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**Synopsis:**
Phantom of the Opera is musical based off the novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra. This musical was created in 1986 and has won various awards for its music, designs and costumes. The Phantom of the Opera is performed in three sections the prologue (introduction), Act 1 and Act 2. The prologue is set in the future in 1905 while Act 1 and 2 are set in 1881 in France six months apart. MORE INFO

**Important Characters: **
//__The Phantom of the Opera- __// The Phantom of the Opera (also known as Eric) lives underground under the opera house. The phantom wears a mask throughout the musical as he has a deformed face. In the past he hasn’t been treated well and has lived a miserable life. At one stage the phantom became a very popular opera singer but now no one is very fond of him so he hides in the darkness. As his life has been negative he takes it out on a French opera house. The phantom haunts the owners, the opera performers and the backstage crew of the opera. He leaves them demanding notes and damages the opera when he doesn't get what he wants. One day a young lady called Christine catches the phantoms attention as she sings. He admires her singing voice and becomes her singing teacher helping her improve. Even though he haunts nearly everyone Christine believes he is the Angel of Music as he is her role model. Throughout the musical Christine shows the Phantom love and kindness which results in him changing his ways. He slowly stops tormenting the opera and starts to live life underground. In the musical The Phantom sings;
 * These 2 characters below are the main characters in the Phantom of the Opera. This musical revolves around them, their relationship and the story of how the opera was haunted by a phantom. **
 * Little Lotte
 * The Phantom of the Opera
 * The Music of the Night
 * Stranger than you Dreamt it
 * Notes
 * Prima Donna
 * All I ask of You (Reprise)
 * Notes
 * Twisted in Every Way
 * Wishing you were Somehow here Again
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bravo Monsieur
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wandering Child
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Point of No Return
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FINALE

//__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Christine- __//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Christine is one of the young ladies who performs in the opera as a ballet dancer along with her best friend Meg. When she was little her mother died resulting in her father raising her until he later on passed away too. Christine loves to sing and gets to sing in one of the operas after an incident occurred with Carlotta. One day when Christine was singing, the phantom heard her and admired her voice. He became her singing teacher and helped her improve. Even though the phantom was heavily disliked, Christine looked up to the phantom as a role model. Every time they practised he would call him the Angel of Music. The phantom and Christine had a close relationship but Christine fell in love with Raoul. Christine was a very kind-hearted person who stopped the phantom from haunting the opera and helped him change his actions. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the Phantom of the Opera she sings;
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Think of Me (Reprise)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Angel of Music
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Little Lotte
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Mirror
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Phantom of the Opera
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I Remember
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Stranger than you Dreamt it
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Why have you brought me here?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Raoul I’ve been there
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wandering Child
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bravo Monsieur
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All I Ask of you
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Notes
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Twisted in Every Way
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Don Juan Triumphant
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wishing you were Somehow Here Again
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Point of No Return
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FINALE
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the musical there are a variety of other characters but they are not as significant as these two. Some other characters in the musical, The Phantom of the Opera include Raoul (Christine's childhood friend) Carlotta (soprano opera singer), Meg (Christine’s best friend), Madame Giry (Ballet Dance Teacher/ Meg’s mother), the owners of the Opera and the opera performers. **