
However, if she refuses, he will kill Raoul.Ĭhristine eventually decides to leave with Raoul and break free from the Phantom’s control. He then gives her an ultimatum: if she agrees to be his wife and stay with him forever, he will give her anything she wants – including a replica of the snow globe from her childhood. The Phantom uses this opportunity to try to win her over by showing her his own private collection of snow globes which are said to be even more beautiful than hers. Later in the show, after Christine has been kidnapped by the Phantom and taken to his lair underneath the opera house, she sees the Snow Globe again and is overcome with nostalgia. It represents her happy memories with him and her escape from reality. In the beginning of the show, it is seen in Christine Daaé’s bedchamber as she gazes at it longingly, thinking about her childhood sweetheart Raoul. The Snow Globe plays a significant role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera. In the musical, it is said that Raoul, Viscount de Chagny, gave Christine the globe when they were children. At the start of the musical, the Snow Globe is seen in the bedchamber of Christine Daaé, one of the opera’s chorus singers. The globe contains a miniature replica of the Paris Opera House. It is a glass sphere which sits on a black base. The Snow Globe is a prop from the musical The Phantom of the Opera. “The Music of the Night” plays as the globe gently rotates. This musical snow globe features a replica of the famous chandelier from The Phantom of the Opera suspended above a miniature stage. In 2018, the musical celebrated its 30th anniversary with special performances and events around the world. The Phantom of the Opera was the longest-running musical on Broadway until it was eclipsed by The Lion King in 2006. It has since been translated into several languages and produced in hundreds of cities around the world. The musical opened in London’s West End in 1986, and Broadway in 1988. He falls in love with Christine Daaé, a beautiful soprano singer, and becomes obsessed with making her a star. The title character, known as the Phantom, is a disfigured musical genius who terrorizes the Paris Opera House while hiding in its secret passages. The book was originally published as a novel by Gaston Leroux in 1911. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart.
