Phantom of the Opera
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"Get my doggie, bring my doggie. Bye-Bye."

Carlotta is the lead soprano and "prima donna" of the Opera Populaire. She sports various surnames in different versions of the story, and has a strong dislike for Christine Daaé, who's incredible voice challenges her position in the opera house, along with Christine's lover, Raoul de Chagny.

Biography[]

The Phantom of the Opera (1910)[]

In The Phantom of the Opera (1910), Carlotta is a minor character and hails from Spain. She was unable to perform at the farewell gala for the former managers, due to her being suddenly ill (it was later explained that she wasn't actually unwell, just spoiled and temperamental). Later in the novel, the Phantom instructs her to not perform Faust, but she disregards him, and as a result, croaks like a toad while on stage.

The Phantom of the Opera (1943)[]

In Phantom of the Opera (1943), Madame Biancarolli was drugged by the Phantom and murdered along with her maid when after attempting to force him to take off his prop mask.

The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber)[]

In The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber), Carlotta Giudicelli is Italian, and appears throughout the musical as a self-centered diva who is quite literally the definition of the term 'prima donna', to the extent that there is a song sung about her with the same title. The Phantom criticizes her many times throughout the music on both her singing and acting, even going as far as saying "Carlotta must be taught to act, not her normal trick of strutting round the stage!" She was in a relationship with Ubaldo Piangi until he was murdered by the Phantom during the Opera House's production of Don Juan Triumphant.

While preforming the lead role of "Il Muto", the Phantom makes her croak like a toad while singing, because the opera house ignored his instructions to give Christine the role.

The Phantom of the Opera (1990)[]

In The Phantom of the Opera (1990), Carlotta Choleti, portrayed by Andréa Ferréol, is Christine's tormentor and an opera diva. Her first appearance in the film is during the dismissal of Gérard Carrière. With Gérard gone and replaced by her husband Choleti, Carlotta's position as the Opera's lead soprano becomes secured.This prompts her to demand an inventory of the whole Opera House despite warnings about the mysterious Opera Ghost. She sends her costume man Joseph Buguet into the rafters of the Opera where he meets his death, unbeknownst to her. Carlotta and her husband are present when Gérard Carrière gives his farewell speech and the Phantom first makes his presence known although neither are very concerned. Carlotta is much more occupied with arranging the season's operas starting with a production of Faust starring her as Marguerite. To Carlotta's annoyance, she receives a note that Joseph Buguet has quit his job and replaces him with the destitute and seemingly unimportant Christine Daaé.

Upon the opening Night of Norma, the Phantom uses his powers of ventriloquism to evacuate Box Five, and places rats in Carlotta's wig, causing her to uncontrollably scratch herself from fleabites on stage. The reviews are dreadful and this forces Carlotta and Choleti to enlist the help of Inspector Ledoux to stop the Phantom. Despite Ledoux's presence, Carlotta's next performance is disrupted and the constant mishaps begin to fray her nerves and make her wish to quit singing all together. To celebrate his return to Paris, Count Philippe de Chagny holds a party at the Bistro which Carlotta attends. While at the party, Carlotta discovers that the Opera has sold out its production of Faust starring as Marguerite. She is furious as Choleti did not tell her that the production would go ahead. As she gets up to leave, Count Philippe does his best to charm her into agreeing to give his "niece" singing lessons in exchange for his continued patronage. When Carlotta sees that his "niece" is Christine and sees Christine sing, Carlotta tries to upstage her by singing over her, but becomes humiliated when Christine triumphs over her. Carlotta returns to the Opera distraught and desperate to know who Christine's teacher is. She looks through Christine's possessions and confronts her about it to no avail. She is then dejected to discover that Choleti gave Christine the part of Marguerite. She visits Christine before her debut performance of Marguerite and gives her a drink that ruins Christine's voice. Carlotta revels to see Christine's debut ruined but her amusement is turned to horror as the Chandelier falls upon the audience. Despite the tragedy, Carlotta is over joyed at Christine's humiliation and gleefully applies her make-up at her dressing table, but is interrupted by the Phantom, who unleashes dozens of rats on her, causing Carlotta to fall into uncontrollable fits of hysterics.

The Phantom of the Opera (1998)[]

In The Phantom of the Opera (1998), Carlotta Altieri, portrayed by Nadia Rinaldi, is first mentioned as Honorine and Christine lounge in Christine's dressing room. They comment on her ability to sing and also her body odor. She is seen singing during the rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet. Upon concluding her song, she commands her assistant Marc to bring a bucket for her to spit in. Before leaving the stage she makes her dislike of Christine known as she swishes her with her cape. Carlotta is seen, some time later, being inspected by the Doctor. He confirms that she has a sore throat and cannot sing and that Christine should sing the role. Carlotta in anger lets out a hoarse shrill scream.

Carlotta prepares as Poligny tells her that her debut performance has a fullhouse. Carlotta is not surprised given her talent and renown. As she talks about her new contract, she sends Marc to the wardrobe room to fetch her costume. The Phantom throws his voice insulting Carlotta who in turn thinks it was Poligny. She orders him to leave despite his protests before hearing Marc whimpering. She goes into the wardrobe room to investigate when the Phantom pins her to the wall. He bites her earlobe and informs her that she will not sing as Juliet that night before he exposes her breast and claws it. Carlotta faints momentarily before dragging herself back to her dressing room. Despite her disheveled appearance she is determined to sing the role. As the Opera progresses, The Phantom cuts down the Chandelier, causing countless gruesome deaths in the audience. A prop also becomes dislodged and falls on top of Carlotta's head. While unharmed, the powder renders her unable to sing.

Carlotta in this adaptation has a few assistants that serve her every whim. One of these is her mother whom offers her comfort through the movie (in particular after the wardrobe attack) and the other is Marc. Marc is completely devoted to Carlotta and they genuinely have a warm relationship due to Marc's slavish devotion. Numerous members of staff openly show their dislike of Carlotta by covering their ears or making derogatory gestures. Honorine, Christine's maid, also imitates and makes several nasty comments about Carlotta.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)[]

In The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Carlotta Giudicelli is Italian and shares a near identical role to the Carlotta in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. She owns two poodles.

Her acting and talking voice is provided by Minnie Driver, but due to Minnie's lack of experience opera singing, her singing voice is provided by Margaret Preece.

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