Prima donna, first lady of the stage!
Your devotees are on their knees to implore you!
Andre:
Can you bow out
When they're shouting your name?
Firmin:
Think of how they all adore you!
Both:
Prima donna, enchant us once again!
Andre:
Think of your muse . . .
Firmin:
And of the queues 'round the theatre!
Both:
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Carlotta:
Prima donna, your song shall live again!
You took a snub, but there's
A public who needs you!
Think of their cry of undying support!
Follow where the limelight leads you!
Prima donna, your song shall never die!
You'll sing again
And to an unending ovation!
Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Andre/Firmin:
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!
Prima donna, the world is at your feet!
A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated!
All:
Light up the stage with that age-old rapport!
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Phantom:
So, it is to be war between us!
If these demands are not met,
a disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
All:
Once more!
