Exegegisis (Selective)

"Production of ‘Hannibal’ by Chalumeau"
Noun. A fictional opera.
"...featuring the aria "Think of Me", sung by Elissa. It is a grand opera after the bel canto style resembling Verdi."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_musical_works#From_The_Phantom_of_the_Opera

"Sold to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny"
Noun. Another word for viscount.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/vicomte
"a nobleman next below an earl or count and above a baron"
http://www.yourdictionary.com/viscount

"Signor… If you please;"


"Thank you, monsieur."


"Bravi, bravi, bravissimi…"


"And in this labyrinth"


"Mystery after gala night"


"To hell with Gluck and Handel"
"Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered for Orfeo ed Euridice. He is also remembered as the music teacher of Marie-Antoinette who as Queen of France promoted Gluck and was his patron. Some regard him as the father of the Rococo and Classical age of music—at least in Opera. Gluck's operatic reforms, eliminating all that was undramatic, were a turning point in the history of the medium."
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck

"George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a leading composer of Baroque concerti grossi, operas, and oratorios. Born in Germany as Georg Friedrich Händel (ˈhɛndəl), he lived most of his adult life in England, and became a subject of the British crown on January 22, 1727. His most famous piece is the Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible (an excerpt of it is played by the chimes of the Houses of Parliament in London); other well-known works are Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. He deeply influenced many of the composers who came after him, including Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven, and his work helped lead the transition from the Baroque to the Classical era."
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/George_Frideric_Handel

"Signori, e vero? Non, non, non boglio udire! Lasciatemi moiré! O padre mio! Dio!"


"Masquerade! Paper faces on parade…"