"Sold." "Your number, sir?" "Thank you." "Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen." "A poster from this house's production of Hannibal by Chalumeau." " Showing here." " Do I have 10 francs?" "Five, then." "Five I am bid." "Six." "Seven." "Against you, sir, seven." "Eight?" "Eight once." "Selling twice." "Sold, to Monsieur Deferre." "Thank you very much, sir." "Lot 664, a wooden pistol and three human skulls from the 1831 production of Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer." "Ten francs for this." "Ten, thank you." "Ten still." "Fifteen, thank you." "Fifteen I'm bid." "Going at 15." "Your number, sir?" "Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen a papier-mache musical box in the shape of a barrel organ." "Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals." "This item discovered in the vaults of the theater, still in working order." "Showing here." "May I commence at 15 francs?" "Fifteen, thank you." "Yes, 20 from you, sir." "Thank you very much." "Madame Giry, 25." "Thank you, madame." "Twenty-five I'm bid." "Do I hear 30?" "Thirty." "And 35?" "Selling at 30 francs, then." "Thirty once, 30 twice..." "Sold for 30 francs to the Vicomte de Chagny." "Thank you, sir." "A collector's piece indeed" "Every detail" "Exactly as she said" "Will you still play When all the rest of us are dead?" "Lot 666, then." "A chandelier in pieces." "Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera." "A mystery never fully explained." "We're told, ladies and gentlemen, that this is the very chandelier which figures in the famous disaster." "Our workshops have repaired it and wired parts of it for the new electric light." "Perhaps we can frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination." "Gentlemen?" "The trophy From our saviors" "From our saviors" "From the enslaving force  of Rome!" "Madame." "With feasting and dancing and song" "Tonight in celebration we greet the victorious throng" "Returned to bring salvation!" "I've got them, monsieur." "Vicomte, welcome." "The trumpets of Carthage resound" "Hear, Romans, now and tremble" "Hark to our step on the ground" "Hear the drums Hannibal comes!" "You make my dress train too long." "Sad to return to find the land we love" "Threatened once more by Roma's far-reaching grasp" "Gentlemen, gentlemen..." "Rehearsals are under way for a new production of Chalumeau's Hannibal." " Monsieur Lefevre, I am rehearsing." " Monsieur Reyer, Madame Giry ladies and gentlemen, please, if I could have your attention?" "As you know, there have been rumors of my imminent retirement." "I can now tell you that these were all true, and it is my pleasure to introduce you to the two gentlemen who now own the Opera Populaire Monsieur Richard Firmin and Monsieur Gilles Andre." "I'm sure you have read of their recent fortune in the junk business." "Scrap metal, actually." "They must be rich." "And we are deeply honored to introduce our new patron." "The Vicomte de Chagny." "I still can't believe we managed to get him." "It's such a coup for us, my dear." "It's Raoul." "Before my father died, at the house by the sea I guess you could say we were childhood sweethearts." " He called me Little Lotte." " Christine, he's so handsome." "My parents and I are honored to support all the arts especially the world-renowned Opera Populaire." "Gentlemen, Signora Carlotta Giudicelli, our leading soprano for five seasons." " Brava!" "Brava!" " Brava!" "Brava!" "Signor Ubaldo Piangi." "An honor, signor." "I believe I'm keeping you from your rehearsal." "I will be here this evening to share your great triumph." "My apologies." "Thank you, monsieur." " Once more if you please, signor." " He love me." "He love me." "Thank you, indeed, for the wonderful words." "So inspiring and encouraging..." "He wouldn't recognize me." " He didn't see you." " If you please." "Monsieur." "We take particular pride in the excellence of our ballet." "I see why." "Especially that little blond angel." "My daughter, Meg Giry." "And that exceptional beauty." "No relation, I trust?" "Christine Daae." "Promising talent, Monsieur Firmin." "Very promising." "Daae, did you say?" "No relation to the famous Swedish violinist?" "His only child." "Orphaned at 7 when she came to live and train in the ballet dormitories." "An orphan, you say?" "I think of her as a daughter also." "Gentlemen, if you would kindly stand to one side." "Hannibal's friends!" "Ah, me!" "Not on my dress!" "Why?" "The trumpeting elephants sound" "Hear, Romans, now and tremble" "Hark to their step on the ground" "Hear the drums!" "Hannibal comes!" "All day!" "All they want is the dancing!" "Well, the Vicomte is very excited about tonight's gala." "I hope he is as excited by dancing girls as your new managers because I will not be singing!" "Get my doggy, bring my doggy." "Bye-bye." " What do we do?" " Grovel." " Grovel, grovel." " Right." " I'm going now." "It is finished." " World-renowned artist and great beauty." "Bella diva." "Goddess of song." "Monsieur Reyer, isn't there a rather marvelous aria for Elissa in Act 3 of Hannibal?" "Perhaps the signora..." "Because I have not my costume for Act 3." "Because somebody not finish it!" "And I hate my hat!" "Signora, as a personal favor, would you oblige us with a private rendition?" "Unless, of course, Monsieur Reyer objects." "If my managers command." " Monsieur Reyer?" " If my diva commands." "Yes, I do." "Everybody, very quiet." " Monsieur, why exactly are you retiring?" " My health." " I see." " You as well!" "Signora." "Maestro." "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..." " Oh, my God, signora!" " I hate you." " Lift it up!" " He's here." "The Phantom of the Opera." "Signora, are you all right?" "Buquet!" "For God's sake, what's going on up there?" "Please, monsieur, don't look at me." "As God's my judge, I wasn't at my post." "Please, monsieur, there's no one there." "Or if there is, well, then, it must be a ghost." "Signora, these things do happen." "For the past three years these things do happen." "And did you stop them from happening?" "No!" "And you two, you are as bad as him." ""These things do happen."" "Until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen!" " Bring my doggy and my boxy." " Amateurs." "Now you see." "Bye-bye, I'm really leaving." "Gentlemen, good luck." "If you need me, I shall be in Australia." "Signora Giudicelli, she will be coming back, won't she?" "You think so, monsieur?" " I have a message from the Opera Ghost." " Oh, God in heaven, you're all obsessed!" " He welcomes you to his opera house." " His opera house?" "And commands that you continue to leave box five empty for his use." "And reminds you that his salary is due." "His salary?" "Well, Monsieur Lefevre used to give him 20,000 francs a month." "Twenty thousand francs?" "Perhaps you can afford more." "With the vicomte as your patron?" "Madame, I had hoped to make that announcement public tonight when the vicomte was to join us for the gala." "Obviously, we shall now have to cancel, as it appears we have lost our star!" " But surely there must be an understudy." " There is no understudy for La Carlotta!" "A full house, Andre." "We shall have to refund a full house!" "Christine Daae could sing it, sir." "What, a chorus girl?" "Don't be silly." "She has been taking lessons from a great teacher." " Who?" " I don't know his name, monsieur." "Let her sing for you, monsieur." "She has been well taught." "All right." "Come on, don't be shy." "Come on, come along." "Just..." "From the beginning of the aria then, please, mademoiselle." " Andre, this is doing nothing for my nerves." " She's very pretty." "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 our love was evergreen or as unchanging as the sea" "But if you can still remember" "Stop and think of me" "Think of all the things we've shared and seen" "Don't think about the way" "Things might have been" "Think of me, think of me waking" "Silent and resigned" "Imagine me, trying too hard  to put you from my mind" "Recall those days Look back on all those times" "Think of the things we'll never do" "There will never be a day" "When I won't think of you" "Can it be?" "Can it be Christine?" "Bravo!" "Long ago it seems so long ago" "How young and innocent we were" "She may not remember me" "But I remember her" "Flowers fade The fruits of summer fade" "They have their seasons So do we" "But please promise me that sometimes" "You will think  of me" "Brava!" "Brava!" "Brava, brava, bravissima" "Christine, Christine" "Christine" "Where in the world have you been hiding?" "Really, you were perfect" "I only wish I knew your secret" "Who is your great tutor?" "Meg when your mother brought me here to live  whenever I'd come down here alone  to light a candle for my father  a voice, from above  and in my dreams, he was always there." "You see  when my father lay dying  he told me I would be protected by an angel." "An angel of music." "Christine, do you believe?" "Do you think the spirit of your father's coaching you?" "Who else, Meg?" "Who?" "Father once spoke of an angel" "I used to dream he'd appear" "Now as I sing I can sense him" "And I know he's here" "Here in this room he calls me softly" "Somewhere inside hiding" "Somehow I know he's always with me" "He, the unseen genius" "Christine, you must have been dreaming  stories like this can't come true" "Christine, you're talking in riddles" "And it's not like you" "Angel of Music Guide and guardian" " Grant to me your glory" " Who is this angel?" " This Angel of Music, hide no longer" " This Angel of Music, hide no longer" " Secret and strange angel" " Secret and strange angel" "He's with me even now" " Your hands are cold" " All around me" "Your face, Christine, it's white" " It frightens me" " Don't be frightened" "No." "No." "You did very well, my dear." "He is pleased with you." " Vicomte." " Vicomte." "We've made quiet a discovery with Miss Daae." "Perhaps we could present her to you, dear vicomte?" "If you wouldn't mind, this is one visit I should prefer to make unaccompanied." "Thank you." "It would appear they've met before." "Little Lotte let her mind wander." "Little Lotte thought, "Am I fonder of dolls or of goblins or shoes?"" " Raoul." " "Or of riddles or frocks?"" " Those picnics in the attic." " "Or of chocolates?"" " Father playing the violin." " As we read to each other dark stories of the North." " No." ""What I love best," Lotte said, "is when I'm asleep in my bed."" "And the Angel of Music sings songs in my head" "The Angel of Music sings songs in my head" "You sang like an angel tonight." "Father said:" ""When I'm in heaven, child, I will send the Angel of Music to you."" "Well, father is dead, Raoul." "And I have been visited by the Angel of Music." "No doubt of it." "And now we go to supper." "No, Raoul." " The Angel of Music is very strict." " Well, I shan't keep you up late." "Raoul, no." "You must change." "I'll order my carriage, Little Lotte." "No." "Raoul, wait!" "Insolent boy, this slave of fashion" "Basking in your glory" "Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor" "Sharing in my triumph" "Angel, I hear you Speak, I listen" "Stay by my side Guide me" "Angel, my soul was weak Forgive me" "Enter at last, master" "Flattering child, you shall know me" "See why in shadow I hide" "Look at your face in the mirror" "I am there inside!" "Angel of Music, guide and guardian" "Grant to me your glory" "Angel of Music, hide no longer" "Come to me, strange angel" "I am your Angel of Music" "Come to me, Angel of Music" "Whose is that voice?" "Who is that in there?" " I am your Angel of Music" " Christine." "Christine!" "Come to me, Angel of Music" "In sleep he sang to me" "In dreams he came" "That voice which 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" "Sing once again with me" "Our strange duet" "My power over you  grows stronger yet" "And though you turn from me  to glance behind" "The Phantom of the Opera is there  inside your mind" "Those who have seen your face  draw back in fear" "I am the mask you wear" "It's me they hear" " Your spirit and my voice" " My spirit and your voice" " In one combined" " In one combined" " The Phantom of the Opera is there" " The Phantom of the Opera is there" " Inside my mind" " Inside your mind" "He's there, the Phantom of the Opera" "Sing, my Angel of Music." "Sing, my angel." "Sing for me!" "Sing, my angel." "Sing for me!" "I have brought you" "To the seat of sweet music's throne" "To this kingdom where all must pay homage to music" "Music, you have come here" "For one purpose, and one alone" "Since the moment I first heard you sing" "I have needed you with me to serve me, to sing" "For my music" "My music" "Nighttime sharpens  heightens each sensation" "Darkness stirs  and wakes imagination" "Silently the senses  abandon their defenses" "Slowly, gently" "Night unfurls its splendor" "Grasp it, sense it" "Tremulous and tender" "Turn your face away" "From the garish light of day" "Turn your thoughts away" "From cold, unfeeling light" "And listen to the music of the night" "Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams" "Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before" "Close your eyes" "Let your spirit start  to soar" "And you'll live as you've never lived before" "Softly, deftly" "Music shall caress you" "Hear it, feel it" "Secretly possess you" "Open up your mind" "Let your fantasies unwind" "In this darkness that you know  you cannot fight" "The darkness of the music of the night" "Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world" "Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before" "Let your soul take you" "Where you long to be" "Only then can you belong  to me" "Floating, falling" "Sweet intoxication" "Touch me, trust me" "Savor each sensation" "Let the dream begin" "Let your darker side give in  to the power of the music that I write" "The power of the music of the night" "You alone can make my song take flight" "Help me make..." "The music of the  night" "Christine?" "Like yellow parchment is his skin" "A great black hole serves as the nose that never grew" "You must be always on your guard" "Or he will catch you with his magical lasso" "Oh, my." "Those who speak of what they know" "Find too late that prudent silence is wise" "Joseph Buquet, hold your tongue" "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes." "I remember there was mist" "Swirling mist upon a vast, glassy lake" "There were candles all around" "And on the lake there was a boat" "And in the boat there was a man" "Who was that shape in the shadows?" "Whose is the face in the mask?" "Damn you!" "You little prying Pandora" "You little demon!" "Is this what you wanted to see?" "Curse you!" "You little lying Delilah" "You little viper Now you cannot ever be free" "Damn you!" "Curse you!" "Stranger than you dreamt it" "Can you even dare to look  or bear to think of me?" "This loathsome gargoyle who burns in hell" "But secretly yearns for heaven secretly, secretly" "Christine" "Fear can turn to love" "You'll learn to see to find the man" "Behind the monster, this" "Repulsive carcass who seems a beast" "But secretly dreams of beauty ... secretly, secretly" "Oh, Christine" "Come, we must return." "Those two fools who run my theater will be missing you." ""Mystery after gala night"" "It says "Mystery of soprano's flight"" ""Mystified" All the papers say" ""We are mystified We suspect foul play"" "Bad news on soprano scene first Carlotta, now Christine  still at least the seats get sold" "Gossip's worth its weight in gold" "What a way to run a business" "Spare me these unending trials" "Half your cast disappears but the crowd still cheers" "Opera!" "To hell with Gluck and Handel Have a scandal" " And you're sure to have a hit" " Damnable, will they all walk out?" " This is damnable" " Andre, please don't shout" "It's publicity, and the take is vast free publicity" "But we have no cast" "Andre, have you seen the queue?" "It seems you've got one too" ""Dear Andre, what a charming gala Christine was, in a word, sublime" "We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left" "On that note, the diva's a disaster" "Must you cast her when she's seasons past her prime?"" ""Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder" "My salary has not been paid" "Send it care of the Ghost by return of post PTO" "No one likes a debtor so it's better if my orders are obeyed"" "Who would have the gall to send this?" " Someone with a puerile brain" " These are both signed O.G." " Who the hell is he?" " Opera Ghost" " It's nothing short of shocking" " He is mocking our position" " In addition he wants money" " What a funny apparition" "To expect a large retainer he is clearly quite insane" " Where is she?" " Carlotta?" "I mean, Miss Daae Where is she?" " How do we know?" " I want an answer" " You sent me this note" " What's this nonsense?" " Of course not" " Don't look at us" " She's not with you?" " Of course not" " We're in the dark" " Don't argue, isn't this the letter you wrote?" "And what is it that we're meant to have wrote?" "Written." ""Do not fear for Miss Daae." "The Angel of Music has her under his wing." "Make no attempt to see her again."" " If you didn't write it, who did?" " Where is he?" " Welcome back" " Your precious patron, where is he?" " What is it?" " I have your letter" " A letter I rather resent" " Did you send it?" " Of course not" " As if he would" " You didn't send it?" " Of course not" " What's going on?" " Tell me, this is not the letter you sent?" "And what is it that I'm meant to have sent?" ""Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered." "Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight." "Be prepared for a great misfortune should you attempt to take her place."" "Far too many notes for my taste" "And most of them about Christine" "All we've heard since we came is Miss Daae's name" " Miss Daae has returned" " I hope no worse for wear" " As far as we're concerned" " Where precisely is she now?" "I thought it best she was alone" "She needed rest" " May I see her?" " No, monsieur, she will see no one" "Will she sing?" "Will she sing?" " Here, I have a note" " Let me see it" "Please." ""Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature detailing how my theater is to be run." "You have not followed my instructions." "I shall give you one last chance." "Christine Daae has returned to you" "And I am anxious her career should progress  in the new production of II Muto" "You will therefore cast Carlotta  as the pageboy" "And put Miss Daae in the role of countess" "The role which Miss Daae plays  calls for charm and appeal" "The role of the pageboy is silent which makes my casting in a word, ideal" "I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in box five which will be kept empty for me." "Should these commands be ignored a disaster beyond your imagination will occur." "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant." "O.G."" " Christine" " Whatever next?" " It's all a ploy to help Christine" " This is insane" "I know who sent this The vicomte, her lover" " Indeed!" "Can you believe this?" " Signora" " Signora" " You are our star" " And always will be" " Signora" " The man is mad" " We don't take orders" "Miss Daae will be playing the pageboy, the silent role." "Carlotta will be playing the lead" " It's useless trying to appease me" " Appease her" " You're only saying this to please me" " To please her" " Who scorn his word, beware to those" " You have reviled me" " The angel sees, the angel knows" " You have rebuked me" " Signora, pardon us" " You have replaced me" "Please, signora, we beseech you" " I must see her" " This hour shall see your darkest fears" " The angel knows, the angel hears" " Where did she go?" "Signora, sing for us Don't be a martyr" " What new surprises lie in store?" " Our star!" "Would you please give this to Miss Daae?" "Miss Daae?" "Your public needs you." "We need you too." "Would you not rather have your precious little ingénue?" " Signora, no." " Signora, no." "The world wants you" "Prima donna first lady of the stage" "Your devotees Are on their knees" "To implore you" "Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?" "Think of how they all adore you" "Prima donna enchant us once again" " Think of your muse" " And of the queues round the theater" "Can you deny us the triumph in store?" "Sing, prima donna once more" " Christine spoke of an angel" " Prima donna" "Your song shall live again" " Think of your public" " You took a snub" " But there's a public who needs you" " She has heard the voice" " Of the Angel of Music" " Those who hear your voice" " Liken you to an angel" " Think of their cry of undying support" " We get our opera" " She gets her limelight" " Follow where the limelight leads you" " Leading ladies are a trial" "Prima donna Your song shall never die" " You'll sing again and to unending ovation" " Orders, warnings" " Lunatic demands" " Lunatic demands are regular occurrences" "Think how you'll shine in that final encore" "Surely there'll be further scenes worse than this" "I must see these demands are rejected" "Who'd believe a diva happy To relieve a chorus girl" "Who's gone and slept with the patron?" "Raoul and the soubrette entwined in love's duet" "Although he may demur he must have been with her" "You'd never get away with all this in a play" "But if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue" "It's just the sort of story audiences adore" " In fact, a perfect opera" " For if his curse is on the opera" "Prima donna, the world is at your feet" "A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated" "Light up the stage  with that age-old rapport" "Sing, prima donna" "Once more" "Go on, go, go." "They say that this youth has set my lady's heart aflame" "His Lordship, sure would die of shock" "His Lordship is a laughingstock" "Should he suspect her, God protect her shame, shame, shame" "This faithless lady's bound for Hades" "Shame, shame, shame" "Serafimo, your disguise is perfect" "Why, who can this be?" "Gentle wife Admit your loving husband" "That's exactly the sort of thing the public loves." "My love, I'm called to England on affairs of state" "And must leave you with your new maid" "Though I would happily take the maid with me." "The old fool is leaving." "It's the Countess de Charbourg." "She's invited us to her salon, you know." "Nothing like that ever happened in the junk business." "Scrap metal." "Serafimo, away with this pretense" "You cannot speak but kiss me in my husband's absence" "Poor fool, he makes me laugh" "Time I tried to get a better better half" "Poor fool, he doesn't know" "If he knew the truth he'd never ever go" "Did I not instruct that box five was to be kept empty?" "He's here, the Phantom of the Opera." " It's him." " Your part is silent, little toad." "A toad, madame?" "Perhaps it is you who are the toad." "Why you spray on my chin all the time, huh?" "Serafimo, away with this pretense" "You cannot speak but kiss me in my..." "Gentlemen, please, please." "Poor fool, he makes me laugh" "She's lost her voice." "Mother!" "Bring the curtain in, please, will you?" "Get off." "Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize." "The performance will continue in 10 minutes' time when the role of the countess will be played by Miss Daae." "Thank you." "Go, go, hurry up." "Hurry up." "Until then, we would crave your indulgence for a few moments." "Meanwhile, we'd like to give you the ballet from Act 3 of tonight's opera." " What?" " Maestro the ballet, bring it forward, please." " The ballet." " The ballet, now, please." "Thank you." "You're fired." " Are you all right?" " Raoul, we're not safe here." "Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats." "Do not panic." "It's simply an accident." "An accident." "Why have you brought me here?" " We can't go back there" " We must return" "He'll kill you His eyes will find us there" " Christine, don't say that" " Those eyes that burn" " Don't even think it" " If he has to kill a thousand men" " Forget this waking nightmare" " The Phantom of the Opera will kill" "Believe me There is no Phantom of the Opera" "My God, who is this man who hunts to kill?" " This mask of death" " I can't escape from him" " Whose is this voice you hear" " I never will" " With every breath?" " And in this labyrinth" "Where night is blind" " The Phantom of the Opera is here" " The Phantom of the Opera is there" " Inside my mind" " Inside your mind" "There is no Phantom of the Opera" "Raoul, I've been there  to his world of unending night" "To a world where the daylight dissolves into darkness" "Darkness" "Raoul, I've seen him" "Can I ever forget that sight?" "Can I ever escape from that face?" "So distorted, deformed it was hardly a face  in that darkness" "Darkness" "But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound" "In that night there was music in my mind" "And through music my soul began  to soar" "And I heard..." " ... as I'd never heard before" " What you heard was a dream  and nothing more" "Yet in his eyes" "All the sadness of the world" "Those pleading eyes  that both threaten  and adore" "Christine" "Christine" "Christine..." "No more talk of darkness" "Forget these wide-eyed fears" "I'm here Nothing can harm you" "My words will warm and calm you" "Let me be your freedom" "Let daylight dry your tears" "I'm here with you, beside you  to guard you and to guide you" "Say you love me" "Every waking moment" "Turn my head  with talk of summertime" "Say you need me with you" "Now and always" "Promise me  that all you say is true" " That's all I ask of you" " Let me be your shelter" "Let me be your light" "You're safe No one will find you" "Your fears are far behind you" "All I want is freedom" "A world with no more night" "And you always beside me" "To hold me and to hide me" "Then say you'll share with me" "One love, one lifetime" "Let me lead you" "From your solitude" "Say you need me with you" "Here beside you" "Anywhere you go Let me go too" "Christine" "That's all I ask of you" "Say you'll share with me" "One love, one lifetime" "Say the word and I will follow you" "Share each day with me" "Each night, each morning" " Say you love me" " You know I do" "Love me" "That's all I ask of you" "Anywhere you go, let me go too" "Love me" "That's all I ask of you" "I must go" "They'll wonder where I am" "Come with me, Raoul" "Christine, I love you" "Order your fine horses" "Be with them at the door" "And soon you'll be beside me" "You'll guard me and you'll guide me" "I gave you my music  made your song take wing" "And now how you've repaid me  denied me and betrayed me" "He was bound to love you  when he heard you sing" "Christine" "Say you'll share with me" "One love, one lifetime" "Say the word and I will follow you" "Share each day with me" "Each night, each morning" "You will curse the day" "You did not do" "All that the Phantom" "Asked of you" "Monsieur Andre." "Monsieur Firmin." "Dear Andre, what a splendid party" "The prologue to a bright new year" " Quite a night, I'm impressed" " Well, one does one's best" " Here's to us" " The toast of all the city" "What a pity that The Phantom can't be here" "Masquerade!" "Paper faces on parade" "Masquerade" "Hide your face So the world will never find you" "Masquerade!" "Every face a different shade" "Masquerade" "Look around There's another mask behind you" "Flash of mauve, splash of puce fool and king, ghoul and goose" "Green and black, queen and priest trace of rouge, face of beast" " Faces!" "Take your turn" " Take a ride" " On the merry-go-round" " In an inhuman race" "Eye of gold, thigh of blue true is false, who is who?" "Curl of lip, swirl of gown ace of hearts, face of clown" "Faces!" "Drink it in, drink it up" "Till you've drowned in the light, in the sound" "But who can name the face?" "Masquerade!" "Grinning yellows, spinning reds Masquerade" "Take your fill Let the spectacle astound you" "Masquerade!" "Burning glances, turning heads" "Masquerade" "Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you" "Masquerade" "Seething shadows, breathing lies" "Masquerade" "You can fool any friend who ever knew you" "Masquerade!" "Leering satyrs, peering eyes" "Masquerade" "Run and hide But a face will still pursue you" " What a night" " What a crowd" " Makes you glad" " Makes you proud" " All the creme de la creme" " Watching us watching them..." " Three months of relief - ... of delight" " Of Elysian peace" " And we can breathe at last" " No more notes" " No more ghost" " Here's to health" " Here's a toast to a prosperous year" " To our friends who are here" " And may our splendor never fade" "What a blessed release" "And what a masquerade" "Think of it" "A secret engagement." "Look, your future bride." " Just think of it." " But why is it secret?" "What have we to hide?" "You promised me." " No, Raoul." "Please don't." "They'll see." " Let them see." "It's an engagement, not a crime." "Christine, what are you afraid of?" " Let's not argue" " Let's not argue" " Please pretend" " I can only hope" " You will understand in time" " I'll understand in time" "Masquerade!" "Paper faces on parade" "Masquerade" "Hide your face so the world will never find you" "Masquerade!" "Every face a different shade Masquerade" "Look around There's another mask behind you" "Masquerade!" "Burning glances, turning heads Masquerade" "Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you" "Masquerade!" "Grinning yellows, spinning reds Masquerade" "Take your fill Let the spectacle astound you" "Why so silent, good messieurs?" "Did you think that I had left you for good?" "Have you missed me, good messieurs?" "I have written you an opera" "Here, I bring the finished score" "Don Juan Triumphant" "Fondest greetings to you all" "A few instructions just before rehearsal starts" "Carlotta must be taught to act" "Not her normal trick of strutting round the stage" "Our Don Juan must lose some weight" "It's not healthy  in a man of Piangi's age" "And my managers must learn" "That their place is in an office" "Not the arts" "As for our star" "Miss Christine Daae" "No doubt she'll do her best" "It's true her voice is good" "She knows, though Should she wish to excel" "She has much still to learn" "If pride will let her return to me" "Her teacher" "Her teacher" "Your chains are still mine!" "You belong to me!" " Madame Giry..." " Please, I know no more than anyone else." " That's not true!" " Monsieur, don't ask." " There have been too many accidents." " Accidents?" "Please, Madame Giry for all our sakes." "Very well." "It was years ago." "There was a traveling fair in the city." "Gypsies." "I was very young." "Studying to be a ballerina." "One of many." "Living in the dormitories of the opera house." "See the wonder from the East!" "Come." "Come." "Come inside." "Come and see the Devil's Child." "Behold, mesdames and messieurs, the Devil's Child!" "Devil's Child." "Murder!" " Murder!" " Which way?" "!" "That way!" "That way!" "He's getting away!" "I hid him from the world and its cruelties." "He has known nothing else of life since then except this opera house." "It was his playground and now his artistic domain." "He's a genius." "He's an architect and designer." "He's a composer and a magician." " A genius, monsieur." " But clearly, Madame Giry genius has turned to madness." " Monsieur." " Where to?" "The cemetery." "To my father's grave, please." " Where have they gone?" " The cemetery." "In sleep, he sang to me" "In dreams, he came" "That voice, which calls to me  and speaks my name" "Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing." "Her father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music." "Her father promised her." "Her father promised her." "You were once my one companion" "You were all that mattered" "You were once a friend and father" "Then my world was shattered  wishing you were somehow here again ... wishing you were somehow near" "Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed  somehow you would be here  wishing I could hear your voice again ... knowing that I never would" "Dreaming of you won't help me to do  all that you dreamed I could" "Passing bells and sculpted angels" "Cold and monumental  seem for you  the wrong companions" "You were warm and gentle" "Too many years fighting back tears" "Why can't the past just die?" "Wishing you were somehow here again" "Knowing we must say goodbye" "Try to forgive Teach me to live" "Give me the strength to try" "No more memories No more silent tears" "No more gazing across" "The wasted years" "Help me say" "Goodbye" "Help me say" "Goodbye" "Wandering child so lost, so helpless" "Yearning for my guidance" "Angel or father friend or phantom?" " Who is it there staring?" " Have you forgotten your angel?" "Angel, oh, speak what endless longings" "Echo in this whisper" "Too long you've wandered in winter  far from my fathering gaze" " Wildly, my mind beats against you" " You resist" " Yet your soul obeys" " Yet the soul obeys" " Angel of Music, you denied me" " Angel of Music, I denied you" " Turning from true beauty" " Turning from true beauty" " Angel of Music, do not shun me" " Angel of Music, my protector" " Come to your strange angel" " Come to me, strange angel" "I am your Angel of Music" "Come to me, Angel..." " ... of Music" " No, Christine!" "Wait!" "Wait!" " Raoul!" " Whatever you believe, this man this thing is not your father!" "No, Raoul!" "No." "Not like this." "Now let it be war upon you both." "We have all been blind" "And yet the answer is staring us in the face" "This could be the chance  to ensnare our clever friend" " We're listening" " Go on" "We shall play his game" "Perform his work But remember, we hold the ace" "For if Miss Daae sings he is certain to attend" " We are certain the doors are barred" " We are certain the police are there" "We are certain they're armed" "The curtain falls" "His reign will end" "Raoul, I'm frightened." "Don't make me do this." "Raoul." "It scares me." "Don't put me through this ordeal by fire." "He'll take me." "I know." "We'll be parted forever." "He won't let me go." "What I once used to dream  I now dread." "If he finds me, it won't ever end." "And he'll always be there" "Singing songs in my head" "He'll always be there" "Singing songs in my head" "You said yourself" "He was nothing but a man" "Yet while he lives" "He will haunt us" "Till we're dead" "Twisted every way" "What answer can I give?" "Am I to risk my life  to win the chance to live?" "Can I betray the man  who once inspired my voice?" "Do I become his prey?" "Do I have any choice?" "He kills without a thought" "He murders all that's good" "I know I can't refuse" "And yet, I wish I could" "Oh, God, if I agree" "What horrors wait for me  in this, the Phantom's opera?" "Christine, Christine" "Don't think that I don't care" "But every hope and every prayer  rests on you now" "Seal my fate tonight" "I hate to have to cut the fun short" "But the joke's wearing thin" "Let the audience in" "Let my opera begin" "Here the sire may serve the dam" "Here the master takes his meat" "Here the sacrificial lamb  utters one despairing bleat" "Poor young maiden" "For the thrill on your tongue of stolen sweets  you will have to pay the bill  tangled in the winding sheets" "Serve the meal and serve the maid" "Serve the meal and serve the maid" "Serve the master so that when tables, plans and maids are laid" "Don Juan triumphs  once again" "Passarino, faithful friend  once again recite the plan" "Your young guest believes I'm you" "I, the master You, the man" "When you met you wore my cloak she could not have seen your face" "She believes she dines with me in her master's borrowed place" "Furtively, we'll scoff and quaff stealing what, in truth, is mine" "When it's late and modesty starts to mellow with the wine" "You come home, I use your voice slam the door like crack of doom" "I shall say, "Come hide with me where, oh, where?" "Of course, my room!"" " Poor thing hasn't got a chance" " Here's my hat, my cloak and sword" "Conquest is assured if I do not forget myself and laugh" "No thoughts within her head but thoughts of joy" "No dreams within her heart  but dreams of love" "Master?" "Passarino" "Go away, for the trap is set" "And waits for its prey" "You have come here  in pursuit of your deepest urge" "In pursuit of that wish which till now  has been silent" "Silent" "I have brought you  that our passions may fuse and merge" "In your mind You've already succumbed to me" "Dropped all defenses Completely succumbed to me" "Now you are here with me" "No second thoughts" "You've decided" "Decided" "Past the point of no return" "No backward glances" "Our games of make-believe  are at an end" "Past all thought of "if" or "when "" "No use resisting" "Abandon thought" "And let the dream descend" "What raging fire shall flood the soul?" "What rich desire unlocks its door?" "What sweet seduction lies before us?" "Past the point of no return" "The final threshold" "What warm, unspoken secrets" "Will we learn?" "Beyond the point of no  return" "You have brought me  to that moment when words run dry ... to that moment when speech disappears  into silence" "Silence" "I have come here" "Hardly knowing the reason why" "In my mind I've already imagined  our bodies entwining Defenseless and silent" "Now I am here with you" "No second thoughts" "I've decided" "Decided" "Past the point of no return" "No going back now" "Our passion play has now at last begun" "Past all thought of right or wrong" "One final question" "How long should we two wait" "Before we're one?" "When will the blood begin to race?" "The sleeping bud burst into bloom?" "When will the flames at last" "Consume us?" "Past the point of no return" "The final threshold" "The bridge is crossed" "So stand and watch it burn" "We've passed the point of no" "Return" "Say you'll share with me" "One love" "One lifetime" "Lead me, save me  from my solitude" "Say you want me with you" "Here beside you" "Anywhere you go" "Let me go too" "Christine" "That's all I ask of..." "Go!" "Piangi, my love!" "Oh, my God!" "We're ruined, Andre." "Ruined!" "Where did he take her?" "Come with me." "I will take you to him." "But remember, keep your hand at the level of your eyes!" " I'll come with you!" " No, Meg, no." "You must stay here." "Come with me." "Do as I say." "No!" "Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair" "Down we plunge to the prison of my mind" "Down that path into darkness" "Deep as hell" "Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place?" "Not for any mortal sin but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!" "Track down this murderer!" "He must be found!" "Track down this murderer!" "He must be found!" "Hounded out by everyone  met with hatred everywhere" "No kind words from anyone" "No compassion anywhere" "Christine" "Why?" "Why?" " Your hand at the level of your eyes" " At the level of your eyes" "At the level of your eyes" "This is as far as I dare go." "Thank you." "Have you gorged yourself at last  in your lust for blood?" "Am I now to be prey  to your lust for flesh?" "That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood  has also denied me the joys of the flesh" "This face, the infection  which poisons our love" "This face which earned  a mother's fear and loathing" "A mask" "My first unfeeling scrap of clothing" "Pity comes too late" "Turn around and face your fate" "An eternity of this  before your eyes" "This haunted face  holds no horror for me now" "It's in your soul  that the true distortion lies" "Wait!" "I think, my dear We have a guest" " Sir" " Raoul!" "This is indeed an unparalleled delight" "I had rather hoped" "That you would come" "And now, my wish comes true" " You have truly made my night" " Let me go." "Free her!" "Do what you like Only free her!" " Have you no pity?" " Your lover makes a passionate plea" " Please, Raoul, it's useless" " I love her" "Does that mean nothing?" "I love her!" " Show some compassion" " The world showed no compassion to me!" "Christine, Christine Let me see her" "Be my guest, sir" "Monsieur, I bid you welcome" "Did you think that I would harm her?" "Why would I make her pay  for the sins which are yours?" "Order your fine horses now!" "Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes!" "Nothing can save you now  except perhaps Christine" "Start a new life with me" "Buy his freedom with your love" "Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death!" "This is the choice!" "This is the point of no return!" "The tears I might have shed  for your dark fate  grow cold and turn  to tears of hate" "Christine, forgive me Please, forgive me" " I did it all for you and all for nothing" " Farewell, my fallen idol and false friend" " We had such hopes" " Too late for turning back" " Now those hopes are shattered" " Too late for prayers and pity" " Say you love him" " All hope of cries for help" " And my life is over" " No point in fighting" " For either way you choose you cannot win" " But either way you choose he has to win" "So do you end your days with me?" "Or do you send him to his grave?" "Why make her lie to you to save me?" " Angel of Music" " Past the point of no return" " Christine, say no!" " Who deserves this?" " Don't throw your life away for my sake" " His life is now the prize..." " ... which you must earn" " I fought so hard to free you" " You've passed the point of no return" " Angel of Music" "You deceived me" "I gave you my mind blindly." "You try my patience." "Make your choice." "Pitiful creature of darkness" "What kind of life have you known?" "God give me courage to show you  you are not alone" "Track down this murderer" "Take her!" "Forget me Forget all of this" "Leave me alone" "Forget all you've seen" "Go now Don't let them find you" "Take the boat Swear to me never to tell  the secrets you know of the angel in hell" "The Phantom of the Opera is there Deep down below" "Go now" "Go now and leave me!" "Masquerade" "Paper faces on parade" "Masquerade" "Hide your face so the world will never find you" "Christine, I love you" "Say you'll share with me" "One love, one lifetime" "Say the word  and I will follow you" "Share each day with me  each night, each morning" "You alone can make my song  take flight" "It's over now" "The music  of the night" "[ENGLISH]"