[Phantom]
Wandering child,
so lost, so helpless
yearning for my guidance ...
[Christine]
Angel, or father,
friend or Phantom ... ?
Who is it there, staring ... ?
[Phantom]
Have you forgotten your Angel?
[Christine]
Angel, oh, speak!
What endless longings
echo in this whisper!
[Phantom]
Too long you've wandered in winter ...
[Raoul]
Once again
she is his ...
[Phantom]
Far from my far-reaching gaze ...
[Raoul]
Once again
she returns ...
[Christine]
Wildly my mind beats against you...
[Phantom]
You resist,
[Both 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 ...
[Phantom]
I am your Angel of Music ...
Come to me, Angel of Music!
[Raoul]
Angel of darkness!
Cease this torment!
[Phantom]
I am your Angel of Music ...
Come to me: Angel of Music ...
[Raoul]
Christine! Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man ...
This thing ... Is not your father!
Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !
[Christine]
Oh, Raoul ...
[Phantom]
Bravo, monsieur!
Such spirited words!
[Raoul]
More tricks, monsieur?
[Phantom]
Let's see, monsieur,
how far you dare go!
[Raoul]
More deception? More violence?
[Christine]
Raoul, no ...
[Phantom]
That's right, that's right, monsieur -
keep walking this way!
[Raoul]
You can't win her love by making her your prisoner!
[Christine]
Raoul, don't ...
[Raoul]
Stay back!
[Phantom]
I'm here, I'm here, monsieur:
the angel of death!
Come on, come on, monsieur
Don't stop, don't stop!
[Christine]
Raoul! Come back ...
[Phantom]
Don't go!
So be it!
Now let it be war upon you both!
_______________________________
"Don Juan Triumphant"
(The set of the final scene of "Don Juan Triumphant". A huge hall with an arch. Behind the arch, which has curtains, is a bed. A fine table, laid for two. Passarino, Don Juan's servant, is directing the staff as they make the room ready. They are a crowd of sixteenth century ruffians and hoydens, proud of their master's reputation as a libertine)
[Chorus]
Here the sire may serve the dam,
here the master takes his meat!
Here the sacrificial lamb
utters one despairing bleat!
[Carlotta and Chorus]
Poor young maiden! For the thrill
on your tongue of stolen sweets
you will have to pay the bill -
tangled in the winding sheets!
Serve the meal and serve the maid!
Serve the master so that, when
tables, plans and maids are laid,
Don Juan triumphs once again!
(Signor Piangi, as Don Juan, emerges from behind the arch. MEG, a gypsy dancer pirouettes coquettishly for him. He throws her a purse. She catches it and leaves)
[Don Juan]
Passarino, faithful friend,
once again recite the plan.
[Passarino]
Your young guest believes I'm you -
I, the master, you, the man.
[Don Juan]
When you met you wore my cloak,
with my scarf you hid your face.
She believes she dines with me,
in her master's borrowed place!
Furtively, we'll scoff and quaff,
stealing what, in truth, is mine.
When it's late and modesty
starts to mellow, with the wine . . .
[Passarino]
You come home! I use your voice -
slam the door like crack of doom!
[Don Juan]
I shall say: "come - hide with me!
Where, oh, where? Of course - my room!"
[Passarino]
Poor thing hasn't got a chance!
[Don Juan]
Here's my hat, my cloak and sword.
Conquest is a**ured,
if I do not forget myself and laugh . . .
(Don Juan puts on Passarino's cloak and goes into the curtained alcove where the bed awaits. Although we do not yet know it, the Punjab Lasso has done its work, and Signor Piangi is no more. When next we see Don Juan, it will be the Phantom. Meanwhile, we hear Aminta (Christine) singing happily in the distance)
[Aminta (Christine - offstage, entering)]
". . . no thoughts within her head,
but thoughts of joy!
No dreams within her heart
but dreams of love!"
[Passarino (onstage)]
Master
[Don Juan (Phantom - behind the curtain)]
Passarino - go away!
For the trap is set and waits for its prey . . .
(Passarino leaves. Christine (Aminta) enters. She takes off her cloak and sits down. Looks about her. No-one. She starts on an apple. The Phantom, disguised as Don Juan pretending to be Passarino, emerges. He now wears Passarino's robe, the cowl of which hides his face. His first words startle her)
[Don Juan (Phantom)]
You have come here
in pursuit of
your deepest urge,
in pursuit of
that wish,
which till now
has been silent,
silent . . .
I have brought you,
that our passions
may fuse and merge -
in your mind
you've already
succumbed to me
dropped all defenses
completely succumbed to me -
now you are here with me:
no second thoughts,
you've decided,
decided . . .
Wandering child,
so lost, so helpless
yearning for my guidance ...
[Christine]
Angel, or father,
friend or Phantom ... ?
Who is it there, staring ... ?
[Phantom]
Have you forgotten your Angel?
[Christine]
Angel, oh, speak!
What endless longings
echo in this whisper!
[Phantom]
Too long you've wandered in winter ...
[Raoul]
Once again
she is his ...
[Phantom]
Far from my far-reaching gaze ...
[Raoul]
Once again
she returns ...
[Christine]
Wildly my mind beats against you...
[Phantom]
You resist,
[Both 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 ...
[Phantom]
I am your Angel of Music ...
Come to me, Angel of Music!
[Raoul]
Angel of darkness!
Cease this torment!
[Phantom]
I am your Angel of Music ...
Come to me: Angel of Music ...
[Raoul]
Christine! Christine listen to me!
Whatever you may believe, this man ...
This thing ... Is not your father!
Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !
[Christine]
Oh, Raoul ...
[Phantom]
Bravo, monsieur!
Such spirited words!
[Raoul]
More tricks, monsieur?
[Phantom]
Let's see, monsieur,
how far you dare go!
[Raoul]
More deception? More violence?
[Christine]
Raoul, no ...
[Phantom]
That's right, that's right, monsieur -
keep walking this way!
[Raoul]
You can't win her love by making her your prisoner!
[Christine]
Raoul, don't ...
[Raoul]
Stay back!
[Phantom]
I'm here, I'm here, monsieur:
the angel of death!
Come on, come on, monsieur
Don't stop, don't stop!
[Christine]
Raoul! Come back ...
[Phantom]
Don't go!
So be it!
Now let it be war upon you both!
_______________________________
"Don Juan Triumphant"
(The set of the final scene of "Don Juan Triumphant". A huge hall with an arch. Behind the arch, which has curtains, is a bed. A fine table, laid for two. Passarino, Don Juan's servant, is directing the staff as they make the room ready. They are a crowd of sixteenth century ruffians and hoydens, proud of their master's reputation as a libertine)
[Chorus]
Here the sire may serve the dam,
here the master takes his meat!
Here the sacrificial lamb
utters one despairing bleat!
[Carlotta and Chorus]
Poor young maiden! For the thrill
on your tongue of stolen sweets
you will have to pay the bill -
tangled in the winding sheets!
Serve the meal and serve the maid!
Serve the master so that, when
tables, plans and maids are laid,
Don Juan triumphs once again!
(Signor Piangi, as Don Juan, emerges from behind the arch. MEG, a gypsy dancer pirouettes coquettishly for him. He throws her a purse. She catches it and leaves)
[Don Juan]
Passarino, faithful friend,
once again recite the plan.
[Passarino]
Your young guest believes I'm you -
I, the master, you, the man.
[Don Juan]
When you met you wore my cloak,
with my scarf you hid your face.
She believes she dines with me,
in her master's borrowed place!
Furtively, we'll scoff and quaff,
stealing what, in truth, is mine.
When it's late and modesty
starts to mellow, with the wine . . .
[Passarino]
You come home! I use your voice -
slam the door like crack of doom!
[Don Juan]
I shall say: "come - hide with me!
Where, oh, where? Of course - my room!"
[Passarino]
Poor thing hasn't got a chance!
[Don Juan]
Here's my hat, my cloak and sword.
Conquest is a**ured,
if I do not forget myself and laugh . . .
(Don Juan puts on Passarino's cloak and goes into the curtained alcove where the bed awaits. Although we do not yet know it, the Punjab Lasso has done its work, and Signor Piangi is no more. When next we see Don Juan, it will be the Phantom. Meanwhile, we hear Aminta (Christine) singing happily in the distance)
[Aminta (Christine - offstage, entering)]
". . . no thoughts within her head,
but thoughts of joy!
No dreams within her heart
but dreams of love!"
[Passarino (onstage)]
Master
[Don Juan (Phantom - behind the curtain)]
Passarino - go away!
For the trap is set and waits for its prey . . .
(Passarino leaves. Christine (Aminta) enters. She takes off her cloak and sits down. Looks about her. No-one. She starts on an apple. The Phantom, disguised as Don Juan pretending to be Passarino, emerges. He now wears Passarino's robe, the cowl of which hides his face. His first words startle her)
[Don Juan (Phantom)]
You have come here
in pursuit of
your deepest urge,
in pursuit of
that wish,
which till now
has been silent,
silent . . .
I have brought you,
that our passions
may fuse and merge -
in your mind
you've already
succumbed to me
dropped all defenses
completely succumbed to me -
now you are here with me:
no second thoughts,
you've decided,
decided . . .