Finale Ultimo

thumb|250px"Grand Finale" or "Ultimo Finale" is the two-part ending of the stage musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The death of Frollo by Quasimodo and the death of Esmeralda take place during this piece. Translator Michael Kunze reasoned that Esmeralda’s death would be viewed by European audiences as moving and more romantic of an ending.
The Finale starts with Frollo pronouncing Esmeralda’s sentence and Quasimodo saving her, followed by proclaiming her sanctuary. Frollo orders his soldier thugs to size the cathedral. Phoebus starts railing the people of Paris to revolt against Frollo with the tune of Einmal (Someday). The scene shifts back to Quasimodo who is defending Notre Dame from Frollo and his minions as he sings the tune of Wie aus Stein (Made of Stone). After he pours the lead from Notre Dame, Quasimodo checks in on Esmeralda, who is dying. Quasimodo and Esmeralda have a moving conversation while Draußen (Out There) is played in the background. Esmeralda thanks Quasimodo for being her friend and then sings Hoch über der Welt (Top of the World) before dying.
Following Esmeralda's death, Frollo enters and sings about how he happy to be free of her to an off-balanced tune of Esmeralda. Quasimodo gets enraged and the song shifts to a new melody with the gargoyles singing with the Latin choir. While Quasimodo fights with Frollo, the gargoyles and the Latin choir sing that God smites the wicked, so the gargoyles, which are figments of Quasimodo’s imagination, tell him that he should kill Frollo, which he does, after a long struggle, by throwing Frollo off Notre Dame, similar to the original novel.
After this, the gargoyles sing Zuflucht (Sanctuary) and reflect how the world is both cruel and kind. Quasimodo then sings Draußen (Out There) and thinks about how he must live out there with all the pain, sorrow, and fear that the world can bring. He carries Esmeralda outside and is joined by Phoebus. The ensemble then sings Einmal as Quasimodo disappears. Clopin concludes with a reprise of Die Glocken Notre Dames (The Bells of Notre Dame).
==Lyrics==
Chorus:
Judex crederis esse venturus 
In te, Domine, speravi 
Non confundar in aeternum 
Salvum fac populum tuum 
Judex crederis 
Frollo: 
The prisoner Esmeralda has been found guilty of entering the city of Paris illegally, guilty of public insubordination and guilty of the crime of witchcraft. The sentence is death! 
Archdeacon:
Let her go, Frollo! You know she has done nothing to deserve this. 
Frollo: 
On the contrary, good sir. But I will give her this opportunity to recant in order to save herself. 
Archdeacon:
Good. Speak, young woman. Tell him you mean no harm. Apologize for whatever it is you're accused of. 
Esmeralda:
How can I apologize for something I haven’t done? Who is next? Everyone can be next, as I. One doesn’t have to be a gypsy.
Frollo: 
Think of what I offered, Esmeralda. 
For justice... for Paris... and for her own salvation, it is my sacred duty to send this unholy demon back to her maker. 
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison 
Libera me Domine 
Quasimodo:
NOOO!!!
Chorus:
Libera me Domine de morte aeterna 
In die illa tremenda 
Quando caeli movendi sunt 
Caeli et terra 
Dum verneris judicare 
Saeculum per ignem 
O, salutaris hostai 
Quae cali pandis ostium 
Bella premunt hostilia 
Da robur, fer auxilium 
Sit semperterna gloria 
Sit semperterna gloria 
Sit semperterna gloria 
Gloria, gloria semper 
Sanctus 
Quasimodo: 
Sanctuary! Sanctuary!
Chorus:
Sanctus in excelsis 
Frollo: 
Captain! Seize the cathedral. 
Soldier: 
But sir, the laws of Sanctuary - 
Frollo: 
I negate the laws of sanctuary! Open these doors! 
Chorus:
Mors stupibet et natura 
C-- resurget creatura 
Judicanti responsurra
ahhhhh 
Judex ergo c-- sedebit 
Nul inultum remanebit 
Phoebus:
Someday 
Our fight will be won then 
We'll stand in the sun then 
That bright afternoon 
Till then 
On days when the sun is gone 
We'll fight on
Wish upon the moon 
Quasimodo: 
Come all you saints of stone 
All you guardians and gargoyles 
Hurl down stones into the night 
Throw the ladders down and light 
These vats of lead 
Steaming, boiling streams of lead 
Burning lead, and let the 
Flames grow higher 
Oh saints and monsters, show your power 
Help me to send this raging shower 
Raining fire 
On the stones below
We've done it, Esmeralda! Beaten them back! Esmeralda... Esmeralda... 
Esmeralda: 
Thank you. 
Quasimodo:
You are safe!
Esmeralda:
Safe? Really?
Quasimodo:
For sure...
Esmeralda:
Safe again at the top of the world 
Two friends enjoying this beautiful morning
in my eyes, you are beautiful too
sharing the top of of the world.
Quasimodo:
Can stay up here... Stay up here with me, forever!
Esmeralda:
Forever? I don't think I can...
Quasimodo:
Yes!
Esmeralda:
You've been a good friend, Quasimodo. 
Quasimodo: 
Yes... a good friend... Esmeralda... Esmeralda... Esmeralda, wake up... wake up... 
Frollo: 
Is she dead? 
Quasimodo: 
Because of you! 
Frollo: 
It was my duty, you know. 
Quasimodo: 
Duty? 
Frollo: 
Horrible as it was. Having to impose the law. It gave me no pleasure. You know that, Quasimodo. You know me better than anyone, don't you? 
At last we're free of Esmeralda 
Now that she's gone, her poison dies with her 
Now that we're done with Esmeralda 
We can go on, as close as once we were 
Here in our Sanctuary 
Sanctuary... 
Quasimodo: 
No sanctuary! Shall smite the wicked!
Chorus:
Dies Irae 
Frollo: 
Let go of me, Quasimodo!
Chorus:
Dies Illa
Frollo:
Clam down, Quasimodo! 
Loni:
Quasimodo! 
Charles:
Turn around!
Antoine:
Quickly!
Chorus: 
Solvet saeculum in favilla
Teste David c-- Sybilla
Charles: 
"The wicked shall not go unpunish-ed" 
Antoine:
"The heart of the wicked is of little worth" 
Loni:
"The wicked shall not go unpunish-ed" 
Chorus:
Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando judex est venturus 
Frollo: 
You don't want to hurt me! 
Antoine: 
Yes, you do. 
Quasimodo: 
You are a good teacher, Master Frollo. A very good teacher! 
Loni:
The world is cruel 
Antoine: 
The world is ugly 
Charles: 
But there are times 
And there are people 
When the world is not 
Gargoyles:
And at its cruelest 
It is still the only world we've got 
Light and dark 
Foul and fair 
Quasimodo: 
Out there... 
Out there 
Waiting there for me 
Love... and fear... and heartbreak 
Still we're born to be 
Out there... 
Soprano Solo:
Olim Deus accellere
Hoc saeculum splendium
Chorus: 
Someday 
Our fight will be won then 
We'll stand in the sun then 
That bright afternoon 
Till then 
On days when the sun is gone 
Hope lives on 
Wish upon the moon 
Change will come 
One day, someday soon 
Clopin:
Morning in Paris, a new day is here 
Sing the bells of Notre Dame 
Ending the tale of your poor balladeer 
Sing the bells of Notre Dame 
And I wish I could leave you a moral 
Like a trinket you hold in your palm 
But... 
Here is a riddle to guess if you can 
Sing the bells of Notre Dame 
What makes a monster and 
What makes a man? 
Chorus: 
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells... 
Clopin:
Whatever their pitch 
You can feel them bewitch you 
The rich and the ritual knells 
Of the - 
All:
Bells of Notre Dame!
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