Show Synopsis:
Christine, a ballet dancer at the Paris Opera House, learns to sing from the Opera Ghost who appears at night, who Christine believes is her dead father. One night she has the chance to perform a starring role, and her childhood friend Raoul rediscovers her and begins to court her. Christine learns that the Opera Ghost is not a ghost, but a man with a deformed face who lives in the sewers underneath the opera house. The Opera Ghost is in love with Christine and wreaks havoc around the Opera House when the diva Carlotta is given chances to perform instead of her. Raoul and Christine become engaged as the Opera Ghost plots to steal Christine away and the patrons of the Opera House plot to capture the ghost once and for all. The Opera Ghost captures Raoul and tells Christine that he will let him go if she promises to stay with him. Christine kisses the Opera Ghost to comfort him, and he lets them both go. A mob invades his lair, but the Opera Ghost has disappeared and left his mask behind.	

Character:
Christine Daae, a naïve performer who has lost her family and loves the opera	.

Song Context:
The Opera Ghost has ordered Christine to be the lead in his opera Don Juan, and Raoul is arranging a plan to capture the phantom during the performance. Christine is torn between her loyalty to the Phantom and her love for Raoul and visits her father's grave in hopes of receiving guidance, still believing that the Phantom may be her father's ghost.	

Fun Facts:
1) Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway musical. 2) The musical is based on Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera. 
3) Some historians believe the character of Christine was based on the Swedish opera star Christina Nilsson.