The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing, a mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: [to Christine of Raoul] His life is now the prize which you must earn!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Christine: Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Raoul: Say you love him, and my life is over!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Meg Giry: He's here! That Phantom of the Opera!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Christine Daaé: [sung] Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade; they have their season, so do we... But please promise me that sometimes, you will think... of me!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Lefevre: Gentlemen, good luck. If you need me, I shall be in Australia.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Carlotta: Why you spray on my chin all the time, huh?

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

[the Phantom drops a backdrop on Carlotta]
Andre: Signora, these things do happen.
Carlotta: For the past three years, these things do happen!
[to LeFevre]
Carlotta: And did you stop them from happening? No!
[to Firmin and Andre]
Carlotta: And you two - you're as bad as him! "These things

do happen!" Ma... until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen! Ubaldo! Andiamo! Bring my doggy and my boxy!
[Carlotta storms out with her maid, seamstress, and hairdresser]
Piangi: [to Firmin and Andre] Amateurs!
Carlotta: Bye-bye and ciao! Now you see. Bye-bye, I'm really leaving!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom, Christine Daaé: Past the point of no return. The final threshold! The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn... We've passed the point of no... return.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Andre: [as Carlotta storms out] What do we do now?
Lefevre: Grovel. Grovel, grovel, grovel.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Christine: What I once used to dream, I now dread / If he finds me, it won't ever end / And he'll always be there, singing songs in my head / He'll always be there, singing songs in my head.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Madame Giry: We take particular pride in the excellence of our ballet, monsieur.
Andre: I see why.
[looking at Meg Giry]
Andre: Especially that little blonde angel!
Madame Giry: My daughter, Meg Giry.
Firmin: [looking at Christine] And THAT exceptional beauty? No relation, I

trust?
Madame Giry: Christine Daaé. Promising talent, Monsieur Firmin, very promising.
Andre: Daaé, did you say? N-n-no relation to the famous Swedish violinist?
Madame Giry: His only child. Orphaned at seven, when she came to live and trained in the ballet dormitories.
Firmin: An orphan, you say?

Madame Giry: I think of her as a daughter also.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Andre: [singing the Phantom's note to him] Dear Andre, what a charming gala, Christine was in a word sublime. We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left; on that note, the diva's a disaster, must you cast her when she's seasons past her prime?
Firmin: [singing the Phantom's note to him] 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.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Raoul: [Christine is being lured towards the Phantom, tricked into thinking he is the spirit of her father] No! Christine, wait!
Christine: Raoul!
Raoul: Whatever you believe, this man - this thing - is not your father!
[the Phantom appears and attacks Raoul]

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: Did I not instruct
[the crowd gasps]
The Phantom: ... that Box Five was to be kept *empty*?

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Confidante: They say that this youth has set my lady's heart aflame!
Fop #1: His lordship sure would die of shock!
Fop: His lordship is a laughingstock!
Confidante: Should he suspect her, God protect her...
Confidante, Fop #1, Fop: ...shame,

shame, shame! This faithless lady's bound for Hades... shame, shame, shame!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: Too late for prayers and useless pity!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: [after Christine pulls off his mask and glimpses his face] Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon - is this what you wanted to see? Curse you! You little lying Delilah! You little viper!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Firmin, Andre: 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!