Notes?/Prima Donna-Andrew Lloyd Webber

[ti:Notes?/Prima Donna] [ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber] [al:The Phantom Of The Opera] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.97]Notes?/Prima Donna - Andrew Lloyd Webber [00:02.40]Composed by：Andrew Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart/Richard Stilgoe [00:04.24] [00:08.10]Mystery after gala night it says [00:10.57]Mystery of sopranos flight [00:13.11]Mystified baffled Sûreté say [00:15.50]We are mystified [00:16.81]We suspect foul play [00:18.46]Bad news on soprano scene [00:20.91]First Carlotta now Christine [00:23.35]Still at least the seats get sold [00:26.34]Gossip's worth its weight in gold [00:31.21] [00:31.84]What a way to run a business [00:33.80] [00:34.61]Spare me these unending trials [00:36.60] [00:37.30]Half your cast disappears [00:38.57]But the crowd still cheers [00:40.44]Opera [00:41.57]To hell with Gluck and Handel [00:42.81]It's a scandal that'll pack 'em in the aisles [00:44.90]Damnable [00:46.14]Will they all walk out [00:47.11]This is damnable [00:48.78]André please don't shout [00:50.20]It's publicity and the take is vast [00:52.83]Free publicity [00:54.03]But we have no cast [00:55.62]But André have you seen the queue [00:58.87]Oh it seems you've got one too [01:01.94] [01:03.40]"Dear André what a charming gala [01:06.35] [01:06.99]Christine enjoyed a great success [01:08.83] [01:09.62]We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left [01:12.84]Otherwise the chorus was entrancing [01:15.53]But the dancing was a lamentable mess" [01:17.44]"Dear Firmin just a brief reminder [01:19.73] [01:20.38]My salary has not been paid [01:22.62] [01:23.16]Send it care of the Ghost [01:24.54]By return of post [01:26.36]P.T.O. no one likes a debtor [01:28.84]So it's better if my orders are obeyed" [01:31.07] [01:32.41]Who would have the gall to send this [01:34.30] [01:35.04]Someone with a puerile brain [01:37.11] [01:37.75]These are both signed O.G. [01:39.02]Who the hell is he [01:40.93]Opera Ghost [01:42.01]It's really not amusing [01:43.29]He's abusing our position [01:44.74]In addition he wants money [01:46.14]He's a funny sort of spectre [01:47.46]To expect a large retainer [01:48.97]Nothing plainer [01:49.60]He is clearly quite insane [01:50.87]Where is she [01:51.65]You mean Carlotta [01:52.54]I mean Miss Daaé [01:53.27]Where is she [01:54.58]Well how should we know [01:55.53]I want an answer [01:56.42]I take it that you sent me this note [01:58.10]What all this nonsense [01:59.10]Of course not [02:00.31]Don't look at us [02:01.10]She's not with you then [02:02.02]Of course not [02:03.17]We're in the dark [02:04.06]Monsieur don't argue [02:05.16]Isn't this the letter you wrote [02:07.20]And what is is that we're meant to have wrote [02:09.01] [02:10.08]Written [02:10.73]"Do not fear for Miss Daaé [02:12.94]The Angel of Music has her under his wing [02:16.60] [02:17.35]Make no attempt to see her again" [02:21.14] [02:22.00]If you didn't write it who did [02:23.74] [02:24.34]Where is he [02:25.64]Ah welcome back [02:26.25]Your precious patron [02:27.18]Where is he [02:28.53]What is it now [02:29.24]I have your letter [02:30.26]A letter which I rather resent [02:31.98]And did you send it [02:32.92]Of course not [02:34.28]As if he would [02:34.97]You didn't send it [02:35.94]Of course not [02:37.20]What's going on [02:37.90]You dare to tell me [02:39.04]That this is not the letter you sent [02:41.14]And what is it that I'm meant to have sent [02:43.14] [02:44.09]"Your days at the Opéra Populaire are numbered [02:47.53] [02:48.32]Christine Daaé will be singing on your behalf tonight [02:51.23] [02:51.99]Be prepared for a great misfortune [02:54.31] [02:54.94]Should you attempt to take her place" [02:58.17] [02:59.54]Far too many notes for my taste [03:02.16] [03:02.79]And most of them about Christine [03:04.71] [03:05.50]All we've heard since we came [03:06.75]Is Miss Daaé's name [03:08.78] [03:10.31]Miss Daaé has returned [03:11.83] [03:12.43]I trust her midnight oil [03:13.75]Is well and truly burned [03:15.40]Where precisely is she now [03:17.15]I thought it best that she went home [03:18.88]She needed rest [03:19.98] [03:20.81]May I see her [03:22.18]No Monsieur she will see no one [03:24.25]Will she sing [03:25.03]Will she sing [03:25.79] [03:26.43]Here I have a note [03:27.85]Let me see it [03:28.75]Please [03:29.23] [03:31.44]"Gentlemen [03:32.24]I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature [03:37.01] [03:38.54]Detailing how my theatre is to be run [03:41.45] [03:42.16]You have not followed my instructions [03:44.82] [03:45.47]I shall give you one last chance [03:49.40] [03:51.13]Christine Daaé has returned to you [03:55.64] [03:56.24]And I am anxious her career should progress [04:02.45] [04:03.56]In the new production of Il Muto [04:08.13]You will therefore cast Carlotta as the pageboy [04:14.72] [04:15.53]And put Miss Daaé in the role of Countess [04:22.07] [04:23.26]The role which Miss Daaé plays calls for charm and appeal [04:30.71] [04:31.96]The role of the pageboy is silent which makes [04:37.28] [04:37.90]My casting in a word ideal [04:43.52] [04:45.74]I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in box 5 [04:49.93] [04:50.79]Which will be kept empty for me [04:53.30] [04:53.99]Should these commands be ignored [04:56.22] [04:56.92]A disaster beyond your imagination will occur [05:00.72] [05:01.63]I remain gentlemen your obedient servant O.G. [05:07.41] [05:08.55]Christine [05:09.91]Whatever next [05:10.41]It's all a ploy to help Christine [05:12.80]This is insane [05:13.55]I know who sent this [05:14.52]The Viscomte her lover [05:15.90]Indeed can you believe this [05:17.15]Signora [05:18.18]O traditori [05:18.73]This is a joke [05:19.44]This changes nothing [05:20.05]O mentitori [05:20.38]Signora [05:21.47]You are our star [05:22.93]And always will be [05:23.92]Signora [05:25.19]The man is mad [05:26.04]We don't take orders [05:26.88]Miss Daaé will be playing the pageboy the silent role [05:30.74]Carlotta will be playing the lead [05:33.48]It's useless trying to appease me [05:37.75]You're only saying this to please me [05:41.75]Signor è vero [05:43.34]Non non non voglio udire [05:45.55]Lasciatemi morire [05:47.73]O padre mio [05:50.17]Dio [05:51.40]Who scorn his word beware to those [05:53.24]You have reviled me [05:54.65]The angel sees the angel knows [05:56.01]Why did Christine fly from my arms [05:57.85]You have rebuked me [05:59.08]Signora pardon us [06:00.58]You have replaced me [06:02.86]Please Signora we beseech you [06:04.71]This hour shall see your darkest fears [06:06.48]I must see her [06:07.06]Abbandonata [06:07.22]Deseredata [06:07.37]O sventurata [06:07.67]The angel knows the angel hears [06:09.60]Where did she go [06:10.25]Abbandonata [06:12.53]Signora sing for us [06:13.68] [06:14.30]Disgraziata [06:14.46]Don't be a martyr [06:16.47] [06:17.14]What new surprises lie in store [06:22.15] [06:30.67]Your public needs you [06:33.59]We need you too [06:35.93]Wouldn't you not rather have your precious little ingénue [06:40.25] [06:41.24]Signora no the world wants you [06:47.05] [06:50.27]Prima Donna first lady of the stage [06:56.80]Your devotees are on their knees to implore you [07:03.40] [07:04.67]Can you bow out when they're shouting your name [07:11.07] [07:11.80]Think of how they all adore you [07:18.25] [07:18.91]Prima donna enchant us once again [07:25.11]Think of your muse [07:26.75]And of your queues 'round the theatre [07:31.63] [07:32.60]Can you deny us the triumph in store [07:38.95]Sing prima donna once more [07:43.02]Christine spoke of an angel [07:47.22]Prima Donna your song shall live again [07:52.85] [07:53.41]Think of your public [07:54.30]You took a snub but there's a public who needs you [07:57.74]She has heard the voice of the Angel of Music [08:00.51]Those who hear you liken you to an angel [08:02.08]Think of the cry of undying support [08:05.58]Is this her angel of music [08:07.43]We get our Opera [08:08.99]She gets her limelight [08:09.74]Follow where the limelight leads you [08:12.23]Angel or madman [08:13.61]Leading ladies are a trial [08:16.01]Prima donna your song shall never die [08:20.93]Heaven help you those who doubt [08:22.31]This miscasting will invite damnation [08:23.05]You'll sing again and to unending ovation [08:24.07]Orders warnings Lunatic demands [08:24.67]Tears Oaths Lunatic demands are regular occurrences [08:30.89]Think how you'll shine in that final encore [08:33.11]Sing Prima Donna once more [08:33.92]Surely for her sake [08:35.77]Surely there'll be further scenes [08:37.41] [08:37.92]Worse than this [08:38.90]Oh fools to have flouted his warnings [08:39.97]I must see these demands are rejected [08:42.14]Think before these demands are rejected [08:43.89]Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl [08:47.42]Whose gone and slept with the patron [08:50.06]Raoul and the soubrette entwined in love's duet [08:53.39]Although he may demur he must have been with her [08:56.42]Christine must be protected [08:57.02]O fortunata non ancor abbandonata [08:57.75]You'd never get away with all this in a play [09:00.20]But if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue [09:03.08]This is a game you cannot hope to win [09:04.31]It's just the sort of story [09:05.48]And in Box Five a new game will begin [09:06.75]Audiences adore in fact a perfect opera [09:08.10]But if his curse is on this opera [09:11.26]Prima Donna the world is at your feet [09:16.81]A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated [09:17.14]Then I fear the outcome [09:17.31]The stress that falls upon a famous prima donna [09:17.60]Terrible diseases coughs and colds and sneezes [09:18.22]Still the dryest throat will reach the highest note [09:21.60]In search of perfect opera [09:22.42]Christine plays the Pageboy [09:23.00]Should you dare to [09:23.60]Carlotta plays the Countess [09:24.60] [09:25.17]Light up the stage with that age-old rapport [09:32.91]Sing prima donna once more [09:48.89] [09:50.11]So it is to be war between us [09:53.66] [09:54.51]If these demands are not met [09:56.81] [09:57.57]A disaster beyond your imagination will occur [10:01.67] [10:02.21]Once more [10:10.03] [10:18.93]Gentlemen if you would care to take your seats [10:21.52] [10:22.49]I shall be sitting in Box Five [10:23.99] [10:25.33]Do you really think that's wise monsieur [10:27.62]My dear André [10:28.29] [10:29.16]There would appear to be no seats available other than Box Five [10:31.86] [10:46.25]Serafimo away with this pretence [10:49.34] [10:50.62]You cannot speak but kiss me in my husband's absence