

But he is not the only powerful man to be awed by the young soprano, as Christine soon finds herself courted by the theatre's wealthy patron, the Vicompte Raoul de Chagny (Patrick Wilson). Her mesmerizing opening night performance captivates both the audience and the Phantom, who devotes himself to casting his protégé as the opera's next star. Gerard Butler (the Phantom), Emmy Rossum (the National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance Award winner as Christine) and Patrick Wilson (as Raoul) play the fateful love triangle that unfurls in splendor, suspense - and in the music of the night.

When temperamental diva La Carlotta ( Minnie Driver) walks out in the middle of a dress rehearsal for the company's latest production, the theatre's eager new managers ( Simon Callow, Ciarán Hinds) have no choice but to thrust Christine into the spotlight. Only ballet mistress Madame Giry ( Miranda Richardson) knows that Christine's mysterious "Angel of Music" is actually the Phantom ( Gerard Butler), a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs of the theatre, terrifying the ensemble of artists who live and work there. FebruIn 2004, actor Emmy Rossum starred opposite Gerard Butler in the musical drama film The Phantom of the Opera, based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 Broadway musical of the same.

His voice calls to her, nurturing her extraordinary talents from the shadows of the opera house where innocent chorus girl Christine Daae ( Emmy Rossum) makes her home.
