("Hannibal") The lead soprano Carlotta Giudicelli performs an aria for the managers but a backdrop falls, almost crushing her. Christine recognizes him from her childhood. Raoul is introduced to the cast as the patron. Madame Giry the ballet mistress and the mother of Meg Giry, introduces them to Christine Daaé, a young but talented singer who was orphaned at seven, being the only daughter of the Swedish violinist, Gustave Daaé, revealed later by Madame Giry. As the auctioneers display the restored chandelier, which illuminates and slowly rises to its old place in the rafters the opening crescendo of music wipes away the years of decay and dust from the opera house as the black and white turns into color, and is transported back in time to 1870 ("Overture").ĭuring a show rehearsal, the opera house is put into the hands of two new owners, Richard Firmin and Gilles André. The next piece, lot 666: is a chandelier in pieces which has been restored and newly wired with electricity. During the auction, he sees a familiar face Madame Giry, whom he met as a young man ("Prologue"). Raoul De Chagny, an old wheelchair-bound man, purchases a coveted music box in a shape of a monkey in Persian robes and playing cymbals.
The dilapidated Paris Opera House holds an auction. I loved it, saw it twice bought the soundtrack and rate it 9 out of 10.The scene opens in black and white in the year 1919. The phantom was a mixture of anger/sadness/genius and you could understand why Christine was very weak willed in his presence. It was not apparent who the leading lady would be for a while until the chorus girl Christine was encouraged forward to sing replacing the Diva and was transformed from rags to a Cinderella style dress and sang with a pure beautiful voice and made me feel all magical and warm inside especially when she hit that note at the end!! Anyway the film went on and she was re united with her childhood sweetheart who was very charming and although most say wet, I think was very caring and charming (any girl wants prince charming on a white horse) despite what they say :-) There were lots of dream like scenes to follow and the film heightened emotionally all the way to the end, I've heard the song "Wishing you were somehow here again" but never knew its context, but the song and scene merged beautifully together for a very sentimental moment in the film enhanced by the angel statues covered in misty snow and a very Tim Burton moment. Then the theatre turned to colour and all was sent spinning back in time and the busy backstage frolics of the cast at the Opera House were bought to life. From the black and white opening scene I knew it was going to be visually splendid and from the atmosphere created knew I was in for something dramatic. Having not seen the musical before, and only being familiar with some of the well know songs I had no preconceptions, but was eager to see the film being a lover of all things musical.
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