After the Bistro, Phillipe and Christine start to bond. Everyone is astonished by her voice and Choleti immediately signs her to a singing contract. With Erik's encouragement, Christine attends the Bistro and sings. He apologizes and invites her to the Bistro. Phillipe comes to the opera house and finds out that Christine has been working in the costume department. In retaliation for Carlotta's singing the lead in every production, Erik begins a campaign of humiliation against her, sabotaging her performances and causing Carlotta to become a laughingstock in the eyes of the public. he comes for the beauty of faces rather than the beauty of music.' He comes to the Opera for the wrong reasons. When she asks of his opinion on the Comte de Chagny, he replies 'he is unworthy of you. They begin lessons, and the Phantom falls deeper in love with her. He offers to be her teacher, but must remain anonymous that is why he wears a mask. Hiding in the orchestra pit, he tells her that her voice is miraculous but untrained, and with proper technique her singing could reach its full potential. The Phantom is immediately entranced by her voice. That night, Christine wanders onto the stage and sings to the empty theater. Christine has no home or money, but Jean-Claude, the doorman, lets her stay in a storage room in the Opera House. Carlotta initially dismisses her, but upon learning that Christine 'has a patron who is powerful' states that Christine can work in the costume department in Buquet's place. Christine Daaé (Teri Polo) comes to the Paris Opera House in search of voice lessons that Phillipe, the Comte de Chagny promised her, learning that she is not the only pretty face that Phillipe brought there. Choleti and Carlotta refuse to listen to warnings about the 'ghost' who haunts the opera house, even when Joseph Buquet, Carlotta's wardrobe man, goes down below and does not return (he is later found to have been killed). The Phantom takes an instant dislike to them both. Choleti's wife Carlotta is a spoiled woman with a bad personality and a terrible voice to match it is obvious that Choleti bought his way into the managership to further his wife's career. The Phantom's life changes when Gerard is dismissed and the opera hires a new manager, Choleti.

He has a large part in managing each performance through his friend, Gerard Carriere (Burt Lancaster). The Phantom of the Opera (Charles Dance) is a disfigured musician named Erik who lives below the Opéra Garnier in Paris.

Phantom of the opera costume art