Christine Daae

Christine Daae is a young, Swedish soprano. According to the film, she was orphaned at age seven, and then was brought to the Opera Populaire to train in the ballet dormitories.

The Phantom
Christine began to recieve voice training at a young age from a mysterious being she called "The Angel of Music". As a child, she had been told stories about the Angel by her father. She eventually discovers that her angel is not an angel at all, but the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost of the opera house. He has formed an obsessive attatchment to Christine and ultimately kidnaps her and forces her to choose between Raoul, her childhood sweetheart, and himself, threatening to kill Raoul if she does not choose him. She chooses the Phantom, not wanting Raoul to die for her sake. She kisses the Phantom, who having never recieved any expression of love before, relents and allows her to leave with Raoul.

Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny
Christine knew Raoul as a child. They were re-introduced when Raoul became the patron of the Opera Populaire. See above for more information.

Differences Between Film and Musical
The largest difference between the film and the original musical is when the Phantom drops the giant chandelier in the opera house. In the musical, this occurs at the end of the first act, after the All I Ask of You reprise (or I Gave You My Music). In the film, this occurs after "The Point of No Return", which is in the second act of the show and near the end of the movie.

Another difference is the date in which the main story takes place. The film takes place in 1871, and the musical takes place in 1861.

Portrayals of the Character
In the 2004 film, Christine Daae was portrayed by (then) 16-year-old actress Emmy Rossum.

Sarah Brightman was the original Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of The Phantom of the Opera

Sierra Boggess portrayed Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (25th Anniversary)

Ali Ewoldt was the first Asian-American to portray Christine Daae