While she is in the opera's chapel immediately after the show, Christine hears a disembodied voice praising her performance. She is cast in Carlotta's place and sings her part that night to great acclaim. When Carlotta Giudicelli quits the production of "Hannibal" in anger and fear over yet another unexplained accident, Christine submits to Madame Giry's entreaties and sings for the new managers: they, the cast and even the stage hands are overcome by the beauty of her voice. She points him out to Meg excitedly but refrains from revealing herself to Raoul, convinced that he won't recognize her. When Monsieur Lefèvre announces his retirement and introduces the Opera's new management and patrons, Christine recognizes the Viscount de Chagny as her childhood sweetheart Raoul. After her father died, Christine was interned in the Opera Populaire's dormitories to train as a ballerina and chorus girl by Madame Giry, who took Christine under her wing and came to consider her another daughter.īy the 1870's, Christine is in the opera's corps de ballet alongside Meg Giry, Madame Giry's daughter and friend of Christine. As her father lay dying, he promised he would send her an "angel of music" to protect her once he was in heaven. The only daughter of famed Swedish violinist Gustave Daaé, Christine was orphaned at the age of 7.
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