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  • FIRMIN:
    "Mystery after gala night"
    It says "Mystery of soprano's flight"
    "Mystified", baffled Sûreté say
    "We are mystified, we suspect foul play"
    Bad news on soprano scene
    First Carlotta, now Christine
    Still, at least the seats get sold
    Gossip's worth its weight in gold
    What a way to run a business
    Spare me these unending trials
    Half your cast disappears but the crowd still cheers
    Opera!
    To hell with Gluck and Handel
    It's a scandal that'll pack them in the aisles!
    ANDRE:
    Damnable!
    Will they all walk out?
    This is damnable!
    FIRMIN:
    Andre, please don't shout
    It's publicity, and the take is vast
    Free publicity
    ANDRE:
    But we have no cast!
    FIRMIN:
    But Andre, have you seen the queue?
    Oh, it seems as though you've got one, too
    ANDRE:
    "Dear Andre, what a charming gala
    Christine enjoyed a great success
    We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left
    Otherwise, the chorus was entrancing
    But the dancing was a lamentable mess"
    FIRMIN:
    "Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder
    My salary has not been paid
    Send it care of the Ghost by return of post, P.T.O.
    No one likes a debtor
    So it's better if my orders are obeyed"
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Who would have the gall to send this?
    Someone with a puerile brain
    These are both signed "O.G."
    ANDRE:
    Who the hell is he?
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Opera Ghost!
    ANDRE:
    It's really not amusing
    FIRMIN:
    He's abusing our position
    ANDRE:
    In addition, he wants money
    FIRMIN:
    He's a funny sort of spectre
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    To expect a large retainer
    Nothing plainer, he is clearly quite insane
    RAOUL:
    Where is she?
    ANDRE:
    You mean Carlotta?
    RAOUL:
    I mean Miss Daae. Where is she?
    FIRMIN:
    Well, how should we know?
    RAOUL
    I want an answer
    I take it that you sent me this note?
    FIRMIN:
    What's all this nonsense?
    ANDRE:
    Of course not!
    FIRMIN:
    Don't look at us
    RAOUL:
    She's not with you, then?
    ANDRE:
    Of course not!
    FIRMIN:
    We're in the dark
    RAOUL:
    Monsieur, don't argue
    Isn't this the letter you wrote?
    FIRMIN:
    And what is it that we're meant to have wrote?
    Written
    ANDRE:
    "Do not fear for Miss Daae
    The Angel of Music has her under his wing
    Make no attempt to see her again"
    RAOUL:
    If you didn't write it, who did?
    CARLOTTA:
    Where is he?
    ANDRE:
    Ah, welcome back!
    CARLOTTA:
    Your precious patron
    Where is he?
    RAOUL:
    What is it now?
    CARLOTTA:
    I have your letter
    A letter which I rather resent
    ANDRE:
    And did you send it?
    RAOUL:
    Of course not!
    FIRMIN:
    As if he would!
    CARLOTTA:
    You didn't send it?
    RAOUL
    Of course not!
    ANDRE:
    What's going on?
    CARLOTTA:
    You dare to tell me
    That this is not the letter you sent?
    RAOUL:
    And what is it
    That I'm meant to have sent?
    "Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered
    Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight
    Be prepared for a great misfortune
    Should you attempt to take her place"
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Far too many notes for my taste
    And most of them about Christine
    All we've heard since we came is Miss Daae's name
    GIRY:
    Miss Daae has returned
    ANDRE:
    I trust her midnight oil is well and truly burned?
    FIRMIN:
    Where precisely is she now?
    GIRY:
    I thought it best if she went home
    MEG:
    She needed rest
    RAOUL:
    May I see her?
    GIRY:
    No, monsieur, she will see no one
    CARLOTTA:
    Will she sing?
    Will she sing?
    GIRY:
    Here, I have a note
    ANDRE/FIRMIN/RAOUL/CARLOTTA:
    Let me see it!
    FIRMIN:
    Please!
    "Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature,
    Detailing how my theater is be to run.
    You have not followed my instructions."
    FIRMIN/THE PHANTOM:
    "I shall give you one last chance..."
    THE PHANTOM:
    Christine Daae has returned to you
    And I am anxious her career should progress
    In the new production of "Il Muto"
    You will therefore cast Carlotta as the pageboy
    And put Miss Daae in the role of countess
    The role which Miss Daae plays
    Calls for charm and appeal
    The role of the pageboy is silent
    Which makes my casting in a word, ideal
    (I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five,
    which will be kept empty for me.
    Should these commands be ignored,
    a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.)
    FIRMIN:
    "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant. O.G."
    CARLOTTA:
    Christine!
    FIRMIN:
    Whatever next?
    CARLOTTA:
    It's all a ploy to help Christine
    FIRMIN:
    This is insane
    CARLOTTA:
    I know who sent this
    The Vicomte, her lover
    RAOUL:
    Indeed!
    Can you believe this?
    ANDRE:
    Signora!
    CARLOTTA
    O traditori!
    ANDRE
    This is a joke
    CARLOTTA
    O traditori!
    ANDRE
    This changes nothing
    FIRMIN:
    Signora! You are our star!
    ANDRE:
    And always will be!
    FIRMIN:
    Signora, the man is mad!
    ANDRE:
    We don't take orders
    FIRMIN:
    Miss Daae will be playing the pageboy!
    The silent role
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Carlotta will be playing the lead!
    CARLOTTA:
    It's useless trying to appease me
    You're only saying this to please me
    Signor, è vero?
    Non, non, non voglio udire!
    Lasciatemi morire!
    O padre mio! Dio!
    GIRY:
    Who scorn his word
    Beware to those
    CARLOTTA:
    You have reviled me!
    GIRY:
    The angel sees,
    RAOUL:
    Why did Christine fly from my arms
    GIRY:
    The angel knows
    CARLOTTA:
    You have rebuked me!
    ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    Signora, pardon us
    CARLOTTA:
    You have replaced me!
    ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    Please Signora we beseech you
    RAOUL
    I must see her
    CARLOTTA:
    Abbandonata! Deseredata!
    GIRY:
    This hour shall see your darkest fears
    The angel sees, the angel hears
    ROUAL:
    Where did she go
    CARLOTTA:
    O, sventurata! Disgraziata!
    ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    Signora, sing for us! Don't be a matyr.
    RAOUL:
    What new surprises lie in store?
    ANDRE:
    Your public needs you!
    FIRMIN:
    We need you, too!
    CARLOTTA:
    Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Signora, no!
    The world wants you!
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    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!
    RAOUL:
    Christine spoke of an angel...
    CARLOTTA:
    Prima donna
    Your song shall live again!
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Think of your public!
    CARLOTTA:
    You took a snub
    but there's a public who needs you!
    GIRY:
    She has heard the voice of the angel of music...
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
    CARLOTTA:
    Think of their cry of undying support!
    RAOUL:
    Is this her angel of music...?
    ANDRE:
    We get our opera...
    FIRMIN:
    She gets her limelight!
    CARLOTTA:
    Follow where the limelight leads you!
    RAOUL:
    Angel or madman...?
    CARLOTTA:
    Prima Donna
    Your song shall never die
    GIRY:
    Heaven help you, those who doubt...
    CARLOTTA:
    You'll sing again,
    RAOUL:
    Orders! Warnings!
    CARLOTTA:
    And to unending ovation!
    RAOUL:
    Lunatic demands!
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Tears...oaths...Iunatic demands... are regular occurrences!
    CARLOTTA:
    Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
    RAOUL:
    Surely, for her sake...
    CARLOTTA:
    Sing, prima donna, once more!
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this!
    GIRY:
    Think, before these demands are rejected!
    RAOUL:
    ...I must see these demands are rejected!
    MEG:
    ...if his threats
    and demands are rejected!
    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!
    ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    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'S VOICE:
    So, it is to be war between us!
    If these demands are not met
    A disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
    ALL:
    Once more!
  • [00:06.698]FIRMIN:
    [00:07.416]"Mystery after gala night"
    [00:10.072]It says "Mystery of soprano's flight"
    [00:12.616]"Mystified", baffled Sûreté say
    [00:15.139]"We are mystified, we suspect foul play"
    [00:18.007]Bad news on soprano scene
    [00:20.276]First Carlotta, now Christine
    [00:22.833]Still, at least the seats get sold
    [00:25.820]Gossip's worth its weight in gold
    [00:31.197]What a way to run a business
    [00:34.271]Spare me these unending trials
    [00:36.945]Half your cast disappears but the crowd still cheers
    [00:40.060]Opera!
    [00:41.296]To hell with Gluck and Handel
    [00:42.603]It's a scandal that'll pack them in the aisles!
    [00:44.313]ANDRE:
    [00:44.902]Damnable!
    [00:45.542]Will they all walk out?
    [00:46.972]This is damnable!
    [00:47.910]FIRMIN:
    [00:48.266]Andre, please don't shout
    [00:49.537]It's publicity, and the take is vast
    [00:52.109]Free publicity
    [00:53.556]ANDRE:
    [00:53.849]But we have no cast!
    [00:55.032]FIRMIN:
    [00:55.328]But Andre, have you seen the queue?
    [00:58.147]Oh, it seems as though you've got one, too
    [01:02.231]ANDRE:
    [01:03.194]"Dear Andre, what a charming gala
    [01:06.536]Christine enjoyed a great success
    [01:09.233]We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left
    [01:12.466]Otherwise, the chorus was entrancing
    [01:15.060]But the dancing was a lamentable mess"
    [01:16.980]FIRMIN:
    [01:17.364]"Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder
    [01:20.209]My salary has not been paid
    [01:22.843]Send it care of the Ghost by return of post, P.T.O.
    [01:27.240]No one likes a debtor
    [01:28.742]So it's better if my orders are obeyed"
    [01:30.868]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [01:31.812]Who would have the gall to send this?
    [01:34.513]Someone with a puerile brain
    [01:37.151]These are both signed "O.G."
    [01:38.639]ANDRE:
    [01:38.927]Who the hell is he?
    [01:40.072]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [01:40.362]Opera Ghost!
    [01:41.490]ANDRE:
    [01:41.777]It's really not amusing
    [01:42.836]FIRMIN:
    [01:43.067]He's abusing our position
    [01:44.262]ANDRE:
    [01:44.491]In addition, he wants money
    [01:45.748]FIRMIN:
    [01:45.957]He's a funny sort of spectre
    [01:47.168]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [01:47.406]To expect a large retainer
    [01:48.100]Nothing plainer, he is clearly quite insane
    [01:50.238]RAOUL:
    [01:50.458]Where is she?
    [01:51.120]ANDRE:
    [01:51.371]You mean Carlotta?
    [01:52.180]RAOUL:
    [01:52.417]I mean Miss Daae. Where is she?
    [01:54.087]FIRMIN:
    [01:54.324]Well, how should we know?
    [01:55.056]RAOUL
    [01:55.274]I want an answer
    [01:56.140]I take it that you sent me this note?
    [01:57.731]FIRMIN:
    [01:58.038]What's all this nonsense?
    [01:58.836]ANDRE:
    [01:59.057]Of course not!
    [01:59.859]FIRMIN:
    [02:00.124]Don't look at us
    [02:00.793]RAOUL:
    [02:01.053]She's not with you, then?
    [02:01.746]ANDRE:
    [02:02.186]Of course not!
    [02:02.934]FIRMIN:
    [02:03.161]We're in the dark
    [02:03.822]RAOUL:
    [02:04.019]Monsieur, don't argue
    [02:04.965]Isn't this the letter you wrote?
    [02:06.559]FIRMIN:
    [02:06.993]And what is it that we're meant to have wrote?
    [02:09.413]Written
    [02:10.320]ANDRE:
    [02:10.657]"Do not fear for Miss Daae
    [02:12.618]The Angel of Music has her under his wing
    [02:16.958]Make no attempt to see her again"
    [02:21.232]RAOUL:
    [02:22.043]If you didn't write it, who did?
    [02:23.284]CARLOTTA:
    [02:23.535]Where is he?
    [02:25.209]ANDRE:
    [02:25.459]Ah, welcome back!
    [02:26.045]CARLOTTA:
    [02:26.278]Your precious patron
    [02:26.965]Where is he?
    [02:27.963]RAOUL:
    [02:28.186]What is it now?
    [02:28.946]CARLOTTA:
    [02:29.162]I have your letter
    [02:30.049]A letter which I rather resent
    [02:31.598]ANDRE:
    [02:31.875]And did you send it?
    [02:32.618]RAOUL:
    [02:32.826]Of course not!
    [02:33.886]FIRMIN:
    [02:34.092]As if he would!
    [02:34.813]CARLOTTA:
    [02:35.030]You didn't send it?
    [02:35.707]RAOUL
    [02:35.919]Of course not!
    [02:36.765]ANDRE:
    [02:36.975]What's going on?
    [02:37.703]CARLOTTA:
    [02:37.918]You dare to tell me
    [02:38.850]That this is not the letter you sent?
    [02:40.475]RAOUL:
    [02:40.724]And what is it
    [02:41.365]That I'm meant to have sent?
    [02:43.873]"Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered
    [02:47.764]Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight
    [02:51.630]Be prepared for a great misfortune
    [02:54.724]Should you attempt to take her place"
    [02:58.444]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [02:59.146]Far too many notes for my taste
    [03:02.482]And most of them about Christine
    [03:04.990]All we've heard since we came is Miss Daae's name
    [03:08.459]GIRY:
    [03:09.383]Miss Daae has returned
    [03:11.166]ANDRE:
    [03:11.665]I trust her midnight oil is well and truly burned?
    [03:14.661]FIRMIN:
    [03:14.947]Where precisely is she now?
    [03:16.343]GIRY:
    [03:16.678]I thought it best if she went home
    [03:18.517]MEG:
    [03:18.794]She needed rest
    [03:19.894]RAOUL:
    [03:20.378]May I see her?
    [03:21.559]GIRY:
    [03:21.974]No, monsieur, she will see no one
    [03:23.594]CARLOTTA:
    [03:23.822]Will she sing?
    [03:24.588]Will she sing?
    [03:25.254]GIRY:
    [03:26.082]Here, I have a note
    [03:27.105]ANDRE/FIRMIN/RAOUL/CARLOTTA:
    [03:27.346]Let me see it!
    [03:28.297]FIRMIN:
    [03:28.547]Please!
    [03:31.039]"Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature,
    [03:37.546]Detailing how my theater is be to run.
    [03:41.949]You have not followed my instructions."
    [03:44.882]FIRMIN/THE PHANTOM:
    [03:45.119]"I shall give you one last chance..."
    [03:49.608]THE PHANTOM:
    [03:50.693]Christine Daae has returned to you
    [03:56.052]And I am anxious her career should progress
    [04:03.279]In the new production of "Il Muto"
    [04:07.638]You will therefore cast Carlotta as the pageboy
    [04:15.294]And put Miss Daae in the role of countess
    [04:22.882]The role which Miss Daae plays
    [04:26.761]Calls for charm and appeal
    [04:31.334]The role of the pageboy is silent
    [04:35.888]Which makes my casting in a word, ideal
    [04:45.509](I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five,
    [04:50.217]which will be kept empty for me.
    [04:53.764]Should these commands be ignored,
    [04:56.526]a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.)
    [05:01.006]FIRMIN:
    [05:01.355]"I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant. O.G."
    [05:07.815]CARLOTTA:
    [05:08.336]Christine!
    [05:09.300]FIRMIN:
    [05:09.549]Whatever next?
    [05:10.197]CARLOTTA:
    [05:10.410]It's all a ploy to help Christine
    [05:12.032]FIRMIN:
    [05:12.481]This is insane
    [05:13.065]CARLOTTA:
    [05:13.276]I know who sent this
    [05:14.165]The Vicomte, her lover
    [05:15.511]RAOUL:
    [05:15.709]Indeed!
    [05:16.200]Can you believe this?
    [05:16.748]ANDRE:
    [05:16.992]Signora!
    [05:17.990]CARLOTTA
    [05:18.208]O traditori!
    [05:18.753]ANDRE
    [05:19.025]This is a joke
    [05:19.383]CARLOTTA
    [05:19.589]O traditori!
    [05:19.929]ANDRE
    [05:20.257]This changes nothing
    [05:20.473]FIRMIN:
    [05:20.781]Signora! You are our star!
    [05:21.955]ANDRE:
    [05:22.301]And always will be!
    [05:23.247]FIRMIN:
    [05:23.479]Signora, the man is mad!
    [05:25.216]ANDRE:
    [05:25.478]We don't take orders
    [05:26.313]FIRMIN:
    [05:26.545]Miss Daae will be playing the pageboy!
    [05:28.690]The silent role
    [05:30.165]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [05:30.382]Carlotta will be playing the lead!
    [05:32.735]CARLOTTA:
    [05:32.971]It's useless trying to appease me
    [05:37.283]You're only saying this to please me
    [05:41.014]Signor, è vero?
    [05:42.782]Non, non, non voglio udire!
    [05:45.017]Lasciatemi morire!
    [05:46.954]O padre mio! Dio!
    [05:50.540]GIRY:
    [05:50.892]Who scorn his word
    [05:52.133]Beware to those
    [05:52.655]CARLOTTA:
    [05:53.194]You have reviled me!
    [05:53.791]GIRY:
    [05:54.111]The angel sees,
    [05:54.852]RAOUL:
    [05:55.062]Why did Christine fly from my arms
    [05:56.058]GIRY:
    [05:56.263]The angel knows
    [05:57.034]CARLOTTA:
    [05:57.286]You have rebuked me!
    [05:58.499]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    [05:58.733]Signora, pardon us
    [06:00.329]CARLOTTA:
    [06:00.560]You have replaced me!
    [06:02.236]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    [06:02.610]Please Signora we beseech you
    [06:03.930]RAOUL
    [06:04.296]I must see her
    [06:05.075]CARLOTTA:
    [06:05.340]Abbandonata! Deseredata!
    [06:06.298]GIRY:
    [06:06.559]This hour shall see your darkest fears
    [06:07.231]The angel sees, the angel hears
    [06:08.622]ROUAL:
    [06:08.863]Where did she go
    [06:09.884]CARLOTTA:
    [06:10.251]O, sventurata! Disgraziata!
    [06:12.186]ANDRE/FIRMAN:
    [06:12.538]Signora, sing for us! Don't be a matyr.
    [06:14.142]RAOUL:
    [06:14.425]What new surprises lie in store?
    [06:27.392]ANDRE:
    [06:30.463]Your public needs you!
    [06:33.289]FIRMIN:
    [06:33.559]We need you, too!
    [06:35.673]CARLOTTA:
    [06:35.902]Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?
    [06:40.069]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [06:40.417]Signora, no!
    [06:43.472]The world wants you!
    [06:47.427]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [06:49.096]Prima donna
    [06:52.693]First lady of the stage!
    [06:56.376]Your devotees are on their knees
    [06:59.663]To implore you!
    [07:03.286]ANDRE:
    [07:03.987]Can you bow out
    [07:06.704]When they're shouting your name?
    [07:10.467]FIRMIN:
    [07:11.284]Think of how they all adore you!
    [07:16.921]BOTH:
    [07:18.269]Prima donna,
    [07:21.376]Enchant us once again!
    [07:23.931]ANDRE:
    [07:24.424]Think of your muse...
    [07:25.861]FIRMIN:
    [07:26.293]And of the queues round the theatre!
    [07:31.331]BOTH:
    [07:31.975]Can you deny us the triumph in store?
    [07:38.473]Sing, prima donna, once more!
    [07:42.767]RAOUL:
    [07:43.151]Christine spoke of an angel...
    [07:46.703]CARLOTTA:
    [07:46.982]Prima donna
    [07:49.424]Your song shall live again!
    [07:52.387]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [07:52.640]Think of your public!
    [07:53.607]CARLOTTA:
    [07:54.112]You took a snub
    [07:54.941]but there's a public who needs you!
    [07:56.297]GIRY:
    [07:56.689]She has heard the voice of the angel of music...
    [07:58.785]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [07:59.283]Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
    [08:00.907]CARLOTTA:
    [08:01.239]Think of their cry of undying support!
    [08:02.981]RAOUL:
    [08:03.316]Is this her angel of music...?
    [08:07.160]ANDRE:
    [08:07.395]We get our opera...
    [08:08.742]FIRMIN:
    [08:08.999]She gets her limelight!
    [08:10.398]CARLOTTA:
    [08:10.700]Follow where the limelight leads you!
    [08:12.169]RAOUL:
    [08:12.452]Angel or madman...?
    [08:14.765]CARLOTTA:
    [08:15.194]Prima Donna
    [08:17.995]Your song shall never die
    [08:19.484]GIRY:
    [08:19.784]Heaven help you, those who doubt...
    [08:21.065]CARLOTTA:
    [08:21.594]You'll sing again,
    [08:22.663]RAOUL:
    [08:22.897]Orders! Warnings!
    [08:25.261]CARLOTTA:
    [08:25.521]And to unending ovation!
    [08:26.138]RAOUL:
    [08:26.417]Lunatic demands!
    [08:27.829]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [08:28.223]Tears...oaths...Iunatic demands... are regular occurrences!
    [08:29.426]CARLOTTA:
    [08:29.826]Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
    [08:33.426]RAOUL:
    [08:33.670]Surely, for her sake...
    [08:34.271]CARLOTTA:
    [08:35.192]Sing, prima donna, once more!
    [08:36.148]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [08:36.508]Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this!
    [08:37.212]GIRY:
    [08:37.600]Think, before these demands are rejected!
    [08:38.236]RAOUL:
    [08:38.821]...I must see these demands are rejected!
    [08:39.486]MEG:
    [08:39.876]...if his threats
    [08:40.440]and demands are rejected!
    [08:41.411]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [08:42.610]Who'd believe a diva
    [08:44.400]happy to relieve a chorus girl,
    [08:47.091]who's gone and slept with the patron?
    [08:49.269]Raoul and the soubrette,
    [08:51.195]entwined in love's duet!
    [08:52.925]Although he may demur,
    [08:54.674]he must have been with her!
    [08:56.475]You'd never get away with all this in a play,
    [08:59.686]but if it's loudly sung
    [09:01.673]and in a foreign tongue
    [09:03.460]it's just the sort of story
    [09:05.264]audiences adore,
    [09:06.862]in fact a perfect opera!
    [09:10.031]ANDRE/FIRMIN:
    [09:10.376]Prima donna
    [09:13.602]the world is at your feet!
    [09:16.930]A nation waits,
    [09:18.620]and how it hates
    [09:20.355]to be cheated!
    [09:24.063]ALL:
    [09:24.550]Light up the stage
    [09:27.928]with that age old
    [09:30.541]rapport!
    [09:32.606]Sing, prima donna,
    [09:37.756]once more!
    [09:49.395]PHANTOM'S VOICE:
    [09:49.895]So, it is to be war between us!
    [09:54.160]If these demands are not met
    [09:56.933]A disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
    [10:01.224]ALL:
    [10:01.624]Once more!