![]() ![]() While Christine is getting ready, Joseph Buquet (Kevin McNally) finds the Phantom in the rafters and after trying to escape is caught and hung from the rafters on stage in full view of everyone. He then disables Carlotta's voice giving her the voice of a toad, which forces the Opera managers to put Christine in the lead role. ![]() They refuse and put Carlotta in the lead part after convincing her to return ("Prima Donna") and give Christine a silent role, which infuriates the Phantom. ![]() (Opera Ghost) they find out that Christine has returned and they have been instructed by the Phantom to put Christine in the lead role of the upcoming opera II Muto. After receiving a series of notes all signed O.G. While Christine is gone, Andre and Firmin are upset because Christine has disappeared and they no longer have a lead to play in the operas. ![]() He wishes he didn't have a loathsome gargoyle face ("I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It"). Although he is raging and angry, he becomes vunerable and begins crying. Later she unmasks him and the Phantom is furious with her. Once there the Phantom expresses his feelings for Christine and tries to convince her to stay with him ("Music of the Night"). He then lures Christine to a mirror where she sees him then follows him to his lair under the Opera House ("The Phantom of the Opera"). The Phantom (Gerard Butler) is mad at Raoul for taking credit in his work in training Christine to sing. After inviting her to a party and leaving to prepare for the ride, Christine is locked in her room and hears singing. He had been in the audience and had recognized her. Later, Christine's childhood friend Raoul, the Vicomte de Changy and patron of the Opera House, comes to visit her in her dressing room. Meg (Jennifer Ellison) one of the ballet dancers and Christine's best friend comes to find her inquiring of her singing prowess ("Angel of Music"). After a stunning performance ("Think of Me"), Christine goes down to the small chapel under the Opera House to pray for her father who died long ago. After she storms out refusing to sing, Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson), the ballet instructor, convinces the new owners to let Christine Daaé (Emmy Rossum), one of the dancers, to take Carlotta's part. When they resume rehearsal, a stage prop falls on the lead diva, Carlotta (Minnie Driver). Rehearsals are under way when the Opera manager informs the cast and crew that he is leaving for Australia and that the Opera House is now under the command of Gilles Andre and Richard Firmin (Simon Callow and Cirian Hinds). When the chandelier is revealed, we are whisked back to 1870 ("Overture") where we see the opera house in full swing for it's performance of Hannibal by Chalemau. The next item is a chandelier that was broken but has been repaired. An older gentleman in a wheelchair buys the monkey and holds on to it tightly. One of the items is a stuffed monkey dressed in Persian robes and playing the cymbals sitting on top of a music box. The Opera has been shut down and they are auctioning off props to make some money.
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