[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! 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! [Meg] Is this ghost An angel or a madman? [Raoul] Angel or madman? [Andre/Firmin] Leading ladies are a trial! [Giry] Heaven help you Those who doubt [Carlotta] You'll sing again And to unending Ovation! [Raoul] Orders! Warnings! Lunatic demands! [Giry] This miscasting Will invite damnation [Andre/Firmin] Tears Oaths Iunatic demands Are regular occurrences! [Meg] Bliss or damnation? Which has claimed her? [Carlotta] Think how you'll shine In that final encore! Sing, prima donna Once more! [Giry] Oh fools, to have flouted his warnings! [Raoul] Surely, for her sake [Meg] Surely he'll strike back [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! [Meg/Raoul] Christine must be protected! [Carlotta] O, fortunata! Non ancor Abbandonata! [Andre/Firmin] 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! [Raoul] His game is over! [Giry] This is a game You cannot hope to win! [Raoul] And in box five A new game will begin [Giry] For, if his curse is on this opera [Meg] But if his curse is on this opera [Andre/Firmin] Prima donna The world is at your feet! A nation waits And how it hates To be cheated! [Carlotta] The stress that falls upon a Famous prima donna! Terrible diseases Coughs and colds and sneezes! Still, the dryest throat Will reach the highest note In search of perfect Opera! [Meg/Giry] Then I fear the outcome [Raoul] Christine plays the pageboy Carlotta plays the countess [Giry] Should you dare to [Meg] When you once again [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!