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When the Phantom rebelled and strangled the owner to death, Giry helped him evade the resulting mob and hid him within the opera house. Giry explains that when she was younger, she met the Phantom, a deformed young boy, billed in a freak show and abused by the owner. Upon seeing Christine's engagement ring, the Phantom steals it and flees, pursued by Raoul, but Giry stops him. The Phantom crashes the ball and orders his own opera, Don Juan Triumphant, to be performed. Three months later, in 1871, at a New Year masquerade ball, Christine and Raoul announce their engagement.

The Phantom, now heartbroken after witnessing the whole scene, vows revenge. Christine and Raoul flee to the roof, where they declare their love for each other. The Phantom encounters stagehand Joseph Buquet and hangs him above the stage. During the performance, the Phantom switches Carlotta's throat spray, causing her to sing out of tune, and she is replaced by Christine. However, the managers choose Carlotta instead. After the duo have a moment of understanding, Christine returns the mask to the Phantom and the latter then returns her to the theatre unharmed but orders the managers to make her the lead in Il Muto. The Phantom reacts violently and covers his face with his hand. Once Christine awakes and sees the Phantom, she removes his mask out of curiosity. It is presumed by this point that Christine has been missing. After the Phantom shows Christine a mannequin of her dressed in a wedding dress he made for her, Christine faints and sleeps in the Phantom's lair. That night, the masked Opera Ghost, known as the 'Phantom', appears before Christine from her dressing room mirror, spiriting her away to his underground lair. Raoul, however, dismisses Christine's story. Christine reunites with Raoul, in whom she confides that she has been visited by the Angel of Music her deceased father promised he would send her after his death. Christine displays her singing talent and is a huge success on opening night.Ĭhristine tells her best friend Meg, Giry's daughter, that she is being coached by a tutor she calls the 'Angel of Music'. Facing the performance's cancellation, Madame Giry suggests that Christine stands in as the lead actress. One of the dancers, Christine Daaé, recognizes Raoul as a childhood sweetheart, and wonders if he will also recognize her, but he leaves without seeing her.Ĭarlotta refuses to perform after being tormented for three years by the theatre's resident 'Opera Ghost', a mysterious figure said to live in the catacombs below. Theatre manager Monsieur Lefèvre plans to retire, leaving the theatre under the ownership of Richard Firmin and Gilles André, who introduce their patron, the young Raoul. The theatre prepares for the performance of the grand opera, Hannibal, headed by soprano Carlotta Giudicelli. As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870. The auctioneer presents a repaired chandelier, relating it to 'the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera'. The elderly Viscount Raoul de Chagny bids against Madame Giry, the retired ballet instructor of the theatre, for a papier-mâché music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. In 1919, in Paris, a public auction is held to clear a dilapidated opera house's vaults. Critics praised the visuals and acting, particularly the performances of Butler and Rossum, but criticized the writing, directing and unnecessary deviations from the stage version. The Phantom of the Opera grossed $154.6 million worldwide, and received neutral reviews from critics, but was well-received by audiences.

Phantom of the opera 2004 3rd play driver#

Rossum, Wilson and Driver had singing experience, but Butler had none and was provided with music lessons prior to filming. It was shot entirely at Pinewood Studios, with scenery created with miniatures and computer graphics.

The film was announced in 1989, although production did not start until 2002 due to Lloyd Webber's divorce and Schumacher's busy career. Produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber and directed by Joel Schumacher, it stars Gerard Butler in the title role, with Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, and Jennifer Ellison in supporting roles. The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 musical romantic drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1910 French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.