The Phantom Of The Opera Flashcards
Setting
Opera House of Paris
Author
Gaston Leroux
She is an opera singer that replaced La Carlotta when she was sick…
Christine Daee
He is a person that apparently lives under the Opera House and he suddenly appears backstage…
The Opera Ghost
He is the Vicomte of Chagny and he fell in love with Christine…
Raoul
He is the Comte of Chagny, he is Raoul’s oldest brother…
Phillipe
He is one of the new directors of the Opera House, he doesn’t know anything about music but he has a huge reputation in arts…
Armand Moncharmin
He is one of the new directors of the Opera house, he is a great musician and he has composed many great songs…
Richard Firmin
They are the former directors of the Opera House, they warned the new directors about the strange things that happen in the Opera house.
Poligny and Debienne
The main dancer…
La Sorelli
She is the main singer…
La Carlotta
She is a little dancer…
Meg Giry
She is a little dancer…
Little Jammes
She is Meg’s mother and the box keeper of the Opera House, she has talked with the Opera Ghost…
Madame Giry
La Sorelli and the other dancers are in her dressing-room afraid because they saw…
The Opera Ghost outside
Is the one that saw the Opera Ghost…
Little Jammes
She says that her mother knows the Opera Ghost and that he always watches all the performances in Box Five…
Meg Giry
Little Jammes said that____________ has seen The Opera Ghost
Joseph Buquet
Someone yelled outside the dressing-room and they discovered that…
Joseph Buquet was found hanging in the third floor cellar.
- They will perform Faust at the Opera House. They will receive two special guests, The Comte of Chagny (Phillipe) and his brother the Vicomte of Chagny (Raoul).
- Since La Carlotta (the lead singer) is sick, Christine Daee replaced her in the leading role (Margarita).
- Christine’s performance was a success and after her performance she fainted on the stage.
- Raoul came backstage to help her but she rejected his help. She demands to be alone in her dressing-room.
- Raoul waited until everybody left and went to Christine’s dressing room.
- Raoul heard through the door that Christine was talking with a man.
- Raoul waited outside until Christine left her room and he entered but no one was inside.
- When he was leaving the Opera House, he saw some workmen carrying Joseph Buquet’s dead body.
Chapter 2
- The new directors received a letter signed by the Opera Ghost.
- In this letter the Opera Ghost remembers the directors about all his demands.
- The new directors thought that the letter was a joke of the old directors.
- The next day they received another letter from the Opera Ghost in which he remembers them about his salary of 20,000 francs per month.
- They also receive a letter of the old directors saying that they must not sell the Box Five because it will have consequences. They told a story in which a person called Isidore Saack once came to the Opera House with his family in the Box Five. The Opera Ghost got mad and broke his leg.
- They got scared and called the box-keeper (Madame Giry).
- They asked Madame Giry if she knew something about Box Five and she said that it was exclusively for the Opera Ghost. She has talked to him.
- She said that the Opera Ghost always asks for a footstool for his lady, this means that he always comes with a woman.
- She said that the Opera Ghost refers to her as Madame Jules (Jules, was her husband’s name).
- She also said that sometime the Opera Ghost tip her and that in occasions they forget a fan in the box, so she keeps it and put it again the box so they can take it.
Chapter 4
- In the Opera House there’s a farewell ceremony for M. Debienne and M. Poligny because they are retiring.
- La Sorelli was about to say a speech when suddenly someone saw the Opera Ghost and yelled, interrupting La Sorelli.
- The old directors show the new directors a memorandum-book which they must follow.
- In this book, there were some strange clauses in which some asked for a salary of 20,000 francs per month and that Box Five is exclusively for the Opera Ghost.
- The new directors ask the old ones if they have seen the Opera Ghost before, but they haven’t.
Chapter 3
