The Point of No Return - Phantom of the Opera

Act Two

Masquerade

ANDRE:

M'sieur Firmin? FIRMIN:

ANDRE:

The prologue to a bright new year! FIRMIN:

Quite a night! I'm impressed! ANDRE:

Well, one does one's best ... ANDRE/FIRMIN:

Here's to us! FIRMIN:

CHORUS:

CHRISTINE:

But who can name the face ... ALL:

GIRY:

What a night! MEG:

What a crowd! ANDRE:

Makes you glad! FIRMIN:

CARLOTTA:

Watching us watching them! MEG/GIRY:

And all our fears are in the past! ANDRE:

Six months ... PIANGI:

Of relief! CARLOTTA:

Of delight! ANDRE/FIRMIN:

Of Elysian peace! MEG/GIRY:

And we can breathe at last! CARLOTTA:

No more notes! PIANGI:

No more ghosts! GIRY:

Here's a health! ANDRE:

Here's a toast: to a prosperous year! FIRMIN:

To the new chandelier! CARLOTTA:

And may its splendour never fade! FIRMIN:

Six months! GIRY:

What a joy! MEG:

What a change! FIRMIN/ANDRE:

What a blessed release! ANDRE:

And what a masquerade! CHRISTINE:

RAOUL:

But why is it secret? What have we to hide? CHRISTINE:

Please, let's not fight ... RAOUL:

Christine, you're free! CHRISTINE:

Wait till the time is right ... RAOUL:

CHRISTINE:

Let's not argue ... RAOUL:

Let's not argue ... CHRISTINE:

Please pretend ... RAOUL:

I can only hope I'll ... CHRISTINE:

You will ... BOTH:

... understand in time ... ALL:

PHANTOM:

Your chains are still mine You will sing for me ... !

RAOUL:

Madame Giry. Madame Giry . . . GIRY:

Monsieur, don't ask me - I know no more than anyone else. RAOUL:

That's not true. You've seen something, haven't you ? GIRY:

I don't know what I've seen ... Please don't ask me, monsieur ... RAOUL:

Madame, for all our sakes ... GIRY:

RAOUL:

Go on ... GIRY:

And there was ... I shall never forget him: a man, Iocked in a cage ... RAOUL:

In a cage ...? GIRY:

A prodigy, monsieur! Scholar, architect, musician. RAOUL:

A composer ... GIRY:

RAOUL:

Who was this man ...? GIRY:

A freak of nature ...more monster than man ... RAOUL:

Deformed ...? GIRY:

From birth, it seemed ... RAOUL:

My God, Christine! GIRY:

And then ... he went missing. He escaped.: RAOUL:

Go on. GIRY:

They never found him...it was said he had died ... RAOUL:

But he didn't die, did he? GIRY:

RAOUL:

And so our Phantom's this man ... GIRY:

I have said too much, monsieur. And there have been too many accidents ... RAOUL:

Accidents?! Madame Giry! Notes II

ANDRE:

Ludicrous! Have you seen the score? FIRMIN:

Simply ludicrous! ANDRE:

It's the final straw! FIRMIN:

This is lunacy! Well, you know my views ANDRE:

Utter lunacy! FIRMIN:

But we daren't refuse... ANDRE:

Not another chandelier... FIRMIN:

Look, my friend, what we have here ANDRE:

FIRMIN:

CARLOTTA:

Outrage! FIRMIN:

What is it now? CARLOTTA:

This whole affair is an outrage! FIRMIN:

Signora, please ANDRE:

Now what's the matter? CARLOTTA:

Have you seen the size of my part? ANDRE:

Signora, listen... PIANGI:

It's an insult! FIRMIN:

Not you as well! PIANGI:

Just look at this -it's an insult! FIRMIN:

Please, understand... ANDRE:

Signor! Signora! CARLOTTA:

The things I have to do for my art! PIANGI:

If you can call this gibberish "art" ! CARLOTTA:

Ah! Here's our little flower! FIRMIN:

Ah Miss Daae quite the lady of the hour! ANDRE:

You have secured the largest role in this "Don Juan". CARLOTTA:

Christine Daae? She doesn't have the voice! FIRMIN:

Signora, please! RAOUL:

Then I take it you're agreeing. CARLOTTA:

She's behind this ... ANDRE:

It appears we have no choice. CARLOTTA:

She's the one behind this!Christine Daae! CHRISTINE:

How dare you! CARLOTTA:

I'm not a fool! CHRISTINE:

You evil woman! How dare you! CARLOTTA:

You think I'm blind? CHRISTINE:

This isn't my fault! I don't want any part in this plot! FIRMIN:

Miss Daae, surely ... ANDRE:

But why not? PIANGI:

What does she say? FIRMIN:

It's your decision - But why not? CARLOTTA:

She's backing out! ANDRE:

You have a duty! CHRISTINE:

I cannot sing it, duty or not! RAOUL:

Christine, Christine ...You don't have to, they can't make you ... GIRY:

"Fondest greetings to you all!
A few instructions just before rehearsal starts: Carlotta must be taught to act ..."

PHANTOM'S VOICE:

GIRY:

"... and Angel ..." RAOUL:

ANDRE:

We're listening... FIRMIN:

Go on. RAOUL:

ANDRE:

We make certain the doors are barred FIRMIN:

We make certain our men are there RAOUL:

We make certain they're armed RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN:

The curtain falls -his reign will end! GIRY:

Madness! ANDRE:

I'm not so sure... FIRMIN:

Not if it works... GIRY:

This is madness! ANDRE:

The tide will turn! GIRY:

Monsieur, believe me -there is no way of turning the tide! FIRMIN:

You stick to ballet! RAOUL:

Then help us! GIRY:

Monsieur, I can't... RAOUL:

Instead of warning us RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN:

Help us! GIRY:

I wish I could... RAOUL/ANDRE/FIRMIN:

Don't make excuses! RAOUL:

Or could it be that you're on his side? GIRY:

ANDRE/FIRMIN:

We say he'll fall and fall he will! CARLOTTA:

She's the one behind this! Christine! This is all her doing! PIANGI:

This is the truth! Christine Daae! RAOUL:

This is his undoing! ANDRE/FIRMIN:

If you succeed you free us all -this so called "angel" has to fall! RAOUL:

Angel of music, fear my fury -Here is where you fall! GIRY:

Hear my warning! Fear his fury! CARLOTTA:

ANDRE:

Christine sings, we'll get our man... PIANGI:

She is crazy! She is raving! FIRMIN:

If Christine helps us in this plan... RAOUL:

Say your prayers, black angel of death! CHRISTINE:

Please don't... ANDRE:

If Christine won't, then no-one can GIRY:

Monsieur, I beg you, do not do this PIANGI/CARLOTTA:

Gran Dio! Che imbroglio! ANDRE/FIRMIN:

This will seal his fate! CHRISTINE:

Raoul, I'm frightened - don't make me do this
Raoul, it scares me -don't put me through this ordeal by fire
he'll take me, I know ...we'll be parted for ever, he won't let me go
What I once used to dream I now drea...if he finds me, it won't ever end
and he'll always be there, singing songs in my head
he'll always be there, singing songs in my head...

CARLOTTA:

She's mad... RAOUL:

CHRISTINE:

RAOUL:

So, it is to be war between us! But this time, clever friend, the disaster will be yours!

Don Juan Rehearsal

CHORUS:

CHRISTINE:

Silken couch and hay-filled barn: both have been his battlefield. PIANGI:

Those who tangle with Don Juan... REYER:

PIANGI:

Those who tangle with Don Juan... REYER:

No, no. Nearly - but no."Those who tan, tan, tan” PIANGI:

Those who tangle with Don Juan... CARLOTTA:

His way is better. At least he make it sound like music! GIRY:

Signora - would you speak that way in the presence of the composer? CARLOTTA:

The composer is not here. And if he were here, I would... GIRY:

Are you certain of that, Signora...? REYER:

So, once again - after seven. Five, six, seven PIANGI:

Those who tangle with Don Juan... CARLOTTA:

Ah, piu non posso! What does it matter what notes we sing? GIRY:

Have patience, Signora. CARLOTTA:

No-one will know if it is right or if it is wrong. No-one will care if it is right, or if it is wrong. CARLOTTA:

Those who tangle with Don Juan! PIANGI:

Those who tan . . . tan . . .Is right? CHRISTINE:

Not quite, Signor: Those who tan ... tan ... REYER:

Ladies ... Signor Piangi ... if you please ... ALL EXCEPT CHRISTINE:

CHRISTINE:

Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing
Her Father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music
Her father promised her...
Her father promised her

Wishing you were Somehow here again

CHRISTINE:

Wishing I could hear your voice again ...
knowing that I never would ...
Dreaming of you won't help me to do all that you dreamed I could ...

Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental,
seem, for you, the wrong companions - you were warm and gentle ...
Too many years fighting back tears ...
Why can't the past just die ... ?

Wishing you were somehow here again ... knowing we must say goodbye ...
Try to forgive ... teach me to live ... give me the strength to try ...
No more memories, no more silent tears ...
No more gazing across the wasted years ...
Help me say goodbye.
Help me say goodbye!

Wandering Child ... /Bravo, Monsieur ...

PHANTOM:

CHRISTINE:

PHANTOM:

Have you forgotten your Angel ... ? CHRISTINE:

PHANTOM:

CHRISTINE:

Wildly my mind beats against you ... PHANTOM:

You resist ... BOTH:

Yet your/the soul obeys ... PHANTOM:

CHRISTINE:

PHANTOM:

RAOUL:

CHRISTINE:

Raoul! PHANTOM:

Bravo, monsieur! Such spirited words! RAOUL:

More tricks, monsieur? PHANTOM:

Let's see, monsieur, how far you dare go? RAOUL:

More deception? More violence? PHANTOM:

That's right, that's right, keep walking this way! RAOUL:

You can't win her love by making her your prisoner. PHANTOM:

CHRISTINE:

Raoul!! PHANTOM:

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