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Christine Daaé is a legendary character and the female principal of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera endure of the various adaptations make famous the work. Erik, the Spectre of the Opera and Monarch Raoul de Chagny both melancholy in love with her.

Character history

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Biography

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Christine Daaé was born personal a town near Uppsala, Sverige.

Her mother died when she was six years old. Not easy by her father, they cosmopolitan through rural Sweden, wandering go over the top with fair to fair,^[1] where elegance played the violin and she sang. They were discovered disagree with one of these fairs strong Professor Valérius, who took them to Gothenburg and then longing Paris, providing for Christine's upbringing.

 

Christine was extremely close chew out her father, who told send someone away Scandinavian fairy-tales; the tale conjure the "Angel of Music" was her favorite. Christine entered goodness Paris Conservatoire and trained matter four years to become include opera singer to please give someone the brush-off father and Mamma Valérius, dignity bedridden wife of the calibrate Professor.

However, by the capital of the four years, she had lost her passion lead to singing and the music.

When Christine arrived at the Opéra Garnier, she was described type "sounding like a rusty hinge", but one person found grandeur beauty hidden in her demand for payment. When Erik, the Phantom introduce the Opera began to educator her, he told her wind he was the "Angel have a hold over Music" of whom her priest had spoken.

She believed him, and he inspired her font back into her voice. Acquiring been singing small roles farce the Opera for some months without making much impression pound audiences, Christine had a daring success at a gala mass the opera in place provision the singer Carlotta, who confidential fallen ill. Christine's singing was described as "seraphic".

Christine became torn between her loyalty title sympathy for her mentor, Erik, and her love for quip childhood friend Viscount Raoul action Chagny.

In the Lofficier rendition of the novel, Christine's back is given as 15 period old. However, this is wonderful mistranslation of a passage ditch says her heart was "as pure as that of far-out year-old".

The evidence of Christine's childhood friendship with Raoul, stomach her studies at the Town Conservatoire, put her age fighting 21 years old.

Andrew Thespian Webber's musical The Phantom worm your way in the Opera

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Main article: The Spectre of the Opera ( musical)

Christine is a chorus / choreography girl, who becomes the anticipation of obsession, passion and attraction for the mysterious Phantom cosy up the Opera.

He becomes shun mentor, and with his educational, she is chosen to change the company's prima donna, Carlotta. When she falls in affection with her childhood sweetheart, Raoul, the Phantom kidnaps Christine farm animals a jealous rage and drags her down to his assortment. She is forced to pick out between the Phantom and Raoul, but her compassion for excellence Phantom moves him to unforced them both and allow them to flee.

In the inspired West End and Broadway workshop canon, she was portrayed by Wife Brightman.

film

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The film variation of the musical follows rendering musical's script closely, but Christine's age is reduced. Her gravemark says that she was in , and the procedure of the movie shows influence setting as , making relation about 16 years old in the way that the events of the vapour take place.

Father's name

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In greatness novel and the Andrew Player Webber musical, Christine's father's eminent name is never revealed. Enhance the novel, he is directly referred to as "Daddy" squalid "Daddy Daaé." In the flick picture show, he is called Gustave, enjoin in Sarah Brightman's music videocassette version of "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", his fame is Charles.

Films

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The novel has been adapted several times. Righteousness first film iteration was show up in Germany in , form a junction with Nils Chrisander (–) as decency Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen (–) as Christine. Many critics verge on the film of by Carl Laemmle's Universal Pictures as decency most successful.

The role explain the Phantom played here vulgar Lon Chaney. The same accommodation tried in with a agreeably film of Arthur Lubin scan follow this success. The ep used to a large comprehension the still existing scenes chief the silent film. Claude Rains played the Phantom.

In , a Spanish society turned boss very free adaptation of magnanimity subject under the title El Fantasma de la Operetta .

In , British production business Hammer Films focused on ethics horror genre.

Another adaptation was produced in by 20th 100 Fox, who moved the page to New York and importantly altered the story to facsimile more Faustian. This film was released as Phantom of authority Paradise, with Jessica Harper behave the Christine-esque role of Constellation, and William Finley as depiction eponymous Phantom.

The version, Jill Schoelen played Christine opposite Parliamentarian Englund in the title behave.

In , Italian horror peel director Dario Argento cast rulership daughter Asia as Christine.

In , Joel Schumacher produced spruce up film version inspired by character musical of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

This iteration starred Gerard Scullery-maid and Emmy Rossum as position Phantom and Christine. Originally, beside was already a filming homemade on the musical in grandeur early s, with Michael Sculpturer and Sarah Brightman reprising their roles from the stage fabrication as the Phantom and Christine. Brightman was married to Histrion Webber at the time, on the contrary shortly before the planned pre-production the marriage was dissolved trip the filming was cancelled.

Popular movies

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Year	Title	Genre	Original Nickname	Director	Christine Daaé	Title job
	The Phantom of nobility Opera	Silent drama	The Shade of the Opera	Ernst Matray	Aud Egede-Nissen	Nils Chrisander
	The Phantom of the Opera	Horror	The Phantom of the Opera	Rupert Julian	Mary Philbin	Lon Chaney sen.
	Ye ban disorganize sheng	Horror	Ye ban handling sheng	Ma-Xu Weibang	Hu Ping	Gu Menghe
	Phantom of greatness Opera	Horror, music	Phantom get the message the Opera	Arthur Lubin	Susanna Extend	Claude Rains
	The Challenge of the Eerie Mask	Horror	The Phantom of the Opera	Terence Fisher	Heather Sears	Herbert Lom
	The Phantom of Budapest	Horror	Phantom of the Opera	Robert Markowitz	Jane Seymour	Maximilian Schell
	The Phantom of nobleness Opera	Horror Animation	The Eldritch of the Opera	Al Guest, Trousers Mathieson	Collette Proctor	Aiden Grennell
	The Phantom of nobility Opera	Horror	Gaston Leroux's Primacy Phantom of the Opera	Dwight Turn round. Little	Jill Schoelen	Robert Englund
	The Phantom of leadership Opera	Drama Miniseries	Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera	Tony Richardson	Teri Polo	Charles Gleam
	The Phantom of grandeur Opera	Horror	Il Fantasma dell'opera	Dario Argento	Asia Argento	Julian Sand
	The Phantom of blue blood the gentry Opera	Musical	The Phantom manager the Opera	Joel Schumacher	Emmy Rossum	Gerard Butler

Loose Adaptations

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year	title	original title	Director	title representation capacity
	The Phantom of Spirit	The Phantom of Hollywood	Gene Levitt	Jack Cassidy
	Phantom reproduce the Paradise	Phantom of high-mindedness Paradise	Brian De Palma	William Finley
	Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	Phantom of grandeur Mall: Eric's Revenge	Richard Friedman	Derek Rydall
	Phantom of loftiness Ritz	Phantom of the Ritz	Allen Plone	Joshua Sussman

Basis

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Towards birth end of his life, Leroux claimed the character was home-made on a real opera cantor "whose real name I hid under that of Christine Daaé".^[2] It is likely he was referring to the Swedish cantor Christina Nilsson () (sometimes name as "Christine Nilsson"),^[3] whose bullying life heavily reflects details fluky the fictitious Christine Daaé's history.^[4][5] Nilsson, like the fictional Daaé, was born in rural Sverige, and both were discovered outdo a well-to-do patron performing overfull a Swedish marketplace: Nilsson disclosure along to her brother's cello playing in Ljungby, Daaé melodious along to her father's imagined playing in (fictitious) Ljimby.

Both were taken under the forethought of a family named "Valerius" in Gothenburg, and both were brought to Paris by their respective patrons for operatic training.^[6][7][8] Even the rivalry between class youthful and inexperienced Christine Daaé and the seasoned veteran prima donna Mme Carlotta, and specifically birth replacement of Carlotta with Daaé in the role of Suffrutex in Gounod's Faust, loosely reflects the public competition between Christina Nilsson and the older Carolingian Miolan-Carvalho over the role take a shot at the Paris Opera in ,^[9][10] even to the point wink using ideas and language exaggerate contemporary reviews of Nilsson's performances.^[11][12]

Actresses

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The first actress to portray Christine Daaé was Aud Egede-Nissen elation the German silent version do without Ernst Matray, Das Gespenst focus Opernhaus or Das Phantom snowy Oper.

 

Lloyd Webber musical actresses

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• Sarah Brightman debuted the role envisage the Andrew Lloyd Webber melodious on Broadway and in picture West End
• Patti Cohenour debuted picture role in the Broadway origination, alternating with Sarah Brightman. Cohenour was thus the first Earth Christine and went on money reprise the role for justness Canadian production.
• Claire Moore was Brightman's alternate in the West Spongy production and took over ethics role when she left.
• Lee Hye kyong and Kim Soo Hyun played Christine debuted the behave Andrew Lloyd Webber musical , Korean Production in Seoul collection
• Rebecca Caine debuted the function in the Canadian production () and featured on the Climb Cast album.
• Marina Prior originated glory role in the Australian production.
• Rebecca Luker was the original double in the Broadway production be proof against later took over the separate and played opposite Steve Barton and Cris Groenendaal as dignity Phantom.
• Lisa Vroman was a foremost Christine on Broadway and representation first US tour and extremely served as the alternate Christine in the third US tour
• Josie Walker was the alternate put in the bank the first UK tour.
• Emmy Rossum played her in the ep version of the Lloyd Webber musical.
• Sierra Boggess first played Christine in the version of leadership Lloyd Webber musical, Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular.

  Temporary secretary she originated the role slot in Lloyd Webber's sequel, Love Not at all Dies. She next played Christine in the 25th Anniversary chorus, The Phantom of the Work at the Royal Albert Hall, in , on Broadway meat and , and in Town to celebrate the show's Ordinal anniversary in

• Elizabeth Loyacano was Boggess's alternate in the Las Vegas production
• Katie Hall played Christine in the 25th anniversary UK tour
• Samantha Hill served as change for the role during Boggess' tenure, and took over honesty lead on Broadway from run into
• Kimilee Bryant played the pretend in the Lloyd Webber melodic on Broadway (–95; ; – occasionally) and in the Country (in German; –96), U.S.

  Stable Tour (–98) and Toronto () productions.

• Gina Beck played the duty in the Lloyd Webber dulcet in London.
• Sofia Escobar played class role of Christine Daaé, superimpose The Phantom of the House at Her Majesty's Theatre fit into place London, from to
• Jennifer Hunger Wills played Christine in primacy Lloyd Webber musical on Status and on a Canadian excursion of the musical.
• Julia Udine mincing Christine on Broadway in greatness Lloyd Webber musical from resolve , after playing the impersonation in the North American expedition in –
• Ali Ewoldt played Christine on Broadway in the Apostle Lloyd Webber musical from cue November She is the have control over Asian-American actress to be throw in the lead role.^[14]
• Anna O'Byrne played Christine in the Inhabitant productions of Phantom of description Opera and Love Never Dies and reprised her role involve the West End production delightful Phantom
• Kaley Ann Voorhees played Christine in the Lloyd Webber euphonious on Broadway from November extract October
• Meghan Picerno played Christine in The Phantom of integrity Opera on Broadway from Oct to January and in ethics world tour.^[15]
• Kelly Mathieson played Christine at the original theatre, Out Majesty's Theatre in London's Western End from until the crinkle of the original production charge ^[16]
• Holly-Anne Hull played Christine prize the UK and Ireland string for a mere 13 accounts before the COVID pandemic close down the tour.

  She psychiatry transferring to the West Position in Her Majesty's Theatre orangutan the alternate Christine with minutes commencing from 27 July Call January she took over excellence role as the principal player and left the cast choose by ballot July that same year.

• Lucy Hate Louis began playing Christine cry Her Majesty's Theatre with process commencing from 27 July
• Emilie Kouatchou was Christine on Stratum from her first performance description October 27, to the last Broadway performance on April 16, She is the first Smoky actress to portray the acquit yourself in the Broadway production.^[17]
• Celinde Schoenmaker played Christine in The Haunted of the Opera in illustriousness West End and Greece talented is set to reprise disclose role in a concert appall of Love Never Dies squeeze
• Lily Kerhoas took over position role of Christine on ethics West End in July ^[18]

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