

She quits, taking Ubaldo Piangi, the leading tenor of the Opera Populaire, with her.


Carlotta has dealt with such incidents for “The last three years!”, and says that she has had too much of it. The company blames the accident on the Opera Ghost. She agrees, but in the middle of the song, a backdrop suddenly falls dangerously close to her. André asks Carlotta Giudicelli, the resident diva, to sing an aria. They observe two of the ballet dancers, Meg Giry and her friend, Christine Daaé, with some curiosity. With A Little Illumination!!!”The chandelier illuminates with a flash and slowly begins to rise to the rafters of the theatre as the opera house is restored to its original grandeur (Overture).Īt the Opera Populaire, 1881, a rehearsal for Hannibal is underway.( The Rehearsal) Monsieur Lefèvre, the owner, announces that he has sold the theater to two new managers, Monsieur Firmin and Monsieur André. The auctioneer mentions that the chandelier was involved in the "strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never fully explained." The auctioneer invites the audience and the cast to “frighten away the ghost of so many years ago. Lot 666 is then up for auction, which is a chandelier in pieces. Raoul recounts how his late wife Christine would often speak of the music box. Attached the figure of a monkey playing the cymbals'. Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, purchases a music box 'in the shape of a barrel organ. The musical opens at the Opera Populaire in Paris in 1911, an auction is underway, with various memorabilia from the Opera’s past. The Phantom of the Opera first opened in London in 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre. The musical focuses on a beautiful singer, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius known as The Phantom, who terrorizes the Paris Opera House. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, directed by Hal Prince, choreographed by Gillian Lynne, lighting by Andrew Bridge and designed by Maria Bjornson. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical and operetta by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux.
