Erik witnesses them together and stays up all night in the rehearsal room.įinding out Christine has been living in the Opera, Carlotta blackmails Christine into telling her about her vocal coach. The Comte de Chagny realizes Christine was his childhood sweetheart. With Erik's encouragement, Christine earns a singing contract. They begin lessons, and the Phantom falls deeper in love with her.Įrik begins a campaign of humiliation against Carlotta, sabotaging her performances. He offers to be her teacher, but must remain anonymous that is why he wears a mask.

Upon hearing her sing, the Phantom is entranced by her voice. The doorman lets Christine stay in a storage room in the Opera House. The new manager Choleti refuses to listen to warnings about the 'ghost' who haunts the opera house, even when the wardrobe man goes into the depths of the opera house and is killed.Ĭhristine Daaé comes to the Paris Opera House to receive voice lessons however she is dismissed by Choleti's wife, Carlotta, to working in the costume department. He has a large part in managing each performance until his friend Gerard Carriere is dismissed.

The Phantom of the Opera is a disfigured musician named Erik who lives below the Opéra Garnier in Paris. It is adapted from Arthur Kopit's book from his stage musical Phantom, which is based loosely on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

The Phantom of the Opera is a 1990 American two-part television miniseries directed by Tony Richardson and starring Charles Dance in the title role.

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