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NOTES-PRIMA DONNA - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
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"Mystery after gala night" |
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It says "mystery of sopranos flight" |
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"mystified" all the papers say |
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"we are mystified we suspect foul play" |
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Bad news on soprano scene - |
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first Carlotta, now Christine! |
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Still, at least the seats get sold |
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gossip's worth its weight in gold . . . |
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What a way to run a business! |
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Spare me these unending trials! |
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Half your cast disappears, |
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but the crowd still cheers! |
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Opera! |
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To hell with Gluck and Handel - |
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It's a scandal that'll pack 'em in the aisles! |
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Damnable! |
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Will they all walk out? |
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This is damnable! |
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Andre, please don't shout . . . |
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It's publicity! And the take is vast! |
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Free publicity! |
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But we have no cast . . . |
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But Andre, |
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have you seen the queue? |
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Oh, it seems you've got one too . . . |
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"Dear Andre what a charming gala! |
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Christine enjoyed a great success! |
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We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left - |
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Otherwise the chorus was entrancing, |
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but the dancing was a lamentable mess!" |
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"Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder: |
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my salary has not been paid. |
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Send it care of the ghost, by return of post. |
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P.T.O.: |
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No-one likes a debtor, |
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so it's better if my orders are obeyed!" |
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Who would have the gall to send this? |
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Someone with a puerile brain! |
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These are both signed "O.G." . . . |
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Who the hell is he? |
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Opera ghost! |
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It's really not amusing! |
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He's abusing our position! |
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In addition he wants money! |
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He's a funny sort of spectre . . . |
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. . . to expect a large retainer! |
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Nothing plainer - |
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he is clearly quite insane! |
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Where is she? |
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You mean Carlotta? |
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I mean Miss Daae - |
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where is she? |
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Well, how should we know? |
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I want an answer - |
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I take it that you sent me this note? |
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What's all this nonsense? |
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Of course not! |
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Don't look at us! |
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She's not with you, then? |
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Of course not! |
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We're in the dark . . . |
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Monsieur, don't argue - |
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Isn't this the letter you wrote? |
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And what is it, that we're meant to have wrote? |
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"Do not fear for Miss Daae. |
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The Angel of Music has her under his wing. |
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Make no attempt to see her again." |
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If you didn't write it, who did? |
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Where is he? |
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Ah, welcome back! |
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Your precious patron - |
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where is he? |
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What is it now? |
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I have your letter - |
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a letter which I rather resent! |
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And did you send it? |
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Of course not! |
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As if he would! |
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You didn't send it? |
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Of course not! |
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What's going on . . .? |
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You dare to tell me, |
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that this is not the letter you sent ? ! |
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And what is it that I'm |
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meant to have sent? |
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"Your days |
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at the Opera Populaire are numbered. |
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Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight. |
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Be prepared for a great misfortune, |
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should you attempt to take her place." |
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Far too many notes for my taste - |
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and most of them about Christine! |
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All we've heard since we came |
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is Miss Daae's name . . . |
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Miss Daae has returned. |
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I trust her midnight oil |
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is well and truly burned. |
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Where precisely is she now? |
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I thought it best that she went home . . . |
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She needed rest. |
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May I see her? |
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No, monsieur, she will see no-one. |
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Will she sing? |
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Will she sing? |
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Here, I have a note . . . |
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Let me see it! |
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Please! |
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"Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the |
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most amiable nature, detailing how my theatre is to be |
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run. You have not followed my instructions. |
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I shall give you one last chance . . ." |
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. . . Christine Daae has returned to you, |
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and I am anxious her career should progress. |
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In the new production of "Il Muto", |
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you will therefore cast Carlotta as the Pageboy, |
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and put Miss Daae in the role of Countess. |
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The role which Miss Daae plays calls for charm and appeal. |
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The role of the Pageboy is silent - |
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which makes my casting, in a word . . . ideal. |
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I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in |
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Box Five, which will be kept empty for me. Should |
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these commands be ignored, a disaster beyond your |
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imagination will occur. |
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"I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, O.G." |
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Christine! |
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Whatever next . . .? |
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It's all a ploy to help Christine! |
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This is insane . . . |
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I know who sent this: |
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The Vicomte - her lover! |
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Indeed? |
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Can you believe this? |
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Signora! |
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O traditori! |
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This is a joke! |
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This changes nothing! |
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O mentitori! |
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Signora! |
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You are our star! |
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And always will be! |
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Signora . . . |
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The man is mad! |
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We don't take orders! |
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Miss Daae will be playing the Pageboy- |
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the silent role . . . |
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Carlotta will be playing the lead! |
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It's useless trying to appease me! |
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You're only saying this to please me! |
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Signori, e vero? |
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Non, non, non voglio udire ! |
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Lasciatemi morire! |
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O padre mio! |
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Dio! |
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Who scorn his word, |
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beware to those . . . |
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You have reviled me! |
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The angel sees, |
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the angel knows . . . |
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Why did Christine fly from my arms . . .? |
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You have rebuked me! |
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Signora, pardon us . . . |
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You have replaced me! |
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Please, Signora, we beseech you . . . |
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This hour shall see your darkest fears . . . |
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I must see her . . . |
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Abbandonata! |
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Deseredata! |
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O, sventurata! |
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The angel knows, |
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the angel hears . . . |
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Where did she go . . .? |
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Abbandonata! |
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Disgraziata! |
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Signora, sing for us! |
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Don't be a martyr . . . |
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What new surprises lie in store . . .? |
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Our star . . .! |
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Non vo' cantar! |
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Your public needs you! |
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We need you, too! |
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Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue? |
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Signora, no! |
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The world wants you! |
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Prima donna first lady of the stage! |
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Your devotees are on their knees to implore you ! |
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Can you bow out when they're shouting your name? |
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Think of how they all adore you! |
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Prima donna, |
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enchant us once again! |
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Think of your muse . . . |
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And of the queues round the theatre! |
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Can you deny us the triumph in store? |
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Sing, prima donna, once more! |
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Christine spoke of an angel . . . |
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Prima donna, your song shall live again! |
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Think of your public! |
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You took a snub, |
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but there's a public who needs you! |
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She has heard the voice of the angel of music . . . |
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Those who hear your voice, |
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liken you to an angel! |
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Think of their cry, |
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of undying support ! |
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Is this her angel of music . . .? |
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We get our opera . . . |
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She gets her limelight! |
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Follow where the limelight leads you! |
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Is this ghost an angel or a madman . . .? |
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Angel or madman . . .? |
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Leading ladies are a trial! |
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Heaven help you, |
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those who doubt . . . |
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You'll sing again, |
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and to unending ovation! |
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Orders! Warnings! |
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Lunatic demands! |
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This miscasting will invite damnation . . . |
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Tears . . . oaths . . . |
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Iunatic demands are regular occurrences! |
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Bliss or damnation? |
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Which has claimed her . . .? |
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Think how you'll shine in that final encore! |
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Sing, prima donna, once more! |
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Oh fools, to have flouted his warnings! |
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Surely, for her sake . . . |
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Surely he'll strike back . . . |
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Surely there'll be further scenes - |
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worse than this! |
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Think, before these demands are rejected! |
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. . .I must see these demands are rejected! |
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. . . if his threats and demands are rejected! |
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Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl, |
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who's gone and slept with the patron? |
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Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet! |
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Although he may demur, he must have been with her! |
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Christine must be protected! |
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O, fortunata! |
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Non ancor abbandonata! |
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You'd never get away with all this in a play, |
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but if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue; |
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it's just the sort of story audiences adore, |
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in fact a perfect opera! |
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His game is over! |
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This is a game you cannot hope to win! |
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And in Box Five, |
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a new game will begin . . . |
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For, if his curse is on this opera . . . |
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But if his curse is on this opera . . . |
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Prima donna, the world is at your feet! |
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A nation waits, and how it hates to be cheated! |
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The stress that falls upon a famous prima donna! |
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Terrible diseases, coughs and colds and sneezes! |
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Still, the dryest throat will reach the highest note, |
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in search of perfect opera! |
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. . . then I fear the outcome . . . |
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Christine plays the Pageboy, |
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Carlotta plays the Countess . . . |
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. . . should you dare to . . |
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. . . when you once again . . . |
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Light up the stage with that age old rapport! |
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Sing, prima donna, once more! |
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So, it is to be war between us! If these demands are not |
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met, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur! |
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Once more! |
