Prologue

It has been five years since the chandelier incident. Christine and Raoul fled to a country unknown. There, they were secretly wed. Erik, the well-known Opera Ghost, returned to the Opera Populaire after it was rebuilt. His beautiful, underground labyrinth had been destroyed. He has haunted the Opera Populaire until this night. He will wait until the opera tonight. Then, and only then, will he make known his presence. Meanwhile, a chorus dancer gathers her belongings. She is late, again, to the final practice before the opera. "Madame Giry will murder me!" she thought. As she ran out of the room, locking the door behind her, she didn't give a second thought to Erik. As far as she was concerned, he was dead.