I must see these demands are rejected! MEG.
ANDRE/FIRMIN Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this! GIRY Think, before these demands are rejected! RAOUL. ? 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. Iunatic demands are regular occurrences! MEG Bliss or damnation? Which has claimed her. CARLOTTA You'll sing again, and to unending ovation! RAOUL Orders! Warnings! Lunatic demands! GIRY This miscasting will invite damnation. ? ANDRE/FIRMIN Leading ladies are a trial! GIRY Heaven help you, those who doubt. FIRMIN She gets her limelight! CARLOTTA Follow where the limelight leads you! MEG Is this ghost an angel or a madman. ANDRE/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. CARLOTTA Prima donna your song shall live again! ANDRE/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.
FIRMIN And of the queues round the theatre! BOTH Can you deny us the triumph in store? Sing, prima donna, once more! RAOUL Christine spoke of an angel. ANDRE Your public needs you! FIRMIN We need you, too! CARLOTTA Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue? ANDRE/FIRMIN Signora, no! the world wants you! ANDRE/FIRMIN Prima donna first lady of the stage! Your devotees are on their knees to implore you ! ANDRE Can you bow out when they're shouting your name? FIRMIN Think of how they all adore you! BOTH Prima donna, enchant us once again! ANDRE Think of your muse.
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