歌手:Andrew Lloyd Webber
专辑:《The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)》

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