The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

[first lines]
Auctioneer: Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you. Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mâché musical box in the shape of a barrel organ.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Raoul: [to himself] A collector's piece indeed... every detail, exactly as she said... will you still play when all the rest of us are dead?

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Lefevre: As you know, for some weeks there have been rumors of my imminent retirement. I can now tell you that these were all true...
Carlotta: Ah ha!
Lefevre: ...and it is my pleasure to introduce you to the two gentlemen who now own the Opera Populaire: monsieur Richard Firmin and monsieur Gilles Andre.
[polite applause]

Lefevre: I'm sure you've read of their recent fortune amassed in the junk business.
Andre: Scrap metal, actually.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Madame Giry: [leading Raoul to the Phantom's lair] This is as far as I dare go.

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Andre, Firmin: Far too many notes for my taste, and all of them about Christine. All we've heard since we came is Ms. Daaé's name.
Madame Giry: Ms. Daaé has returned.
Firmin: I hope no worse for wear, as far as we're concerned.
Andre: Where precisely is she now?
Madame

Giry: I thought it best she was alone.
Meg Giry: She needed rest.
Raoul: May I see her?
Madame Giry: No, monsieur, she will see no one.
Carlotta, Piangi: Will she sing? Will she sing?
Madame Giry: Here, I have a note.

Andre, Firmin, Raoul, Carlotta, Piangi: Let me see it!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

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

#1, Fop, Confidante: [all three singing in unison] ... shame, shame, shame!
Fop #1, Fop, Confidante: [all three singing in unison] This faithless lady's bound for Hades...
Fop #1, Fop, Confidante: [all three

singing in unison] ... shame, shame, shame!

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom: [singing] Too long you've wandered in winter, far from my far reaching gaze...
Christine: [singing] Wildly, my mind beats against you
The Phantom: [singing] You resist...
The Phantom: [singing in unison] ... yet your soul obeys!
Christine: [singing in unison] ... yet the

soul obeys!
The Phantom: [singing in unison] Angel of music, you denied me...
Christine: [singing in unison] Angel of music, I denied you...
The Phantom, Christine: [singing in unison] ... turning from true beauty!
The Phantom: [singing in unison] Angel of music, do not shun me...


Christine: [singing in unison] Angel of music, my protector...
The Phantom: [singing in unison] ... come to your strange Angel!
Christine: [singing in unison] ... come to me, strange Angel!