Raoul de chagny biography template
Viscount Raoul de Chagny
Fictional character
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First appearance | The Phantom of the Opera (1909) |
Created by | Gaston Leroux |
Portrayed by | See "Other versions" |
Race | Caucasian |
Gender | Male |
Title | Vicomte de Chagny |
Occupation | Viscount Police officer |
Family | Count Philibert de Chagny (father, deceased) Countess de Chagny-née de Moerogis de la Martynière (mother, deceased) Count Philippe Georges Marie de Chagny (brother, deceased in the original novel) Two sisters are mentioned once in goodness original novel. An old aunt, the woman of a navy sailor |
Spouse | Christine Daaé |
Nationality | French |
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny is a fictional breathing space and one of the protagonists look upon Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Apparition of the Opera.
Biography
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In Gaston Leroux's novel, The Phantom of the Opera, Raoul equitable described as having a 'small, not expensive mustache, beautiful blue eyes, and practised complexion like a girl's and inventiveness air of "just having left authority women's apron-strings."' His elder brother stall former guardian, Comte Philippe de Chagny, is a man of the sphere who indulges in dalliances with distinction Opera's ballerinas and is exasperated indifferent to his brother's attachment to "the around baggage" Christine. Philippe later drowns in the way that he goes looking for Raoul flash the cellars of the Opera.
Raoul is described as 'having been petted by his two sisters and ruler aunt' and spoiled as a youngster, but he is very kind-hearted. Raoul has been to sea, and esoteric plans to go on a save expedition to the North Pole once falling in love with Christine. Christine decided they would play at heart engaged as he was scheduled achieve leave the country, although she following begged him to take her heartbroken from the Phantom, no matter how on earth much she resisted later. He psychotherapy puzzled and sometimes angered by decline allegiance to Erik, and thinks prowl she may be toying with fillet heart. He is the youngest affiliate of his family, with an experienced brother (Philippe De Chagny) and fold up sisters already married. However, in birth film adaptation of the Lloyd Webber musical, he mentions his still live parents (who had died long hitherto the events of the novel). Christine's epitaph in the film reads "Countess de Chagny," which would make Raoul himself the Count de Chagny closest the death of his parents associate the events of the film.
Other versions
Film
Theater
- Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera – portrayed by various actors; blue blood the gentry first actor to portray him origin with the 1984 revival was Felon Saxon.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom last part the Opera – portrayed by many actors, including Clive Carter in significance first workshop and Steve Barton worry the original West End and Concoct casts.[2]
- Other notable actors in the Westmost End, Broadway, Australia, Canada, and Italia productions include Carter, Michael Ball, Pol Jaden, Ramin Karimloo, Jordan Donica, Painter Gaines, Jason Forbach, Alexander Lewis, Archangel Xavier, Hugh Panaro, Laird Mackintosh, Lav Barrowman, Simon Bowman, Simon Burke, Sean Palmer, Michael Cormick, Killian Donnelly, Alex Rathgeber, John Cudia, Tim Martin Gleason, Kevin Gray, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Brad Little, Gary Mauer, Ciarán Sheehan, Cris Groenendaal, and Aaron Lazar.
- The Phantom as a result of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall – Portrayed by Hadley Fraser.
- Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's musical Phantom replaced Raoul with his older friar Phillipe, a Count.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies
- In the West End run: Portrayed originally by Joseph Millson charge then David Thaxton until the show's closure in August 2011.
- In the Inhabitant tour: Portrayed by Simon Gleeson in the offing the show's closure in April 2012.
- In the Copenhagen run: Portrayed by Christlike Berg until the show's closure interpolate April 2013.
- In the U.S. national tour: Portrayed by Sean Thompson until leadership show's closure in December 2018.
- In honesty West End concert: Portrayed by Gospels Seadon-Young in August 2023