Universal first announced a remake of The Phantom of the Opera in 1935. Stage 28, also known as The Phantom of the Opera Stage, was originally built for the 1925 film, and reused in the 1943 version. The film ends with Anatole and Raoul going to dinner together. She surprises them by choosing to marry neither one of them, instead choosing to pursue her singing career, inspired by Claudin’s devotion to her future. Later, Anatole and Raoul demand that Christine choose one of them. Anatole and Raoul escape with Christine, while Claudin is seemingly crushed to death by the falling rocks. Raoul fires his gun at Claudin, but Anatole knocks Raoul's arm, and the shot hits the ceiling, causing a cave-in. Claudin grabs a sword to fight them with. At that same moment, Raoul and Anatole break-in. While the Phantom is distracted by the music, Christine sneaks up and pulls off his mask, revealing his disfigured face. Overjoyed, the Phantom urges Christine to sing, which she does. ![]() Raoul and Anatole hear the Phantom playing and follow the sound. Christine watches, realizing the concerto was written around the melody of a lullaby she has known since childhood. The Phantom plays along with it on his piano. Just as the Phantom and Christine arrive in his lair, they hear Liszt and the orchestra playing Claudin's concerto. Raoul, Anatole, and the police begin pursuing them underground. ![]() He tells Christine that he loves her and will now sing all she wants, but only for him. As the audience and the crew flee, The Phantom takes Christine down underground. He then brings down the large chandelier on the audience, causing chaos. Garron plans to have Liszt play Claudin’s concerto after the performance, but the Phantom strangles one of Raoul's men and heads to the auditorium's domed ceiling. To catch the Phantom, Raoul comes up with a plan: not let Christine sing during a performance of the (fictional) Russian opera Le prince masqué du Caucase (“The Masked Prince of the Caucasus”) to lure the Phantom out into the open. The following night, the Phantom kills Biancarolli and her maid, and the opera is subsequently closed.Īfter some time, the opera's owners receive a note demanding that Christine replace Biancarolli. ![]() Biancarolli says she will forget the affair only if Christine's performance is not mentioned in the papers. Biancarolli, who suspects that Garron and Christine are responsible for drugging her, orders Raoul to arrest them, but he says he cannot because there is no evidence. The director puts Christine in her place, and she dazzles the audience with her singing. ![]() Biancarolli drinks, knocking her unconscious. Now wanted for murder, Claudin flees into the sewers of the Opera and covers his disfigurement with a prop mask stolen from the Opera house becoming the Phantom.ĭuring a performance of the opera Amour et Gloire, The Phantom drugs a glass of wine which prima donna Mme. Georgette, the publisher's assistant, throws etching acid in Claudin’s face, horribly scarring him. Claudin hears his concerto being played in the office and is convinced that Pleyel is trying to steal it unbeknownst to him, a visiting Franz Liszt had been playing and endorsing the concerto. After weeks of not hearing a response about his concerto, he becomes worried and returns to the publisher, Maurice Pleyel, to ask about it. In a desperate attempt to earn money, Claudin submits a piano concerto he has written for publication. Christine considers them both good friends but doesn't openly express if she loves them. But famed opera baritone Anatole Garron hopes to win Christine's heart. Meanwhile, Christine is pressured by Inspector Raoul Dubert to quit the Opera and marry him. Unbeknownst to the conductor, who assumes Claudin can support himself, the musician has used all his money to help anonymously fund voice lessons for Christine Dubois, a young soprano to whom he is devoted. Violinist Erique Claudin is dismissed from the Paris Opera House after revealing that he is losing the use of the fingers of his left hand.
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