with you some information about the characters in The Phantom of the Opera. Whether you're

我這次要介紹歌劇魅影裡的角色，

watching the Andrew LLoyd Weber stage show or the Joel Schumacher adaptation of the Andrew

不管你看的是安德魯洛伊韋伯音樂劇、喬舒馬克改編韋伯音樂劇的電影、

Lloyd Weber stage show or the original book by Gaston LaRoux. The characters for the most

還是加斯頓勒胡的原著小說，

part remain the same. I will start with the first The Phantom of the Opera. The title

大部分的角色都一樣。我一開始先介紹同名角色歌劇魅影，

character Erik a tragic character disfigured when he was young and ends up living in the

魅影艾瑞克是悲劇性的角色，出生時就有臉部畸形，

catacombs beneath the Paris Opera house. In the story he falls in love with Christine

後來在歌劇院地洞生活。在故事中，他愛上了克莉絲汀黛也，

Daae and allow us to go into Christine Daae. Christine Daae is a chorus girl an ingenue

現在來介紹克莉絲汀，她是天真的合唱團女孩─如果你願意這樣叫的話，

if you will. Her father a famous musician who passed away. She's trying to come up through

她的父親是已故的有名音樂家。克莉絲汀希望能在巴黎歌劇院步步高升，

the ranks in the Paris Opera house and he takes her under his wing and helps develop

魅影庇護她、教導她唱歌，

her voice. Through that he falls in love with her. Now he develops her, he helps develop

過程中魅影逐漸愛上她。

her voice through her mirror or through just a voice that comes to her. Then there's Raoul

魅影從鏡子裡或是對她隔空說話教她運用聲音的技巧，

her, the love interest of Christine which creates the triangle between the Phantom,

接著克莉絲汀的愛人勞爾出現了，

Christine and Raoul. Then you also have Andre one of the new managers of the Paris Opera

使得魅影、克莉絲汀和勞爾的三角戀成形。其他角色還有安德烈─其中一位歌劇院的新上任經理；

house. Madame Giry. She is the dance core mistress. You have Joseph Buquet who is the

吉莉夫人─芭蕾女教師；喬瑟夫布克─舞台布幕人員，

master of the flies which means he works the fly system up there. Meg, Madame Giry's daughter.

負責管理布景；梅格吉莉─吉莉夫人的女兒

Then you also have some of the lesser characters or some of the bigger characters like Carlotta,

我還必須提一些次要和重要角色，例如卡洛塔

I should say, who is the prima donna or the first lady of the stage of the main soprano

是歌劇女高音主唱，

inside of it until the Phantom starts to take over. So those are a few of the characters

直到後來魅影把她趕走。以上是一些角色的介紹，

to get you familiar with who you're going to see inside of the Phantom of the Opera.

讓你可以熟悉在歌劇魅影會看到哪些角色。

I encourage you to see the movie, see the stage show, read the book. The characters

我鼓勵你們去看電影版、音樂劇版、和原著小說，

are rich and pretty well developed. It will give you a little bit of a fright and a good

歌劇魅影這部劇有很多角色、都有深度，會讓觀眾有點害怕，

love story all wrapped up into one. It's good date situation. I'm Chris Rokosz.

而愛情故事貫穿整個劇情，所以看歌劇魅影也是約會好去處。我是克里斯多福羅卡茲。