Prima Donna Lyrics

André and Firmin-
Prima donna,
First lady of the stage!
Your devotees
Are on their knees
To implore you!

André-
Can you bow out
When they're shouting
Your name?

Firmin-
Think of how they all adore you.

André and Firmin-
Prima donna,
Enchant us once again

André-
Think of your muse...

Firmin-
And of the queues
Round the theatre!

André and Firmin-
Can you deny us the triumph in store?

Andre and Firmin-
Sing, prima donna,
Once more!

Raoul-
Christine spoke of an angel...

Carlotta-
Prima donna,
Your song shall live again!

André and Firmin-
Think of your public!

Carlotta-
You took a snub,

But there's a public
Who needs you!

Giry-
She has heard the voice
Of the angel of music...

André and Firmin-
Those who hear your voice
Liken you to an angel!

Carlotta-
Think of their cry
Of undying
Support!

Raoul-
Is this her angel of music...?

André-
We get our opera...

Firmin-
She gets her limelight!

Carlotta-
Follow where the limelight
Leads you!

Meg-
Is this ghost
An angel or a madman...?

Raoul-
Angel or madmadman...?

André and Firmin-
Leading ladies are a trial!

Carlotta-
Prima donna,
Your song shall never die!

Meg-
Voice of hell, or of heaven...?

Giry
Heaven help you,|those who doubt...

Carlotta
You'll sing again,
And to unending
Ovation!

Raoul

Orders! Warnings!
Lunatic demands!

Giry
This miscasting
Will invite damnation...

André and Firmin
Tears... oaths...
Lunatic demands
Are regular occurences!

Meg
Bliss or damnation?

Which has claimed her...?

Carlotta-
Think how you'll shine
In that final
Encore!
Sing, prima donna,
Once more!

Giry-
Oh fools,
To have flouted his warnings!

Raoul-
Surely, for her sake...

Meg-
Surely he'll strike back...

André and Firmin-
Surely there'll be further scenes -

Worse than this!

Giry-
Think, before
These demands are rejected!

Raoul-
...I must see these demands are rejected!

Meg-
...if his threats

And demands are rejected!

André and Firmin-
Who'd believe a diva
Happy to relieve a
Chorus girl, who's gone
And slept with the patron?
Raoul and the soubrette,
Entwined in love's duet!
Although he may demur,
He must have been with her!

Meg and Raoul
Christine must be protected!

Carlotta-
O, fortunata!
Non ancor

Abbandonata!

André and Firmin-
You'd never get away
With all this in a play,
But if it's loudly sung
And in a foreign tongue,
It's just the sort of story
Audiences adore, in fact a perfect
Opera!

Raoul-
His game is over!

Giry-
This is a game
You cannot hope to win!

Raoul-
And in Box Five
A new game will begin...

Giry-
For, if his curse
Is on this opera...

Meg-
But if his curse
Is on this opera...

André and Firmin-
Prima donna,
The world is at your feet!
A nation waits,
And how it hates,
To be cheated!

Carlotta-
The stress that falls upon a
Famous prima donna!
Terrible deseases,
Coughs and colds and sneezes!

Still, the dryest throat
Will reach the highest note,
In search of perfect
Opera!

Meg and Giry-
...then I fear the outcome...

Raoul-
Christine plays the Pageboy,
Carlotta plays the Countess...

Giry-
...should you dare to...

Meg-
...when you once again...

All-
Light up the stage
With that age-old rapport!
Sing, prima donna,
Once more!

Phantom(spoken)-
So, it is war between us! If these demands are not met, a disaster

Beyond your imagination....will occur!

All-
Once more!