CHRISTINE In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice that calls to me and speaks my name And do I dream again for now I find The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside my mind PHANTOM Sing once again with me Our strange duet My power over you grows stronger…
PHANTOM’S VOICE Insolent boy! This slave of fashion basking in your glory!Ignorant fool! This brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph! CHRISTINE Angel, I hear you. Speak – I listen . . . stay by my side, guide me. Angel, my soul was weak – forgive me . . . enter at last, Master. PHANTOM’S…
RAOUL Little Lotte let her mind wander Little Lotte thought: Am I fonder of dolls or of goblins or shoes? CHRISTINE Raoul RAOUL or of riddles of frocks CHRISTINE Those picnics in the attic RAOUL or of chocolates CHRISTINE Father playing the violin RAOUL As we read to each other dark stories of the North…
PHANTOM Bravi, bravi, bravissimi MEG Christine, Christine PHANTOM Christine MEG Where in the world have you been hiding Really, you were perfect I only wish I knew your secret Who is your great tutor CHRISTINE Meg When your mother brought me here to live Whenever I’d come down here alone To light a candle for…
CHRISTINE: Think of me, think of me fondly, when we’ve said goodbye. Remember me once in a while – please promise me you’ll try. When you find that, once again, you long to take your heart back and be free – if you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me We never said…
CARLOTTA: This trophy from our saviours, from our saviours from the enslaving force of Rome! GIRL’S CHORUS: With feasting and dancing and song, tonight in celebration, We greet the victorious throng, returned to bring salvation! MEN’S CHORUS: The trumpets of Carthage resound! Hear, Romans, now and tremble! Hark to our step on the ground! ALL:…
AUCTIONEER (spoken) Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you. (spoken) Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen: a poster for this house’s production of “Hannibal” by Chalumeau. PORTER (spoken) Showing here. AUCTIONEER (spoken) Do I have ten francs? Five then. Five I am bid. Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight. Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to…
The moment that the organ starts blaring those keys loud and clear, goosebumps arise and the audience watches the Phantom take away Christine to his lair. Half-scared, half-amazed, we all watch what lies ahead for her. Long before the status “It’s Complicated” became the norm in social media. it already existed between Christine and the…
Who would have thought a moderately successful novel about an obscure and mysterious opera house would inspire one of the longest running musicals in Broadway today? Had the novelist been alive at the time that the musical debuted, he’d be more than happy to witness his literary work surpass his own fame in French journalism….
Seems like the race for the musical with the most number of revivals is on. With “Les Miserables” eventually relenting to a revival, the revival of “The Phantom of the Opera” is only appropriate. Buzz surrounding about the first black actor to play the title role was met with initial skepticism. Regardless of who plays…