[00:06.698]FIRMIN:
[00:07.416]"Mystery after gala night"
[00:10.072]It says "Mystery of soprano's flight"
[00:12.616]"Mystified", baffled Sûreté say
[00:15.139]"We are mystified, we suspect foul play"
[00:18.007]Bad news on soprano scene
[00:20.276]First Carlotta, now Christine
[00:22.833]Still, at least the seats get sold
[00:25.820]Gossip's worth its weight in gold
[00:31.197]What a way to run a business
[00:34.271]Spare me these unending trials
[00:36.945]Half your cast disappears but the crowd still cheers
[00:40.060]Opera!
[00:41.296]To hell with Gluck and Handel
[00:42.603]It's a scandal that'll pack them in the aisles!
[00:44.313]ANDRE:
[00:44.902]Damnable!
[00:45.542]Will they all walk out?
[00:46.972]This is damnable!
[00:47.910]FIRMIN:
[00:48.266]Andre, please don't shout
[00:49.537]It's publicity, and the take is vast
[00:52.109]Free publicity
[00:53.556]ANDRE:
[00:53.849]But we have no cast!
[00:55.032]FIRMIN:
[00:55.328]But Andre, have you seen the queue?
[00:58.147]Oh, it seems as though you've got one, too
[01:02.231]ANDRE:
[01:03.194]"Dear Andre, what a charming gala
[01:06.536]Christine enjoyed a great success
[01:09.233]We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left
[01:12.466]Otherwise, the chorus was entrancing
[01:15.060]But the dancing was a lamentable mess"
[01:16.980]FIRMIN:
[01:17.364]"Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder
[01:20.209]My salary has not been paid
[01:22.843]Send it care of the Ghost by return of post, P.T.O.
[01:27.240]No one likes a debtor
[01:28.742]So it's better if my orders are obeyed"
[01:30.868]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[01:31.812]Who would have the gall to send this?
[01:34.513]Someone with a puerile brain
[01:37.151]These are both signed "O.G."
[01:38.639]ANDRE:
[01:38.927]Who the hell is he?
[01:40.072]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[01:40.362]Opera Ghost!
[01:41.490]ANDRE:
[01:41.777]It's really not amusing
[01:42.836]FIRMIN:
[01:43.067]He's abusing our position
[01:44.262]ANDRE:
[01:44.491]In addition, he wants money
[01:45.748]FIRMIN:
[01:45.957]He's a funny sort of spectre
[01:47.168]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[01:47.406]To expect a large retainer
[01:48.100]Nothing plainer, he is clearly quite insane
[01:50.238]RAOUL:
[01:50.458]Where is she?
[01:51.120]ANDRE:
[01:51.371]You mean Carlotta?
[01:52.180]RAOUL:
[01:52.417]I mean Miss Daae. Where is she?
[01:54.087]FIRMIN:
[01:54.324]Well, how should we know?
[01:55.056]RAOUL
[01:55.274]I want an answer
[01:56.140]I take it that you sent me this note?
[01:57.731]FIRMIN:
[01:58.038]What's all this nonsense?
[01:58.836]ANDRE:
[01:59.057]Of course not!
[01:59.859]FIRMIN:
[02:00.124]Don't look at us
[02:00.793]RAOUL:
[02:01.053]She's not with you, then?
[02:01.746]ANDRE:
[02:02.186]Of course not!
[02:02.934]FIRMIN:
[02:03.161]We're in the dark
[02:03.822]RAOUL:
[02:04.019]Monsieur, don't argue
[02:04.965]Isn't this the letter you wrote?
[02:06.559]FIRMIN:
[02:06.993]And what is it that we're meant to have wrote?
[02:09.413]Written
[02:10.320]ANDRE:
[02:10.657]"Do not fear for Miss Daae
[02:12.618]The Angel of Music has her under his wing
[02:16.958]Make no attempt to see her again"
[02:21.232]RAOUL:
[02:22.043]If you didn't write it, who did?
[02:23.284]CARLOTTA:
[02:23.535]Where is he?
[02:25.209]ANDRE:
[02:25.459]Ah, welcome back!
[02:26.045]CARLOTTA:
[02:26.278]Your precious patron
[02:26.965]Where is he?
[02:27.963]RAOUL:
[02:28.186]What is it now?
[02:28.946]CARLOTTA:
[02:29.162]I have your letter
[02:30.049]A letter which I rather resent
[02:31.598]ANDRE:
[02:31.875]And did you send it?
[02:32.618]RAOUL:
[02:32.826]Of course not!
[02:33.886]FIRMIN:
[02:34.092]As if he would!
[02:34.813]CARLOTTA:
[02:35.030]You didn't send it?
[02:35.707]RAOUL
[02:35.919]Of course not!
[02:36.765]ANDRE:
[02:36.975]What's going on?
[02:37.703]CARLOTTA:
[02:37.918]You dare to tell me
[02:38.850]That this is not the letter you sent?
[02:40.475]RAOUL:
[02:40.724]And what is it
[02:41.365]That I'm meant to have sent?
[02:43.873]"Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered
[02:47.764]Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight
[02:51.630]Be prepared for a great misfortune
[02:54.724]Should you attempt to take her place"
[02:58.444]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[02:59.146]Far too many notes for my taste
[03:02.482]And most of them about Christine
[03:04.990]All we've heard since we came is Miss Daae's name
[03:08.459]GIRY:
[03:09.383]Miss Daae has returned
[03:11.166]ANDRE:
[03:11.665]I trust her midnight oil is well and truly burned?
[03:14.661]FIRMIN:
[03:14.947]Where precisely is she now?
[03:16.343]GIRY:
[03:16.678]I thought it best if she went home
[03:18.517]MEG:
[03:18.794]She needed rest
[03:19.894]RAOUL:
[03:20.378]May I see her?
[03:21.559]GIRY:
[03:21.974]No, monsieur, she will see no one
[03:23.594]CARLOTTA:
[03:23.822]Will she sing?
[03:24.588]Will she sing?
[03:25.254]GIRY:
[03:26.082]Here, I have a note
[03:27.105]ANDRE/FIRMIN/RAOUL/CARLOTTA:
[03:27.346]Let me see it!
[03:28.297]FIRMIN:
[03:28.547]Please!
[03:31.039]"Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature,
[03:37.546]Detailing how my theater is be to run.
[03:41.949]You have not followed my instructions."
[03:44.882]FIRMIN/THE PHANTOM:
[03:45.119]"I shall give you one last chance..."
[03:49.608]THE PHANTOM:
[03:50.693]Christine Daae has returned to you
[03:56.052]And I am anxious her career should progress
[04:03.279]In the new production of "Il Muto"
[04:07.638]You will therefore cast Carlotta as the pageboy
[04:15.294]And put Miss Daae in the role of countess
[04:22.882]The role which Miss Daae plays
[04:26.761]Calls for charm and appeal
[04:31.334]The role of the pageboy is silent
[04:35.888]Which makes my casting in a word, ideal
[04:45.509](I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five,
[04:50.217]which will be kept empty for me.
[04:53.764]Should these commands be ignored,
[04:56.526]a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.)
[05:01.006]FIRMIN:
[05:01.355]"I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant. O.G."
[05:07.815]CARLOTTA:
[05:08.336]Christine!
[05:09.300]FIRMIN:
[05:09.549]Whatever next?
[05:10.197]CARLOTTA:
[05:10.410]It's all a ploy to help Christine
[05:12.032]FIRMIN:
[05:12.481]This is insane
[05:13.065]CARLOTTA:
[05:13.276]I know who sent this
[05:14.165]The Vicomte, her lover
[05:15.511]RAOUL:
[05:15.709]Indeed!
[05:16.200]Can you believe this?
[05:16.748]ANDRE:
[05:16.992]Signora!
[05:17.990]CARLOTTA
[05:18.208]O traditori!
[05:18.753]ANDRE
[05:19.025]This is a joke
[05:19.383]CARLOTTA
[05:19.589]O traditori!
[05:19.929]ANDRE
[05:20.257]This changes nothing
[05:20.473]FIRMIN:
[05:20.781]Signora! You are our star!
[05:21.955]ANDRE:
[05:22.301]And always will be!
[05:23.247]FIRMIN:
[05:23.479]Signora, the man is mad!
[05:25.216]ANDRE:
[05:25.478]We don't take orders
[05:26.313]FIRMIN:
[05:26.545]Miss Daae will be playing the pageboy!
[05:28.690]The silent role
[05:30.165]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[05:30.382]Carlotta will be playing the lead!
[05:32.735]CARLOTTA:
[05:32.971]It's useless trying to appease me
[05:37.283]You're only saying this to please me
[05:41.014]Signor, è vero?
[05:42.782]Non, non, non voglio udire!
[05:45.017]Lasciatemi morire!
[05:46.954]O padre mio! Dio!
[05:50.540]GIRY:
[05:50.892]Who scorn his word
[05:52.133]Beware to those
[05:52.655]CARLOTTA:
[05:53.194]You have reviled me!
[05:53.791]GIRY:
[05:54.111]The angel sees,
[05:54.852]RAOUL:
[05:55.062]Why did Christine fly from my arms
[05:56.058]GIRY:
[05:56.263]The angel knows
[05:57.034]CARLOTTA:
[05:57.286]You have rebuked me!
[05:58.499]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
[05:58.733]Signora, pardon us
[06:00.329]CARLOTTA:
[06:00.560]You have replaced me!
[06:02.236]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
[06:02.610]Please Signora we beseech you
[06:03.930]RAOUL
[06:04.296]I must see her
[06:05.075]CARLOTTA:
[06:05.340]Abbandonata! Deseredata!
[06:06.298]GIRY:
[06:06.559]This hour shall see your darkest fears
[06:07.231]The angel sees, the angel hears
[06:08.622]ROUAL:
[06:08.863]Where did she go
[06:09.884]CARLOTTA:
[06:10.251]O, sventurata! Disgraziata!
[06:12.186]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
[06:12.538]Signora, sing for us! Don't be a matyr.
[06:14.142]RAOUL:
[06:14.425]What new surprises lie in store?
[06:27.392]ANDRE:
[06:30.463]Your public needs you!
[06:33.289]FIRMIN:
[06:33.559]We need you, too!
[06:35.673]CARLOTTA:
[06:35.902]Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?
[06:40.069]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[06:40.417]Signora, no!
[06:43.472]The world wants you!
[06:47.427]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[06:49.096]Prima donna
[06:52.693]First lady of the stage!
[06:56.376]Your devotees are on their knees
[06:59.663]To implore you!
[07:03.286]ANDRE:
[07:03.987]Can you bow out
[07:06.704]When they're shouting your name?
[07:10.467]FIRMIN:
[07:11.284]Think of how they all adore you!
[07:16.921]BOTH:
[07:18.269]Prima donna,
[07:21.376]Enchant us once again!
[07:23.931]ANDRE:
[07:24.424]Think of your muse...
[07:25.861]FIRMIN:
[07:26.293]And of the queues round the theatre!
[07:31.331]BOTH:
[07:31.975]Can you deny us the triumph in store?
[07:38.473]Sing, prima donna, once more!
[07:42.767]RAOUL:
[07:43.151]Christine spoke of an angel...
[07:46.703]CARLOTTA:
[07:46.982]Prima donna
[07:49.424]Your song shall live again!
[07:52.387]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[07:52.640]Think of your public!
[07:53.607]CARLOTTA:
[07:54.112]You took a snub
[07:54.941]but there's a public who needs you!
[07:56.297]GIRY:
[07:56.689]She has heard the voice of the angel of music...
[07:58.785]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[07:59.283]Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
[08:00.907]CARLOTTA:
[08:01.239]Think of their cry of undying support!
[08:02.981]RAOUL:
[08:03.316]Is this her angel of music...?
[08:07.160]ANDRE:
[08:07.395]We get our opera...
[08:08.742]FIRMIN:
[08:08.999]She gets her limelight!
[08:10.398]CARLOTTA:
[08:10.700]Follow where the limelight leads you!
[08:12.169]RAOUL:
[08:12.452]Angel or madman...?
[08:14.765]CARLOTTA:
[08:15.194]Prima Donna
[08:17.995]Your song shall never die
[08:19.484]GIRY:
[08:19.784]Heaven help you, those who doubt...
[08:21.065]CARLOTTA:
[08:21.594]You'll sing again,
[08:22.663]RAOUL:
[08:22.897]Orders! Warnings!
[08:25.261]CARLOTTA:
[08:25.521]And to unending ovation!
[08:26.138]RAOUL:
[08:26.417]Lunatic demands!
[08:27.829]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[08:28.223]Tears...oaths...Iunatic demands... are regular occurrences!
[08:29.426]CARLOTTA:
[08:29.826]Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
[08:33.426]RAOUL:
[08:33.670]Surely, for her sake...
[08:34.271]CARLOTTA:
[08:35.192]Sing, prima donna, once more!
[08:36.148]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[08:36.508]Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this!
[08:37.212]GIRY:
[08:37.600]Think, before these demands are rejected!
[08:38.236]RAOUL:
[08:38.821]...I must see these demands are rejected!
[08:39.486]MEG:
[08:39.876]...if his threats
[08:40.440]and demands are rejected!
[08:41.411]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[08:42.610]Who'd believe a diva
[08:44.400]happy to relieve a chorus girl,
[08:47.091]who's gone and slept with the patron?
[08:49.269]Raoul and the soubrette,
[08:51.195]entwined in love's duet!
[08:52.925]Although he may demur,
[08:54.674]he must have been with her!
[08:56.475]You'd never get away with all this in a play,
[08:59.686]but if it's loudly sung
[09:01.673]and in a foreign tongue
[09:03.460]it's just the sort of story
[09:05.264]audiences adore,
[09:06.862]in fact a perfect opera!
[09:10.031]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
[09:10.376]Prima donna
[09:13.602]the world is at your feet!
[09:16.930]A nation waits,
[09:18.620]and how it hates
[09:20.355]to be cheated!
[09:24.063]ALL:
[09:24.550]Light up the stage
[09:27.928]with that age old
[09:30.541]rapport!
[09:32.606]Sing, prima donna,
[09:37.756]once more!
[09:49.395]PHANTOM'S VOICE:
[09:49.895]So, it is to be war between us!
[09:54.160]If these demands are not met
[09:56.933]A disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
[10:01.224]ALL:
[10:01.624]Once more!