![]() ![]() Viscount Raoul de Chagny, who has been in love with Christine since childhood, visits her after the miraculous performance, but she pretends to not remember him. The managers soon receive their own demands from the Opera Ghost. The retiring managers Poligny and Debienne relay the ghost's demands and threats to the new managers Moncharmin and Richard, who think the Opera employees are playing an elaborate joke. Many young dancers claim to see the Opera Ghost lurking about, and when they hear news of stagehand Joseph Buquet's sudden death, they fear the ghost has struck. The story itself begins on the night of the Opera’s gala performance where Christine Daaé unexpectedly dazzles the audience. By tracing the ghost’s life and movements, the narrator says they can explain the disappearances, deaths, and accidents that occurred 30 years prior. His investigation proves that this phantom was really a man with an incredible talent for illusions. The Prologue opens with the narrative’s frame: The narrator says they will explain the mysterious incidents at the Opera House through the existence of the "Opera Ghost". ![]()
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