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PART ONETHE STAIRCASE OF THE OPERA HOUSE( Six Months Later )
( A gauze half conceals the tableau of guests at the
opera ball. The guests ( whom we cannot yet see clearly )
are in fancy dress, a peacock, a lion, a dragon,
Mephistopheles, a highwayman, a clown, knights,
ladies, an executioner. M. ANDRE enters.
He is dressed as a skeleton in an opera cape.
Almost immediately M. FIRMIN arrives. He is also
dressed as a skeleton in an opera cape. The two skeletons see
each other and approach nervously )
ANDRE
M'sieur Firmin?
FIRMIN
M'sieur Andre?
( Each raises his mask to the other. They recognise
each other. )
FIRMIN
Dear Andre
what a splendid party!
ANDRE
The prologue
to a bright new year!
FIRMIN
Quite a night!
I'm impressed!
FIRMIN
Well, one does
one's best. . .
ANDRE/FIRMIN ( raising their glasses )
Here's to us!
FIRMIN
I must say
all the same, that
it's a shame that "Phantom"
fellow isn't here!
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( The gauze lifts fully to reveal the staircase of the opera house.
The opera ball begins. Among the GUESTS
are four carrying strange percussion instruments:
a monkey with cymbals, a toy soldier with a drum,
a triangle, bells. Together they play weirdly throughout )
MasqueradeCHORUS
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!
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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. . .
RAOUL/CHRISTINE
But who can name the face. . .?
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ALL
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!
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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!
( The ENSEMBLE activity becomes background, as
ANDRE, FIRMIN, MEG, GIRY, PIANGI
and CARLOTTA come to the fore, glasses in hand )
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GIRY
What a night
MEG
What a crowd!
ANDRE
Makes you glad!
FIRMIN
Makes you proud!
All the creme
de la creme!
CARLOTTA
Watching us watching them!
MEG/GlRY
And all our fears
are in the past!
ANDRE
Six months...
PIANGI
Of relief!
CARLOTTA
Of delight!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
Of Elysian peace!
MEG/GIRY
And we can breathe at last!
CARLOTTA
No more notes!
PIANGI
No more ghost!
GIRY
Here's a health!
ANDRE
Here's a toast:
to a prosperous year!
FIRMIN
To the new chandelier!
PIANGI/CARLOTTA
And may its
splendour never fade!
FIRMIN
Six months!
GIRY
What a joy!
MEG
What a change!
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FIRMIN/ANDRE
What a blessed release!
ANDRE
And what a masquerade!
( They clink glasses and move off.
RAOUL and CHRISTINE emerge. She is admiring a new acquisition:
an engagement ring from RAOUL, which she has
attached to a gold chain around her neck. )
CHRISTINE
Think of it!
A secret engagement!
Look - your future bride!
Just think of it!
RAOUL
But why is it secret?
What have we to hide?
CHRISTINE
Please, let's not fight. . .
RAOUL
Christine, you're free!
CHRISTINE
Wait till the time is right. . .
RAOUL
When will that be?
It's an engagement,
not a crime!
Christine,
What are you
afraid of?
CHRISTINE
Let's not argue. . .
RAOUL
Let's not argue. . .
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CHRISTINE
Please pretend. . .
RAOUL
I can only hope I'll. . .
CHRISTINE
You will. . .
BOTH
. . .understand
in time. . .
( Dance section, in which CHRISTINE, almost
coquettish almost jittery, goes from man to man.
But too many of her partners seem to be replicas of the PHANTOM,
and each spins her with increasing force.
Eventually RAOUL rescues her and holds her tightly.
He whirls her back into the dance, as the
music heads towards its climax )
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ALL
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!
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Masquerade!
Grinning yellows,
spinning reds. . .
Masquerade!
Take your fill -
let the spectacle
astound you!
( At the height of the activity a grotesque figure suddenly appears
at the lop of the staircase. Dressed all in crimson,
with a death's head visible inside the hood of his robe,
the PHANTOM has come to the party.
With dreadful wooden steps he descends the stairs
and takes the centre of the stage )
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PHANTOM
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!
( He takes from under his robe an enormous bound manuscript )
Here I bring the finished score -
"Don Juan Triumphant" !
( He throws it to ANDRE )
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I advise you
to comply -
my instructions
should be clear -
Remember
there are worse things
than a shattered chandelier. . .
( CHRISTlNE, mesmerized, approaches as the PHANTOM
beckons her. He reaches out, grasps the chain that holds
the secret engagement ring, and rips it from her throat )
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Your chains are still mine -
you will sing for me!
( ALL cower in suspense as the music crescendos,
until suddenly, his figure evaporates )
BACKSTAGE( GIRY is hurrying across. RAOUL appears and
calls after her )
RAOUL
Madame Giry. Madame Giry. . .
GIRY
Monsieur, don't ask me - I know no more than
anyone else.
( She moves off again. He stops her )
RAOUL
That's not true. You've seen something,
haven't you ?
GIRY ( uneasily )
I don't know what I've seen. . .
Please don't ask me, monsieur. . .
RAOUL ( desperately )
Madame, for all our sakes. . .
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GIRY ( She has glanced nervously about her
and suddenly deciding to trust him, cuts in )
Very well. It was years ago. There was a
travelling fair in the city.
Tumblers, conjurors, human oddities. . .
RAOUL
Go on. . .
GIRY ( trance-like, as she retraces the past )
And there was. . . I shall never forget him: a
man. . . Iocked in a cage. . .
RAOUL
In a cage. . . ?
GIRY
A prodigy, monsieur! Scholar, architect, musician .
RAOUL ( piecing together the jigsaw )
A composer. . .
GIRY
And an inventor too, monsieur. They boasted
he had once built for the Shah of Persia,
a maze of mirrors. . .
RAOUL ( mystified and impatient, cuts in )
Who was this man. . .?
GIRY ( with a shudder )
A freak of nature. . .
more monster
than man. . .
RAOUL ( a murmur )
Deformed . . .?
GIRY
From birth, it seemed. . .
RAOUL
My God . . .
GIRY
And then. . . he went missing. He escaped.
RAOUL
Go on.
GIRY
They never found him -
it was said he
had died. . .
RAOUL ( darkly )
But he didn't die, did he?
GIRY
The world forgot him,
but I never can. . .
For in this darkness
I have seen him again. . .
RAOUL
And so our
Phantom's this man. . .
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GIRY ( starts from her daze and turns to go )
I have said too much, monsieur.
( She moves off into the surrounding blackness )
And there have been too many accidents. . .
RAOUL ( ironical )
Accidents?!
GIRY
Too many. . .
(And, before he can question her further,
she has disappeared)
RAOUL ( running after her )
Madame Giry. . .!
THE MANAGERS' OFFICE( The PHANTOM'S score lies open on the desk.
ANDRE is impatiently flicking through it )
ANDRE
Ludicrous!
Have you seen the score?
FIRMIN ( entering )
Simply ludicrous!
ANDRE
It's the final straw!
FIRMIN
This is lunacy!
Well, you know my views. . .
ANDRE
Utter lunacy!
FIRMIN
But we daren't refuse. . .
ANDRE ( groans )
Not another
chandelier. . .
FIRMIN
Look, my friend, what
we have here. . .
( He has two notes from the PHANTOM, one of which he
hands to ANDRE, who opens it and reads ):
ANDRE
"Dear Andre,
Re my orchestrations:
We need another first bassoon.
Get a player with tone -
and that third trombone
has to go!
The man could not be deafer,
so please preferably one
who plays in tune!"
FIRMIN ( reading his letter )
"Dear Firmin,
vis a vis my opera:
some chorus-members must be sacked.
If you could, find out which
has a sense of pitch -
wisely, though,
I've managed to assign a
rather minor role to those
who cannot act! "
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( They are interrupted by the arrival of CARLOTTA and
PIANGI both furiously brandishing similar notes )
CARLOTTA
Outrage!
FIRMIN
What is it now?
CARLOTTA
This whole affair is
an outrage!
FIRMIN
Signora, please. . .
ANDRE
Now what's the matter?
CARLOTTA
Have you seen
the size of my part?
ANDRE
Signora, listen. . .
PIANGI
It's an insult!
FIRMIN
Not you as well!
PIANGI
Just look at this -
it's an insult!
FIRMIN
Please, understand. . .
ANDRE
Signor! Signora!
CARLOTTA
The things I have
to do for my art!
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PIANGI ( stabbing a finger at the open score )
If you can call
this gibberish "art" !
( RAOUL and CHRISTINE enter: CARLOTTA bristles )
CARLOTTA ( dryly )
Ah! Here's our little flower!
FIRMIN
Ah Miss Daae
quite the lady
of the hour!
ANDRE ( explaining )
You have
secured the largest role
in this "Don Juan".
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CARLOTTA ( half to herself )
Christine Daae?
She doesn't have
the voice!
FIRMIN ( hearing this, to CARLOTTA )
Signora, please!
RAOUL ( to the MANAGERS )
Then I take it
you're agreeing.
CARLOTTA ( aside )
She's behind this. . .
ANDRE
It appears we have
no choice.
CARLOTTA ( unable to contain herself any longer, points accusingly )
She's the one
behind this!
Christine Daae!
CHRISTINE ( who has been silent till now, incensed at this )
How dare you!
CARLOTTA
I'm not a fool!
CHRISTINE
You evil woman!
How dare you!
CARLOTTA
You think I'm blind?
CHRISTINE
This isn't my fault!
I don't want any
part in this plot!
FIRMIN
Miss Daae, surely. . .
ANDRE
But why not?
PIANGI ( baffled, to CARLOTTA )
What does she say?
FIRMIN ( reasonably )
It's your decision -
( Suddenly rounding on her )
But why not?
CARLOTTA ( to PIANGI )
She's backing out!
ANDRE
You have a duty!
CHRISTINE
I cannot sing it,
duty or not!
RAOUL ( comforting )
Christine. . .
Christine. . .
You don't have to. . .
they can't make you. . .
( MEG and GlRY arrive, the latter bearing another note
from the PHANTOM )
GIRY
Please, monsieur:
another note.
( The MANAGERS gesture: "read it". As she reads,
ALL react variously, as they are singled out )
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GIRY
"Fondest greetings
to you all !
A few instructions
just before
rehearsal starts:
Carlotta must be
taught to act . . . ,"
( The PHANTOM'S voice gradually takes over from her )
PHANTOM'S VOICE
. . .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 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 obedient friend. . . ( The PHANTOM'S voice fades out and GIRY takes over )
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GIRY
". . .and Angel. . ."
( Attention now focuses on RAOUL whose eyes
are suddenly bright with a new thought )
RAOUL
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. . .
ANDRE
We're listening. . .
FIRMIN
Go on.
RAOUL
We shall play his
game - perform his
work - but remember we
hold the ace. . .
For, if Miss Daae
sings, he is certain
to attend. . .
ANDRE ( carried along by the idea )
We make certain
the doors are barred. . .
FIRMIN ( likewise )
We make certain
our men are there. . .
RAOUL
We make certain
they're armed. . .
RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN ( savouring their victory )
The curtain falls -
his reign will end!
( ALL have been listening intently. GIRY is the first
to express a reaction. CHRISTINE remains silent
and withdrawn )
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GIRY
Madness!
ANDRE
I'm not so sure. . .
FIRMIN
Not if it works. . .
GIRY
This is madness!
ANDRE
The tide will turn!
GIRY
Monsieur, believe me -
there is no way of
turning the tide!
FIRMIN ( to GIRY )
You stick to ballet!
RAOUL ( rounding on GIRY )
Then help us!
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GIRY
Monsieur, I can't. . .
RAOUL
Instead of warning us. . .
RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN
Help us!
GIRY
I wish I could. . .
RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN
Don't make excuses!
RAOUL
Or could it be that
you're on his side?
GIRY ( to RAOUL )
Monsieur, believe me,
I intend no ill. . .
( to ANDRE and FIRMIN )
But messieurs, be careful -
we have seen him kill. . .
ANDRE/FIRMIN ( to GIRY )
We say he'll fall
and fall he will!
CARLOTTA
She's the one behind this!
Christine!
This is all her doing!
PIANGI
This is the truth!
Christine Daae!
RAOUL
This is his undoing!
ANDRE/FIRMIN ( to RAOUL )
If you succeed
you free us all -
this so called "angel"
has to fall!
RAOUL
Angel of music,
fear my fury -
Here is where you fall!
GIRY ( to RAOUL )
Hear my warning!
Fear his fury!
CARLOTTA
What glory can
she hope to gain?
It's clear to all
the girl's insane!
ANDRE ( to FIRMIN )
If Christine sings
We'll get our man. . .
PIANGI
She is crazy!
She is raving!
FIRMIN ( to ANDRE )
If Christine helps
us in this plan. . .
RAOUL
Say your prayers,
black angel of death!
CHRISTINE ( vainly pleading amidst the tumult )
Please don't. . .
ANDRE ( to FIRMIN )
If Christine won't,
then no-one can. . .
GIRY ( to RAOUL )
Monsieur, I beg you,
do not do this. . .
PIANGI/CARLOTTA
Gran Dio!
Che imbroglio!
ANDRE/FIRMIN
This will seal his fate!
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CHRISTINE ( bursting through the hubbub
with a great cry )
If you don't stop,
I'll go mad! ! !
( to RAOUL, pleading )
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 for ever. . .
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. . .
( ALL stare at her )
CARLOTTA
She's mad. . .
RAOUL ( to CHRISTINE )
You said yourself
he was nothing
but a man. . .
Yet while he lives,
he will haunt us
till we're dead. . .
( CHRISTINE turns away unhappily )
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CHRISTINE
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?
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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. . .?
RAOUL ( to CHRISTINE, very tenderly )
Christine, Christine,
don't think that I don't care -
but every hope
and every prayer
rests on you now. . .
( CHRISTINE, overcome by her conflicting emotions
turns away and hurries out. RAOUL strides forward
and addresses an imaginary PHANTOM )
RAOUL
So, it is to be war between us! But this time,
clever friend, the disaster will be yours!
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( As lights fade, ATTENDANTS stretch a red, velvet rope
across the downstage area. OTHERS bring on gilt chairs.
CARLOTTA PIANGI and GIRY move downstage to take
their places for the next scene )
REHEARSAL FOR " DON JUAN TRIUMPHANT "( REYER supervises the learning of the new piece
from the piano. Present are PIANGI, CHRISTINE,
CARLOTTA, GlRY and CHORUS )
CHORUS
Hide our sword now wounded knight!
Your vainglorious gasconnade
brought you to your final fight
for your pride, high price you've paid!
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CHRISTINE
Silken couch and hay-filled barn
both have been his battlefield.
PIANGI ( wrong )
Those who tangle with Don Juan. . .
REYER ( stopping him )
No, no, no! Chorus rest, please.
Don Juan, Signor Piangi - here is the phrase.
( He demonstrates it )
"Those who tangle with Don Juan. . ."
If you please?
PIANGI ( still wrong )
Those who tangle with Don Juan. . .
REYER
No, no. Nearly - but no.
"Those who tan, tan, tan. . ."
PIANGI ( still wrong )
Those who tangle with Don Juan. . .
CARLOTTA ( to the OTHERS )
His way is better. At least he make it
sound like music!
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GIRY ( to CARLOTTA )
Signora - would you speak that way in the
presence of the composer?
CARLOTTA ( deaf to the implications
of this remark )
The composer is not here. And if he were here,
I would. . .
GIRY ( cutting in, ominous )
Are you certain of that, Signora. . .?
REYER So, once again - after seven.
( He gives the note and counts in )
Five, six, seven. . .
PIANGI ( wrong again )
Those who tangle with Don Juan. . .
( Gradually EVERYONE starts either to talk
or to practice the phrase simultaneously )
CARLOTTA
Ah, piu non posso! What does it matter
what notes we sing?
GIRY
Have patience, Signora.
CARLOTTA
No-one will know if it is right or if it is wrong.
No-one will care if it is right, or if it is wrong.
CARLOTTA ( mocking )
Those who tangle
with Don Juan!
PIANGI ( trying again )
Those who tan. . . tan. . .
( to CHRISTINE )
Is right?
CHRISTINE ( to PIANGI )
Not quite, Signor:
Those who tan. . . tan. . .
REYER ( attempting lo restore order )
Ladies. . . Signor Piangi. . . if you please. . .
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( REYER thumps the piano keys, then leaves the piano,
and attempts to attract attention using signals.
At the height of the mayhem, the piano suddenly begins to
demonstrate the music unaided. It plays with great force and rhythm.
ALL fall silent and freeze then suddenly
start to sing the piece robotically and accurately. As they continue
to sing, CHRISTINE moves away from the group. )
ALL EXCEPT CHRISTINE
Poor young maiden! For the thrill
on your tongue of stolen sweets
you will have to pay the bill -
tangled in the winding sheets!
( As the ENSEMBLE becomes background, CHRISTINE,
transfixed, sings independently )
CHRISTINE
In sleep
he sang to me,
in dreams
he came. . .
that voice
which calls to me
and speaks
my name. . .
( The scene begins to change. Trance-like, CHRISTINE
moves slowly upstage. We hear the distant sound of bells )
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. . .
A GRAVEYARD( A mausoleum with hanging moss. In the centre a
pyramid of skulls in front of a cross. )
Wishing You Were Somehow Here AgainCHRISTINE
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. . .
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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. . .
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No more memories,
no more silent tears. . .
No more gazing across
the wasted years. . .
Help me say
goodbye.
( The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross )
PHANTOM ( very soft and enticing )
Wandering child. . .
so lost. . .
so helpless. . .
yearning for my
guidance. . .
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( Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and
murmurs breathlessly ):
CHRISTINE
Angel. . . or father. . .
friend. . . or
Phantom. . . ?
Who is it there,
staring. . . ?
PHANTOM ( more and more hypnotic )
Have you
forgotten your Angel. . .?
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CHRISTINE Angel. . . oh, speak. . . What endless
longings
echo in this
whisper. . .!
( RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches
for a moment transfixed )
PHANTOM ( now drawing CHRISTINE towards him )
Too long you've wandered
in winter. . .
RAOUL ( to himself a murmur )
Once again
she is his. . .
PHANTOM
Far from my
far-reaching gaze. . .
RAOUL
Once again
she returns. . .
CHRISTINE ( increasingly mesmerized )
Wildly my mind
beats against you. . .
PHANTOM
You resist. . .
PHANTOM/CHRISTINE
Yet your/the soul
obeys. . .
RAOUL
. . .to the arms
of her angel. . .
angel or demon. . .
still he calls her. . .
luring her back, from the grave. . .
angel or dark seducer. . .?
Who are you, strange
angel. . .?
PHANTOM
Angel of Music!
You denied me,
turning from true beauty. . .
Angel of Music!
Do not shun me. . .
Come to your strange
Angel. . .
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CHRISTINE
Angel of Music!
I denied you,
turning from true beauty. . .
Angel of Music!
My protector. . .
Come to me, strange
Angel. . .
( CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the PHANTOM )
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PHANTOM ( beckoning her )
I am your Angel of Music. . .
Come to me: Angel of Music. . .
RAOUL ( suddenly calling out )
Angel of darkness!
Cease this torment!
( Inexorably the PHANTOM continues to beckon CHRISTINE )
PHANTOM
I am your Angel of Music. . .
Come to me: Angel of Music. . .
RAOUL ( in desperation )
Christine! Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man. . .
this thing. . . is not your father!
( to the PHANTOM )
Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !
( Coming out of her trance CHRISTINE turns
and mouths the word ):
CHRISTINE
Raoul, no. . .
( She turns lo RAOUL who embraces her protectively.
The PHANTOM freezes for a moment and then suddenly
seizes a pike upon which is impaled a skull.
At a movement from him a flash of fire streaks from the gaping
mouth of the skull and lands at RAOUL'S feet )
PHANTOM
Bravo, monsieur!
Such spirited words!
( Another fireball )
RAOUL
More tricks, monsieur?
PHANTOM
Let's see, monsieur
how far you dare go!
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( Another fireball )
RAOUL
More deception? More violence?
CHRISTINE ( to RAOUL )
Raoul, no. . .
( RAOUL has begun to walk slowly and resolutely
towards the PHANTOM the fireballs always landing
just ahead of him )
PHANTOM
That's right, that's right,
monsieur
keep walking this way!
( Two more fireballs )
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RAOUL
You can't win her love by making her your prisoner.
CHRISTINE
Raoul, don't. . .
RAOUL ( to CHRISTINE )
Stay back!
PHANTOM
I'm here, I'm here,
monsieur:
the angel of death!
Come on, come on,
monsieur
Don't stop, don't stop!
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( Three more fireballs.
RAOUL. is almost at the PHANTOM's feet.
A confrontation is imminent when CHRISTINE
suddenly rushes across to RAOUL )
CHRISTINE
Raoul! Come back. . .
( She pulls him away )
PHANTOM
Don't go!
( As they are exiting, the PHANTOM declaims in fury ):
So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!
( At a gesture from the PHANTOM, there is a flash of
lighting and the stage erupts into flame )
Act Two Part TwoMost of these lyrics I copied from The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George Perry,which is published by Henry Holt and Company. The lyrics and images are copyright of The Really Useful Company.