Prima Donna
Ramin Karimloo/Siera Boggess/Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics

Your public needs you!
You are famous and your fans want to see you perform again.

We need you, too!
You are important to us and to the success of our show.

Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?
Are you not more interested in promoting and supporting your protege?

Signora, no! the world wants you! (The MANAGERS adopt their most persuasive attitudes)
We want you to continue to perform because our global audience wants to see you.

Prima donna first lady of the stage!
You are the star of our show and the most important female performer.

Your devotees are on their knees to implore you!
Your fans are begging you to perform again.

Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?
Can you retire when your fans are still chanting your name and cheering for you?

Think of how they all adore you!
Think about the love and admiration your fans have for you.

Prima donna, enchant us once again!
Please perform again and charm us with your talent.

Think of your muse . . .And of the queues round the theatre!
Consider your artistic inspiration and how many people are waiting in line to see you perform.

Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Will you refuse to give us the success and victory we hope for?

Sing, prima donna, once more!
Please sing again and give us the pleasure of your music once more.

Christine spoke of an angel . . . your song shall live again!
Your voice is so divine that it reminds her of an angel's and it will continue to live on through your music.

Think of your public!
Consider the needs and wants of your audience.

You took a snub but there's a public who needs you!
You may have been insulted or rejected, but there are still fans who want to see you perform.

She has heard the voice of the angel of music . . . Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
Christine has heard a divine voice, just like yours, which is why your fans call you an angel of music.

Think of their cry of undying support!
Think about how your fans will continue to love and support you, no matter what.

We get our opera . . . She gets her limelight!
We get to produce our opera and you get to bask in the glory of your fame.

Follow where the limelight leads you!
Take advantage of your fame and status to achieve more success.

Is this ghost an angel or a madman . . .?
Is the person haunting us a heavenly figure or a crazy person?

Leading ladies are a trial!
It's difficult to work with female leads.

Heaven help you, those who doubt . . . You'll sing again, and to unending ovation!
Those who doubt your talent will be proven wrong and you will sing again to endless applause.

Orders! Warnings! Lunatic demands! This miscasting will invite damnation . . . Tears . . . oaths . . . Lunatic demands are regular occurrences!
We've been dealing with irrational demands and mistakes in casting but we cannot ignore them or disaster will strike.

Bliss or damnation? Which has claimed her . . .?
Has she found happiness or is she doomed to misery?

Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
Imagine how amazing you'll be during the last part of the performance.

Oh fools, to have flouted his warnings!
We were foolish to ignore his warnings and now we will face the consequences.

Surely, for her sake . . . Surely he'll strike back . . . Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this!
We need to take care of her and be cautious because he could retaliate and make things even worse.

Think, before these demands are rejected!
Consider the consequences before turning down these requests.

I must see if his threats and demands are rejected!
I need to find out if we will comply with his demands or face his wrath.

Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl, who's gone and slept with the patron?
Who would think that a famous female performer would be content to let an understudy take her place, especially one who slept with the boss?

Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet!
Raoul and the female understudy are in love and it's affecting the show.

Although he may demur, he must have been with her!
Even though he denies it, he must have been having an affair with her.

Christine must be protected! O, fortunata! Non ancor abbandonata!
We need to make sure Christine stays safe because her luck may not last and she shouldn't be abandoned.

You'd never get away with all this in a play, but if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue it's just the sort of story audiences adore, in fact a perfect opera!
This is not a plot that would work well in a play, but if it's sung on stage in a different language, it's just the type of story that will appeal to audiences and make a perfect opera.

His game is over! This is a game you cannot hope to win!
The Phantom's plan has failed and he cannot win against us.

And in Box Five a new game will begin . . . For if his curse is on this opera . . . But if his curse is on this opera . . . the world is at your feet!
A new plan is brewing in Box Five, and if his curse is on this opera, it will give us even more success and power.

A nation waits, and how it hates to be cheated!
The audience is waiting for our show and they do not want to be disappointed or deprived.

The stress that falls upon a famous prima donna! Terrible diseases, coughs and colds and sneezes!
Being a famous female performer is stressful and comes with many health risks.

Still, the dryest throat will reach the highest note, in search of perfect opera!
Even with a sore throat, a talented performer will manage to sing perfectly in the pursuit of a perfect show.

. . . then I fear the outcome . . . Christine plays the Pageboy, Carlotta plays the Countess . . . . should you dare to . . . when you once again . . .
I'm afraid of what might happen next and how the roles may change. I'm not sure how you will react when you perform again.

Light up the stage with that age old rapport!
Fill the stage with the familiar connection between performer and audience that has existed for centuries.

So, it is to be war between us! If these demands are not met, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur! Once more!
We are at war over these demands, and if they are not met, we will face a terrible disaster beyond what we can imagine. We must try again.