2. Introduction of The Phantom of the Opera
1. What is opera?
2. Characters
3. Background for the song ~ The Phantom of the Opera

3. What is opera? Opera is a staged play that is sung.
Opera uses music to tell a story.
It can tell serious stories of drama, humorous stories as well as comedies.
Opera plots are about love ,adventure, joy, sadness, excitement, fear, anger, mystery, death, desire, and passion.

4. Characters Christine (Emmy Rossum) -- a talented chorus girl
-- regarding the Phantom as her teacher
-- was in love with Raoul
The Phantom
(Gerard Butler)
-- with a horrible and
ugly face
-- extreme personality
-- musical genius
-- was in love with Christine
Raoul
(Patric Wilson)
-- an attractive young man
-- Christine’s childhood acquaintance
-- was in love with Christine

5. Background for the song ~ The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom found that Christine and Raoul met each other. He went to see Christine in her dressing room and then took her to his place underneath the Paris Opera House by boat….