With his job, he was able to travel frequently, but he returned to Paris where he became a writer. At the paper, he wrote about and critiqued dramas, as well as being a courtroom reporter. This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor looney_tunes before going online.Īny errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.Leroux initially was going to be a lawyer, but after spending his inheritance gambling he became a reporter for L'Écho de Paris.

As the lights dim and the performance ends, Meg hold up the Phantom's mask for the audience to see. The disappearance of the Phantom is perhaps the greatest piece of stage magic from the musical.

When Meg Giry, Christine's friend, appears in the dungeon, she removes the cloak from the chair to find only the Phantom's mask beneath it. The last time the Phantom is seen, he sits down in his high-backed chair and covers himself with his cloak. Raoul then appears in the dungeon to rescue Christine, and almost loses his life, before the Phantoms lets them both leave in a final act of mercy.

'No compassion anywhere!' is sung by the Phantom during his appeal to Christine. The Phantom then hears the patrons of the opera house coming down through the tunnels and appeals to Christine. Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!' Down that path into darkness deep as hell! Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place. 'Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind.

As the Phantom drags Christine down to the dungeons with him, he sings: 'Down Once More' is sung by the Phantom, Raoul, and Christine. The final song of the musical is 'Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer', which takes place in the Phantom's lair. Answer: Down that path into darkness deep as hell!

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