Wandering child so lost, so helpless,
yearning for my guidance.

CHRISTINE
Angel or father, friend or Phantom ?
Who is it there staring ?

PHANTOM (more and more hypnotic)
Have you forgotten your Angel?

CHRISTINE
Angel, oh, speak . . .
What endless longings echo in this whisper!

(RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches for a
moment transfixed)
PHANTOM (now drawing CHRISTINE towards him)
Too long you''''ve wandered in winter . . .

RAOUL (to himself a murmur)
Once again she is his

PHANTOM
Far from my far-reaching gaze

RAOUL
Once again she returns . . .

CHRISTINE (increasingly mesmerized)
Wildly my mind beats against you

PHANTOM
You resist . . .

PHANTOM/CHRISTINE
Yet your/the soul obeys

RAOUL
to the arms of her angel
angel or demon still he calls her
luring her back, from the grave angel or dark seducer?
Who are you, strange angel?

PHANTOM
Angel of Music!
You denied me,
turning from true beauty . . .
Angel of Music!
Do not shun me . . .
Come to your strange
Angel . . .
CHRISTINE
Angel of Music!
I denied you,
turning from true beauty . . .
Angel of Music!
My protector . . .
Come to me, strange
Angel . . .
(CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the
PHANTOM)
PHANTOM (beckoning her)
I am your Angel of Music . . .
Come to me: Angel of Music . . .
RAOUL (suddenly calling out)
Angel of darkness!
Cease this torment!
(Inexorably the PHANTOM continues to beckon
CHRISTINE)
PHANTOM
I am your Angel of Music . . .
Come to me: Angel of Music . . .
RAOUL (in desperation)
Christine! Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man . . .
this thing . . . is not your father!
(to the PHANTOM)
Let her go! For God''''s sake, let her go! Christine !
(Coming out of her trance CHRISTINE turns and
mouths the words):
CHRISTINE
Raoul . . .