![]() ![]() Creeping up behind him, she rips off his mask. She faints, only to be awakened several hours later by the Phantom's music on the organ. He leads her to his underground lair, where she sees a frightening vision of herself in a wedding gown. Christine is lured into the bowels of the Opera House, where the Phantom will continue her lessons. When Raoul leaves Christine's room, the Phantom appears. He comes backstage after the performance to escort her to dinner, but Christine tells him she cannot go, because her teacher, "The Angel of Music," is very strict. Raoul recognizes Christine as a childhood friend. Christine has been taking lessons from a mysterious new teacher.Īt her triumph in the Opera, is Raoul, a nobleman and patron of the Opera. Meg Giry, daughter of the ballet mistress, Madame Giry, suggests her friend, Christine Daaé, take Carlotta's place. The cry is raised, "It's The Phantom of the Opera!" Upset, Carlotta refuses to sing. As the prima donna, Carlotta, is singing, a backdrop falls to the floor, nearly killing her. Monsieur Lefèvre, the retiring manager of the Opera, is showing the new managers, Monsieurs Firmin and André, the great stage. We are thrust in the middle of a rehearsal for the opera Hannibal. With a flash of light, the audience is flung back in time, when the Paris Opera was at its height. As the auctioneer displays the Opera House chandelier, he explains that it is connected with the legend of The Phantom of the Opera. Raoul, now seventy years old and in a wheelchair, buys a poster and a music box. Present are the auctioneer, porters and bidders. ![]() It is 1911 and the contents of the Paris Opera House are being auctioned off. ![]()
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