[ENSEMBLE/CROWD]Masquerade!Paper faces on paradeMasquerade!Hide your face so the world will never find you!Masquerade!Every face a different shadeMasquerade!Look around—there’s another mask behind you!Flash of mauveSplash of puceFool and kingGhoul and gooseGreen and blackQueen and priestTrace of rougeFace of beastFaces…Take your turnTake a rideOn the merry-go-roundEye of goldThigh of blueTrue is falseWho is who?Curl of lipSwirl of gownAce of heartsFace of clownIn an inhuman race
Faces…Drink it in, drink it upTill you’ve drownedIn the lightIn the soundBut who can name the face?Masquerade!Grinning yellows, spinning redsMasquerade!Take your fill—let the spectacle astound you!Masquerade!Burning glances, turning headsMasquerade!Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you!Masquerade!Seething shadows, breathing liesMasquerade!You can fool any friend who ever knew you!Masquerade!Leering satyrs, peering eyesMasquerade!Run and hide—but a face will still pursue you![CARLOTTA]What a night![PIANGI]What a crowd![ANDRÉ]Makes you glad![FIRMIN]Makes you proud!All the crème de la crème!
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[CARLOTTA]Watching usWatching them! [MEG]And all our fears are in the past!
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[ANDRÉ]Three months![PIANGI]Of relief![CARLOTTA]Of delight![ANDRÉ]Of Elysian peace!
[FIRMIN]And we canbreathe at last! [CARLOTTA]No more notes!
[PIANGI]No more ghost![GIRY]Here’s a health[ANDRÉ]Here’s a toast:To a prosperous year![FIRMIN]To our friends who are here!
[PIANGI/CARLOTTA]And may oursplendournever fade! [FIRMIN]Three months! [MEG]What a joy!
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[GIRY]What a change![FIRMIN/ANDRÉ]What a blessed release![GIRY]And what a masquerade![CHRISTINE, sung]Think of it!(spoken)A secret engagement! Look—your future bride! Just think of it.[RAOUL, spoken]But why is it secret? What have we to hide? You promised me…[CHRISTINE, spoken]No, Raoul, please don’t, they’ll see…[RAOUL, spoken]Well then let them see. It’s an engagement, not a crime!(sung)Christine, what are you afraid of?
[CHRISTINE, sung]Let’s notargue,Pleasepretend,You willunderstand in time [RAOUL, sung]Let’s not argueI can onlyhope I’llunderstand in time
[Instrumental interlude][ALL]Masquerade!Paper faces on paradeMasquerade!Hide your face so the world will never find you!Masquerade!Every face a different shadeMasquerade!Look around—there’s another mask behind you!Masquerade!Burning glances, turning headsMasquerade!Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you!Masquerade!Grinning yellows, spinning redsMasquerade!Take your fill—let the spectacle astound you![Voices fade and turn to gasps as the lights dim and the PHANTOM appears at the top of the stairways]
[Special Edition only:][PHANTOM]Why so silent, good Messieurs?Did you think that I had left you for good?Have you missed me, good Messieurs?I have written you an opera!Here I bring the finished score—”Don Juan Triumphant”![He throws it down and then unsheaths his sword, brandishing it towards his respective targets]Fondest greetings to you all!A few instructions just before rehearsal starts:Carlotta must be taught to actNot her normal trick of strutting ’round the stageOur Don Juan must lose some weight—It’s not healthy in a man of Piangi’s ageAnd my managers must learnThat their place is in an office, not the arts[He sheaths his sword for his next target]As for our star, Miss Christine Daaé…No doubt she’ll do her bestIt’s true, her voice is goodShe knows, though, should she wish to excelShe has much still to learnIf pride will let her return to me, her teacherHer teacher…[Meanwhile, RAOUL temporarily steps out to get his rapier. CHRISTINE, mesmerised, stands still as the PHANTOM approaches her. He reaches out, grasps the chain that holds the secret engagement ring, and rips it from her throat]Your chains are still mineYou belong to me
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