Phantom Thoughts pt. 1
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zellephantomAll quotations from the de Mattos translation, unfortunately. (I've been unable to get my hands on any other translations, so I'm just using this one b/c it's public domain.)
"Sorelli was very superstitious. She shuddered when she heard little Jammes speak of the ghost, called her a "silly little fool" and then, as she was the first to believe in ghosts in general, and the Opera ghost in particular, at once asked for details"
I find Sorelli a very interesting character, despite her relatively minor role. What is her background? What does she see in Philippe? What does she think of Carlotta? (Their roles seem to have been combined in ALW.) Are they rivals? Friends? Tentative allies against the forces of the Ghost and the management? What happens to her after Philippe dies? Is she heartbroken or is she able to return to the Opera House fairly quickly? Were they just casually 'going steady' or were they in a strongly committed relationship despite never being able to marry?
And what does she think of the Ghost, once she discovers he is merely a man, a man who has most likely killed her lover?
"Sorelli was very superstitious. She shuddered when she heard little Jammes speak of the ghost, called her a "silly little fool" and then, as she was the first to believe in ghosts in general, and the Opera ghost in particular, at once asked for details"
I find Sorelli a very interesting character, despite her relatively minor role. What is her background? What does she see in Philippe? What does she think of Carlotta? (Their roles seem to have been combined in ALW.) Are they rivals? Friends? Tentative allies against the forces of the Ghost and the management? What happens to her after Philippe dies? Is she heartbroken or is she able to return to the Opera House fairly quickly? Were they just casually 'going steady' or were they in a strongly committed relationship despite never being able to marry?
And what does she think of the Ghost, once she discovers he is merely a man, a man who has most likely killed her lover?
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Date: 2020-11-13 09:50 am (UTC)Leroux describes her as beautiful but not particularly bright, so I'm afraid her attraction from Philippe's point of view was likely to have been a strictly ornamental one. Though there are those fascinating deleted scenes showing her interacting with the managers:
https://fdelopera.tumblr.com/post/100794291513/welcome-to-the-19th-installment-of-15-weeks-of
https://fdelopera.tumblr.com/post/100951269418/welcome-to-the-20th-installment-of-15-weeks-of
I don't think she ever does discover the Ghost's identity, since Raoul, so far as we know, doesn't talk about what he knows, and nobody believes the Persian when he does try to tell the police. In fact, she probably believes along with the rest of Paris that the Vicomte de Chagny went off his head and killed his brother as the result of a quarrel over Mademoiselle Christine Daaé :-(