She then reunites with Raoul, her childhood sweetheart and they recall their past together fondly. When Christine returns to her dressing room, Madame Giry gives her a single rose with a black ribbon on it from her teacher. But it is really the Opera Ghost, or Phantom of the Opera, who teaches her.
She has never seen him but she thinks her father sent him from heaven. Christine explains that an Angel of Music comes and teaches her. She asks Christine how she learned to sing so well.
During Christine's performance, Raoul recognizes her from his childhood ("Think of Me").Īfter the performance Meg finds Christine in a small room where she lights a candle for her deceased father. At first the managers have doubts about her, but Christine proves to be worthy when she sings for them. Madame Giry insists that Christine can sing it because she's had lessons from a great teacher, whose name is still a mystery to Christine. Firmin and André say they will cancel the show because of Carlotta's absence. The note says he welcomes the new mangers, reminds them of his due salary of 20,000 francs per month, and that instructs that they leave box five empty for his usage for every performance. Meanwhile Madame Giry receives a note from the mysterious "Opera Ghost", the Phantom of the Opera, who lives within the opera house and is believed to be a ghost. Outraged, Carlotta refuses to continue perform that night and storms off. ("Hannibal") The lead soprano Carlotta Giudicelli performs an aria for the managers but a backdrop falls, almost crushing her. Christine recognizes him from her childhood. Raoul is introduced to the cast as the patron. Madame Giry the ballet mistress and the mother of Meg Giry, introduces them to Christine Daaé, a young but talented singer who was orphaned at seven, being the only daughter of the Swedish violinist, Gustave Daaé, revealed later by Madame Giry. As the auctioneers display the restored chandelier, which illuminates and slowly rises to its old place in the rafters the opening crescendo of music wipes away the years of decay and dust from the opera house as the black and white turns into color, and is transported back in time to 1870 ("Overture").ĭuring a show rehearsal, the opera house is put into the hands of two new owners, Richard Firmin and Gilles André. The next piece, lot 666: is a chandelier in pieces which has been restored and newly wired with electricity. During the auction, he sees a familiar face Madame Giry, whom he met as a young man ("Prologue"). Raoul De Chagny, an old wheelchair-bound man, purchases a coveted music box in a shape of a monkey in Persian robes and playing cymbals. The dilapidated Paris Opera House holds an auction. The scene opens in black and white in the year 1919.
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