


The song about is about the Phantom's power over Christine, and how he "teaches" her to become a skilled chanteuse. This line begins the famous, vocally challenging title song that has destroyed the larynx of many a high school musical theatre wannabe. Let's just say things go south from there. When Christine falls in love with her childhood sweetheart Raoul, who thankfully is not a murderer, the Phantom doesn't take it very well. The Phantom, a reclusive mad genius who happens to live under the Paris Opera House, helps innocent chorus girl Christine become an opera prima donna before the first act closes, but he also has a habit of murdering people who stand in his way. Like many Gothic love stories (Think Heathcliff and Kathy from Wuthering Heights), The Phantom of the Opera is a love story, but it's also dark and filled with jealousy. This line was sung by Christine Daae in the song " The Phantom of the Opera" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera (1986), written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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