Janet Devenish;David Firth;Rosemary Ashe;John Savident;Michael Crawford;Andrew Lloyd Webber;Steve Barton;"The Phantom Of The Opera" Original London Cast;Mary Millar - Notes / Prima Donna

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[00:00.00]Notes / Prima Donna - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯)/"The Phantom Of The Opera" Original London Cast/John Savident/David Firth/Steve Barton/Rosemary Ashe/Mary Millar/Janet Devenish/Michael Crawford
[00:08.05]"Mystery after gala night"
[00:10.09]It says "mystery of sopranos flight"
[00:13.05]"mystified" all the papers say
[00:15.50]"we are mystified we suspect foul play"
[00:18.12]
[00:18.66]Bad news on soprano scene
[00:20.75]First Carlotta now Christine
[00:23.53]Still at least the seats get sold
[00:25.67]
[00:26.32]Gossip's worth its weight in gold
[00:30.84]
[00:32.14]What a way to run a business
[00:34.60]Spare me these unending trials
[00:36.65]
[00:37.25]Half your cast disappears
[00:38.55]But the crowd still cheers
[00:40.30]Opera
[00:41.90]To hell with Gluck and Handel
[00:43.13]It's a scandal that'll pack 'em in the aisles
[00:45.20]Damnable
[00:45.41]Will they all walk out
[00:47.21]This is damnable
[00:48.86]Andre please don't shout
[00:50.04]It's publicity And the take is vast
[00:52.88]Free publicity
[00:54.26]But we have no cast
[00:55.72]But Andre
[00:56.38]Have you seen the queue
[00:58.90]Oh it seems you've got one too
[01:01.53]
[01:03.47]"Dear Andre what a charming gala
[01:06.31]
[01:06.92]Christine enjoyed a great success
[01:09.16]
[01:09.78]We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left
[01:12.50]
[01:13.01]Otherwise the chorus was entrancing
[01:15.61]But the dancing was a lamentable mess "
[01:17.83]"Dear Firmin just a brief reminder:
[01:19.76]
[01:20.57]My salary has not been paid
[01:22.53]
[01:23.19]Send it care of the ghost by return of post
[01:26.06]P T O :
[01:28.02]No-one likes a debtor
[01:28.81]So it's better if my orders are obeyed "
[01:31.07]
[01:32.54]Who would have the gall to send this
[01:34.17]
[01:35.01]Someone with a puerile brain
[01:37.20]
[01:37.82]These are both signed "O G "
[01:39.07]Who the hell is he
[01:40.71]Opera ghost
[01:42.20]It's really not amusing
[01:43.24]He's abusing our position
[01:44.79]In addition he wants money
[01:46.32]He's a funny sort of spectre
[01:47.68]To expect a large retainer
[01:48.96]Nothing plainer
[01:49.62]He is clearly quite insane
[01:51.05]Where is she
[01:51.89]You mean Carlotta
[01:52.42]I mean Miss Daae
[01:53.44]Where is she
[01:54.87]Well how should we know
[01:55.88]I want an answer
[01:56.50]I take it that you sent me this note
[01:57.98]What's all this nonsense
[01:58.76]Of course not
[02:00.60]Don't look at us
[02:01.36]She's not with you then
[02:02.31]Of course not
[02:03.49]We're in the dark
[02:04.11]Monsieur don't argue
[02:05.02]Isn't this the letter you wrote
[02:07.25]And what is it
[02:07.94]That we're meant to have wrote
[02:09.11]
[02:09.63]Written
[02:11.11]"Do not fear for Miss Daae
[02:13.29]The Angel of Music has her under his wing
[02:16.72]
[02:17.46]Make no attempt to see her again "
[02:21.61]
[02:22.14]If you didn't write it who did
[02:24.34]Where is he
[02:26.05]Ah welcome back
[02:26.63]Your precious patron
[02:27.28]Where is he
[02:28.88]What is it now
[02:29.45]I have your letter
[02:30.07]A letter which I rather resent
[02:32.42]And did you send it
[02:33.21]Of course not
[02:34.55]As if he would
[02:35.26]You didn't send it
[02:36.20]Of course not
[02:37.35]What's going on
[02:37.85]You dare to tell me
[02:39.11]That this is not the letter you sent
[02:40.87]And what is it that I'm
[02:42.18]Meant to have sent
[02:43.79]
[02:44.41]"Your days
[02:45.50]At the Opera Populaire are numbered
[02:47.62]
[02:48.34]Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight
[02:51.36]
[02:52.01]Be prepared for a great misfortune
[02:54.09]
[02:54.98]Should you attempt to take her place "
[02:58.16]
[02:59.65]Far too many notes for my taste
[03:02.28]
[03:02.87]And most of them about Christine
[03:04.54]
[03:05.43]All we've heard since we came
[03:06.70]Is Miss Daae's name
[03:08.39]
[03:10.36]Miss Daae has returned
[03:12.40]I trust her midnight oil
[03:13.66]Is well and truly burned
[03:15.62]Where precisely is she now
[03:17.27]I thought it best that she went home
[03:19.06]She needed rest
[03:20.11]
[03:20.87]May I see her
[03:22.19]No monsieur she will see no-one
[03:24.07]Will she sing
[03:24.93]Will she sing
[03:25.85]
[03:26.56]Here I have a note
[03:27.96]Let me see it
[03:28.65]Please
[03:29.13]
[03:31.53]"Gentlemen I have now sent you
[03:33.66]Several notes of the
[03:35.19]Most amiable nature
[03:37.06]
[03:38.60]Detailing how my theatre is to be run
[03:41.37]
[03:42.16]You have not followed my instructions
[03:44.76]
[03:45.44]I shall give you one last chance"
[03:49.71]
[03:51.03]Christine Daae has returned to you
[03:56.10]And I am anxious her career
[04:00.56]Should progress
[04:02.35]
[04:03.31]In the new production of "Il Muto"
[04:08.17]You will therefore cast Carlotta
[04:11.85]As the Pageboy
[04:14.80]
[04:15.54]And put Miss Daae
[04:18.06]In the role of Countess
[04:22.35]
[04:23.30]The role which Miss Daae plays calls
[04:27.62]For charm and appeal
[04:30.82]
[04:31.90]The role of the Pageboy is silent
[04:36.50]Which makes my casting in a word ideal
[04:43.44]
[04:45.74]I shall watch the performance
[04:47.70]From my normal seat in Box Five
[04:50.04]
[04:50.86]Which will be kept empty for me Should
[04:54.22]These commands be ignored
[04:56.17]
[04:56.94]A disaster beyond your
[04:58.72]Imagination will occur
[05:00.92]
[05:01.71]"I remain Gentlemen
[05:03.62]Your obedient servant O G "
[05:07.71]
[05:08.64]Christine
[05:10.04]Whatever next
[05:10.66]It's all a ploy to help Christine
[05:12.89]This is insane
[05:13.54]I know who sent this:
[05:14.38]The Vicomte her lover
[05:16.06]Indeed
[05:16.22]Can you believe this
[05:17.26]Signora
[05:18.29]O traditori
[05:19.31]This is a joke
[05:20.42]This changes nothing
[05:20.94]O mentitori
[05:21.80]Signora
[05:21.97]You are our star
[05:22.74]And always will be
[05:23.67]Signora
[05:24.77]
[05:25.51]The man is mad
[05:26.19]We don't take orders
[05:26.98]Miss Daae will be playing the Pageboy
[05:29.42]The silent role
[05:30.96]Carlotta will be playing the lead
[05:33.47]It's useless trying to appease me
[05:37.88]You're only saying this to please me
[05:41.74]Signori e vero
[05:43.37]Non non non voglio udire
[05:46.04]Lasciatemi morire
[05:46.75]
[05:47.69]O padre mio
[05:50.18]Dio
[05:51.95]Who scorn his word
[05:52.89]Beware to those
[05:54.32]You have reviled me
[05:55.82]The angel sees
[05:56.37]The angel knows
[05:57.40]Why did Christine fly from my arms
[05:58.73]You have rebuked me
[05:59.87]Signora pardon us
[06:00.50]You have replaced me
[06:03.62]Please Signora we beseech you
[06:04.83]This hour shall see your darkest fears
[06:06.17]I must see her
[06:06.90]Abbandonata
[06:07.08]Deseredata
[06:07.54]O sventurata
[06:08.12]The angel knows
[06:09.01]The angel hears
[06:11.08]
[06:12.88]Where did she go
[06:13.58]Abbandonata
[06:13.81]Disgraziata
[06:14.12]Signora sing for us
[06:15.14]Don't be a martyr
[06:16.11]
[06:16.74]What new surprises lie in store
[06:22.92]
[06:30.86]Your public needs you
[06:33.60]We need you too
[06:36.08]Would you not rather
[06:36.84]Have your precious little ingenue
[06:40.50]
[06:41.34]Signora no
[06:43.27]
[06:43.88]The world wants you
[06:47.84]
[06:50.27]Prima donna first lady of the stage
[06:56.81]Your devotees are on their
[06:59.59]Knees to implore you
[07:03.46]
[07:04.88]Can you bow out
[07:07.14]When they're shouting your name
[07:11.24]
[07:11.95]Think of how they all adore you
[07:18.25]
[07:19.16]Prima donna
[07:21.91]Enchant us once again
[07:25.09]Think of your muse
[07:26.86]And of the queues round the theatre
[07:31.74]
[07:32.87]Can you deny us the triumph in store
[07:38.97]Sing prima donna once more
[07:44.36]Christine spoke of an angel
[07:48.03]Prima donna
[07:49.97]Your song shall live again
[07:52.80]
[07:53.42]Think of your public
[07:55.10]You took a snub
[07:55.90]But there's a public who needs you
[07:58.57]She has heard the voice
[07:59.70]Of the angel of music
[08:01.69]Those who hear your voice
[08:03.12]Liken you to an angel
[08:04.47]Think of their cry
[08:05.38]Of undying support
[08:07.00]Is this her angel of music
[08:08.48]We get our opera
[08:09.59]She gets her limelight
[08:10.42]Follow where the limelight leads you
[08:11.98]Is this ghost an angel or a madman
[08:14.44]Angel or madman
[08:15.38]Leading ladies are a trial
[08:16.99]Heaven help you
[08:18.34]Those who doubt
[08:19.60]You'll sing again
[08:20.67]And to unending ovation
[08:22.29]Orders Warnings
[08:23.66]
[08:25.99]Lunatic demands
[08:27.63]This miscasting will invite damnation
[08:29.27]Tears oaths
[08:29.90]Iunatic demands are regular occurrences
[08:31.52]Bliss or damnation
[08:32.58]Which has claimed her
[08:34.00]Think how you'll shine in that final encore
[08:36.27]Sing prima donna once more
[08:37.74]Oh fools to have flouted his warnings
[08:40.04]Surely for her sake
[08:41.38]Surely he'll strike back
[08:42.85]Surely there'll be further scenes
[08:44.55]Worse than this
[08:45.57]Think before these demands are rejected
[08:47.41]I must see these demands are rejected
[08:49.14]If his threats and demands are rejected
[08:50.56]Who'd believe a diva happy
[08:51.67]To relieve a chorus girl
[08:52.80]Who's gone and slept with the patron
[08:54.45]Raoul and the soubrette
[08:55.40]Entwined in love's duet
[08:56.71]Although he may demur
[08:57.88]He must have been with her
[08:59.68]Christine must be protected
[09:00.82]O fortunata
[09:01.61]Non ancor abbandonata
[09:02.63]You'd never get away with all this in a play
[09:05.31]But if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue;
[09:07.63]It's just the sort of story audiences adore
[09:09.55]In fact a perfect opera
[09:10.71]His game is over
[09:11.73]This is a game you cannot hope to win
[09:13.94]And in Box Five
[09:14.81]A new game will begin
[09:15.90]For if his curse is on this opera
[09:17.62]But if his curse is on this opera
[09:19.25]Prima donna the world is at your feet
[09:21.02]A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated
[09:23.35]The stress that falls upon
[09:24.46]A famous prima donna
[09:25.52]Terrible diseases coughs
[09:26.20]And colds and sneezes
[09:27.36]Still the dryest throat will reach
[09:29.00]The highest note
[09:29.75]In search of perfect opera
[09:30.80]Then I fear the outcome
[09:31.89]Christine plays the Pageboy
[09:32.89]Carlotta plays the Countess
[09:33.93]Should you dare to
[09:34.87]When you once again
[09:35.78]Light up the stage with
[09:36.99]That age old rapport
[09:37.87]Sing prima donna
[09:38.63]Once more
[09:49.63]
[09:50.24]So it is to be war between us
[09:53.72]
[09:54.65]If these demands are not
[09:56.52]Met a disaster beyond
[09:59.31]Your imagination will occur
[10:02.31]Once more