don Quique ; Francisco Reiguera as Jeremias ; José Pardavé as Policía ; Manuel 'Loco' Valdés ; Jorge Zamora ; Ramón Valdés as Policia ; Guillermo Hernández as Policía ; Manuel Alcón 
Title: Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)
Content:  West End and Broadway. Took over on Broadway in 2018 for the 30th anniversary ; Hugh Panaro – Previous Phantom had portrayed both Raoul and the Phantom and played the Phantom in the 25th-anniversary production on Broadway ; Norm Lewis played the Phantom until February 2015 becoming the first African American Phantom on Broadway ; James Barbour played the Phantom until December 2017 Ben Forster played The Phantom until December 2017 ; Jonathan Roxmouth – The Phantom of the Opera world tour 2012 as the youngest English-speaking phantom / 2019–2020 tour ; Killian Donnelly is playing the Phantom in London's West End in 2021 See main list: The Phantom of the Opera  
Title: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
Content:  A film adaptation, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine, Patrick Wilson as Raoul, Minnie Driver as Carlotta, and Miranda Richardson as Madame Giry, opened on 22 December 2004 in the US.
Title: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
Content:  by Mick Potter. The cast included Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom, Sierra Boggess as Christine, Hadley Fraser as Raoul, Wynne Evans as Piangi, Wendy Ferguson as Carlotta, Barry James as Monsieur Firmin, Gareth Snook as Monsieur Andre, Liz Robertson as Madame Giry, and Daisy Maywood as Meg Giry. Lloyd Webber and several original cast members, including Crawford and Brightman, were in attendance. A DVD and Blu-ray of the performance was released in February 2012, and it began airing in March 2012 on PBS's "Great Performances" television series. In March 2012, a new production directed by Laurence Connor began a UK and Ireland 
Title: The Phantom of the Operetta (1955 film)
Content: Alfredo Barbieri ; Amelia Vargas ; Tono Andreu ; Gogó Andreu ; Inés Fernández ; Mario Baroffio ; Alfonso Pisano ; Manuel Alcón ; Lalo Hartich 
Title: The Phantom of the Opera (miniseries)
Content:  oft-told epic melodrama, far surpassing the previous TV version with Maximilian Schell and Jane Seymour in 1983. But Lon Chaney must be spinning in his grave, seeing what a rakish romantic his ghoulish Phantom has become over the years." Hiltbrand praised that Burt Lancaster "lends his usual air of refined dignity, and Charles Dance makes an elegant Phantom. But the real zest is provided by Ian Richardson and Andrea Ferreol, who bring great comic verve to the roles of the pompous popinjay of an opera director and his deluded diva of a wife." The Deseret News critic Joseph Walker said, "Kopit's script maintains his vision throughout, expertly mixing moods ranging from the ridiculous ('I'm not 
Title: Viscount Raoul de Chagny
Content: Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera – portrayed by various actors; the first actor to portray him beginning with the 1984 revival was James Saxon. ; Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera – portrayed by various actors, originally Steve Barton. ; Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's musical Phantom replaced Raoul with his older brother Phillipe, a Count. ; Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies ; In the West End run: Portrayed originally by Joseph Millson and then David Thaxton until the show's closure in August 2011. ; In the Australian tour: Portrayed by Simon Gleeson until the show's closure in April 2012. ; In the Copenhagen run: Portrayed by Christian Berg until the show's closure in April 2013. ; In the U.S. national tour: Portrayed by Sean Thompson until the show's closure in December 2018. ; The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall – Portrayed by Hadley Fraser. ; The Phantom of the Opera World Tour – Portrayed by Matt Leisy 
Title: The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)
Content:  in March 2003. She was later replaced by Anne Hathaway, a classically trained soprano, in 2004. However, Hathaway dropped out of the role because the production schedule of the film overlapped with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which she was contractually obligated to make. Hathaway was then replaced with Emmy Rossum. The actress modeled the relationship between the Phantom and Christine after Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine. Patrick Wilson was cast as Raoul based on his previous Broadway theatre career. For the role of Carlotta, Minnie Driver devised an over-the-top, camp performance as the egotistical prima donna. Despite also lacking singing experience, Ciarán Hinds was cast by Schumacher as Richard Firmin; the two had previously worked together on Veronica Guerin. Ramin Karimloo, who later played the Phantom as well as Raoul on London's West End, briefly appears as the portrait of Gustave Daaé, Christine's father.
Title: Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)
Content: Nelson Eddy as Anatole Garron. A baritone of the Opera who loves Christine and helps her with her career. ; Susanna Foster as Christine DuBois. A soprano of the Opera House. She is unaware that Erique Claudin loves her and was the one who funded all her singing lessons. ; Claude Rains as Erique Claudin/The Phantom Of The Opera. A violinist of the Opera House who becomes The Phantom. Secretly devoted to Christine. ; Edgar Barrier as Raoul Dubert. A policeman who wants Christine to quit the Opera and marry him. ; Jane Farrar as Biancarolli. An arrogant, spoiled diva who dislikes being upstaged. ; J. Edward Bromberg as Amiot ; Fritz Feld as Lecours ; Frank Puglia as Villeneuve ; Fritz Leiber as Franz Liszt ; Steven Geray as Vercheres ; Miles Mander as Maurice Pleyel ; Hans Herbert as Marcel ; Hume Cronyn as Gerard 

Question: who played the first phantom of the opera?
Answer: Michael Crawford.