Phantom of the Opera - OVERTURE (The AUCTIONEER switches on the chandelier. Flash, the OVERTURE begins. (The opera house is restored to its earlier grandeur.) The chandelier rises magically from the stage, hovering high above the stalls) - REHEARSALS FOR "HANNIBAL" BY CHALUMEAU CARLOTTA: ...

The Phantom of the opera CHRISTINE: 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 ... PHANTOM: Sing once again with me our strange duet ... My...

...e Angel of Music sings song in my head!" (RAOUL left. Tremulous music) PHANTOM'S VOICE: Insolent boy! This slave of fashion basking in your glory! Ignorant fool! This brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph! CHRISTINE: Angel! I hear! You speak I listen stay by my side, guide me! Angel,...

... - AFTER THE GALA (SCENE 2) (CHRISTINE is at the dressing room door) PHANTOM'S VOICE: Bravi, bravi, bravissimi... MEG: Where in the world have you been hiding? Really, you were perfect! I only wish I knew your secret! Who is this new tutor? CHRISTINE (entering the dressing room) Father...

Magical lasso - BACKSTAGE (SCENE 7) BUQUET: (showing off to the GIRLS) Like yellow parchment is his skin . . . a great black hole served as the nose that never grew . . . ((Demonstrating to the GIRLS) You must be always on your guard, or he will catch you with his magical lasso! MAD...

Phantom of the Opera - PROLOGUE THE STAGE OF THE PARIS OPERA, 1905 (The opera house is being auctioned off. RAOUL is seventy now) AUCTIONEER: Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you. Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-maché musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ. Attached, the figure of...

... boat, and in the boat there was a man ... (She rises and approaches the PHANTOM) Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask? (She tears the mask from his face) PHANTOM: Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon - is this what you wanted to see? Curse yo...

The Music of the Night PHANTOM: Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation Darkness stirs and wakes imagination Silently the senses abandon their defences... Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the gar...

Phantom of the Opera -- Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer PHANTOM: Down once more to the dungeon 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 & chained in this cold & dismal place? Not for a...

...ur heart . . . (A backdrop crashes to the floor) CHORUS: He's here: the Phantom of the Opera . . . He is with us . . . It's the ghost . . . He's here! ANDRE: Good heavens! Will you show a little courtesy? FIRMIN: Mademoiselle, please! ANDRE: These things do happen. CARLOTTA: Si! These thi...