FIRMIN: Dear Andre what a splendid party!ANDRE: The prologue to a bright new year!FIRMIN: Quite a night! I'm impressed!FIRMIN: Well, one does one's best . . .ANDRE/FIRMIN: (raising their glasses) Here's to us!FIRMIN: I must say, all the same, that it's a shame that 'Phantom' fellow isn't here! (The gauze lifts fully to reveal the staircase of the opera house. The opera ball begins. Among theGUESTS: are four carrying strange percussion instruments: a monkey with cymbals, a toy soldier with a drum, a triangle, bells. Together they play weirdly throughout)CHORUS: Masquerade! Paper faces on parade . . . Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you! Masquerade! Every face a different shade . . . Masquerade! Look around - there's another mask behind you! Flash of mauve . . . Splash of puce . . . Fool and king . . . Ghoul and goose . . . Green and black . . . Queen and priest . . . Trace of rouge . . . Face of beast . . . Faces . . . Take your turn, take a ride on the merry-go-round . . . in an inhuman race . . . Eye of gold . . . Thigh of blue . . . True is false . . . Who is who . . .? Curl of lip . . . Swirl of gown . . . Ace of hearts . . . Face of clown . . . Faces . . . Drink it in, drink it up, till you've drowned in the light . . . in the sound . . .RAOUL/CHRISTINE: But who can name the face . . .?ALL: Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds . . . Masquerade! Take your fill - let the spectacle astound you! Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads . . . Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you! Masquerade! Seething shadows breathing lies . . . Masquerade! You can fool any friend who ever knew you! Masquerade! Leering satyrs, peering eyes . . . Masquerade! Run and hide - but a face will still pursue you! (The ENSEMBLE activity becomes background, as ANDRE, FIRMIN, MEG, GIRY, PIANGI and CARLOTTA come to the fore, glasses in hand)GIRY: What a nightMEG: What a crowd!ANDRE: Makes you glad!FIRMIN: Makes you proud! All the creme de la creme!CARLOTTA: Watching us watching them!MEG/GlRY: And all our fears are in the past!ANDRE: Six months...PIANGI: Of relief!CARLOTTA: Of delight!ANDRE/FIRMIN: Of Elysian peace!MEG/GIRY: And we can breathe at last!CARLOTTA: No more notes!PIANGI: No more ghost!GIRY: Here's a health!ANDRE: Here's a toast: to a prosperous year!FIRMIN: To the new chandelier!PIANGI/CARLOTTA: And may its splendour never fade!FIRMIN: Six months!GIRY: What a joy!MEG: What a change!FIRMIN/ANDRE: What a blessed release!ANDRE: And what a masquerade! (They clink glasses and move off RAOUL andCHRISTINE: emerge. She is admiring a new acquisition: an engagement ring from RAOUL, which she has attached to a gold chain around her neck.)CHRISTINE: Think of it! A secret engagement! Look - your future bride! Just think of it!RAOUL: But why is it secret? What have we to hide?CHRISTINE: Please, let's not fight . . .RAOUL: Christine, you're free!CHRISTINE: Wait till the time is right . . .RAOUL: When will that be? It's an engagement, not a crime! Christine, What are you afraid of?CHRISTINE: Let's not argue . . .RAOUL: Let's not argue . . .CHRISTINE: Please pretend . . .RAOUL: I can only hope I'll . . .CHRISTINE: You will . . .BOTH: . . . understand in time . . . (Dance section, in which CHRISTINE, almost coquettish almost jittery, goes from man to man. But too many of her partners seem to be replicas of the PHANTOM, and each spins her with increasing force. Eventually RAOUL rescues her and holds her tightly. He whirls her back into the dance, as the music heads towards its climax.)ALL: Masquerade! Paper faces on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you! Masquerade! Every face a different shade! Masquerade! Look around - There's another mask behind you! Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads . . . Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you! Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds . . . Masquerade! Take your fill - let the spectacle astound you! (At the height of the activity a grotesque figure suddenly appears at the lop of the staircase. Dressed all in crimson, with a death's head visible inside the hood of his robe, the PHANTOM has come to the party. With dreadful wooden steps he descends the stairs and takes the centre of the stage)
Lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Angel Of Music
Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)
Go Go Go Joseph
Then We Are Decided (CATS) Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer [CATS] Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats "as If We Never Said Goodbye" "Sunset Boulevard" A Little Slice Of Heaven Act One: The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball Ah, Christine! All I Ask of You All I Ask Of You (Phantom Of The Opera) All I Ask of You (Reprise) All I Ask of You [From Phantom of the Opera] All I Ask of You [Instrumental] All I Ask of You [Phanton of the Opera] All I Ask Of You Phanton Of The Opera (Various Son... Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) [The Offici... And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Point Of No Return\/chan... Angel of Music Angel of Music [Phanton of the Opera] Another Suitcase In Another Hall Another Suitcase in Another Hall [From Evita] Any Dream Will Do Any Dream Will Do (from Joseph and His Amazing Tec... Any Dream Will Do (from Joseph and His Amazing Tec... Any Dream Will Do (Joseph And The Amazing Technico... Any Dream Will Do [From Joseph & the Amazing Techn... Anything But Lonely Anything But Lonely (Anything But Lonely) Arrest, The Arrival Of The Trio Arrival Of The Trio / Are You Ready To Begin? Arrival Of The Trio / Are You Ready To Begin? Arrival Of The Trio/Are You Ready To Begin As If We Never Said Goodbye As If We Never Said Goodbye [From Sunset Boulevard... As If We Never Said Goodbye [Panpipes] Bathing Beauty Bathing Beauty Beautiful Beautiful Before The Performance Beneath A Moonless Sky Beneath A Moonless Sky Beneath A Moonless Sky Benjamin Calypso Benjamin Calypso (Joseph And The Amazing Technicol... Buenos Aires Bustopher Jones Bustopher Jones (Cats) Christine Disembarks Close Every Door Close Every Door (From Joseph and the Technicolor ... Close Every Door (Joseph And The Amazing Technicol... Close Every Door [From Joseph & the Amazing Techni... Come Back With the Same Look in Your Eyes Could We Start Again Please Crucifixion Crucifixion (Jesus Christ Superstar) Damned For All Time Damned For All Time - Blood Money Damned For All Time\/Blood Money Dear Old Friend Dear Old Friend Devil Take The Hindmost Devil Take The Hindmost (Quartet) Don't Cry For Me Argentina Don't Cry for Me Argentina Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita) Don't Cry for Me Argentina (from Evita) Don't Cry for Me Argentina (from Evita) Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical ... Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical ... Don't Cry For Me Argentina Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita) Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer Down Once More Track Down This Murderer (The Phant... Down Once More\/Track Down This Murderer Entr'acte Everything's Alright Everything's Alright (Reprise) Everything's Alright [Panpipes] Everything's Alright Everything's Alright (Jesus Christ Superstar) Everything's Alright (Reprise) Everything's Alright Reprise (Jesus Christ Su... Finale Finale Any Dream Will DoGive Me My Colored Coat (J... Finale: Any Dream Will Do / Give Me My Colored Coa... Gethsemane Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) Giry Confronts The Phantom Giry Confronts The Phantom / 'Til I Hear You Sing ... Giry Confronts The Phantom / 'Til I Hear You Sing ... Giry Confronts The Phantom / Are You Ready To Begi... Giry Confronts The Phantom/'Til I Hear You Sing (R... Go Go Go Joseph Goodnight And Thank You Grizabella Grizabella The Glamour Cat Grizabella, the Glamour Cat Grizabella: The Glamour Cat Grovel Grovel (Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor ... Growltiger's Last Stand Gus The Theater Cat Gus: the Theatre Cat Gustave! Gustave! Half a Moment Half a Moment Heart Is Slow to Learn Heart Is Slow to Learn Heaven By The Sea Heaven By The Sea (Reprise) Heaven On Their Minds Heaven On Their Minds [From Jesus Christ Superstar... Herod's Song High Flying Adored High Flying, Adored High Flying, Adored Hosanna I Am the Starlight I Am the Starlight [Instrumental] I Believe My Heart I Don't Know How to Love Him I Don't Know How to Love Him [From Jesus Christ Su... I Don't Know How to Love Him [From Jesus Christ Su... I Don't Know How To Love Him I Dreamed A Dream I Remember... I Remember.... I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt it I Remember\/Stranger Than You Dreamt it I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You It's Easy For You Jacob and Sons Jacob In Egypt Jellicle Song For Jellicle Cats Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats Jesus Christ Superstar John Nineteen: Forty-one Joseph All The Time Joseph In Egypt (Joseph And The Amazing Technicolo... Joseph's Dreams Joseph's Dreams [From Joseph & the Amazing Technic... Joseph's Coat Joseph's Dreams Judas' Death Judas's Death Judas's Death Judas's Death Judas' Death King Herod's Song King Herod's Song (Try It And See) King Herod's Song Ladies... Lament Last Supper Last Supper, The Latin Chant Learn to be Lonely Learn to Be Lonely, song (for the film The Phantom... Learn to Be Lonely, song (for the film The Phantom... Let's Have Lunch Little Lotte / The Mirror (Angel Of Music) Little Lotte/The Mirror Little Lottie... Look With Your Heart Love Changes Everything Love Changes Everything (from Aspects of Love) Love Changes Everything (from Aspects of Love) Love Changes Everything [From Aspects in Love] Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love] Love Never Dies Love Never Dies Prologue Macavity Macavity the Mystery Cat Magical Lasso Magical Lasso... Married Man Masquerade Masquerade ... Why So Silent? Masquerade ... Why So Silent? Masquerade [From The Phantom of the Opera] Masquerade\/why So Silent? Memory Memory (Cats) Memory (Instrumental) [Instrumental] Memory [From Cats] Memory, song (for the musical Cats) Memory, song (for the musical Cats) Mirror (Angel of Music) Moments Of Happiness Montage Mother Please, I'm Scared Mother, Did You Watch? Mr Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffolees Mungo Jerrie And Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer Music of the Night Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera] Music of the Night [Instrumental] New Ways To Dream Next Time You Fall In Love No Matter What Notes \/ Twisted Every Way Notes... Oh What A Circus Old Deuteronomy On My Own Once Upon Another Time One More Angel One More Angel in Heaven One More Angel in Heaven [From Joseph & The Amazin... One More Angel in Heaven [From Joseph & the Amazin... Only For Him Only For Him / Only For You Only For Him \/ Only For You Only For Him/Only For You Only You Only You [From Starlight Express] Overture Overture Overture [From Jesus Christ Superstar] Perfect Year Peter's Denial Peter's Denial Peter's Denial Peter's Denial Phantom of the Opera Phantom of the Opera (from The Phantom of the Oper... Phantom of the Opera (from The Phantom of the Oper... Phantom of the Opera (movie lyrics) Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the Opera] Phantom of the Opera [Panpipes] Pharaoh Story Pharaoh's Dreams Explained Pharaoh's Dreams Explained Pie Jesu Pilate & Christ Pilate And Christ Pilate And Christ Pilate's Dream Pilate's Dream Please, Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back Please, Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back... Please,Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back Point of No Return Poor Fool He Makes Me Laugh Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh Poor Jerusalem Poor Poor Joseph Poor, Poor Pharaoh Potiphar Prima Donna Prima Donna [From The Phantom of the Opera] Prologue Prologue (Love Never Dies) Rainbow High Rainbow Tour Requiem For Evita Rolling stock Rum Tum Tugger Santa Evita Seeing Is Believing Seeing Is Believing (Aspects Of Love) Seeing Is Believing (Seeing Is Believing) Seeing Is Believing [From Aspects of Love] Seeing Is Believing [Instrumental] She Is A Diamond Simon Zealotes Simon Zealotes - Poor Jerusalem Simon Zealotes\/Poor Jerusalem Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat Starlight Express Starlight Express [From Starlight Express] Stone The Crows Strange Thing Mystifying Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard [From Sunset Boulevard] Superstar Superstar (from Jesus Christ Superstar) Superstar [DVD] Surrender Surrender [From Sunset Boulevard] Surrender, song (for the musical Sunset Boulevard) Surrender, song (for the musical Sunset Boulevard) Take That Look Off Your Face Take That Look Off Your Face [From Song and Dance] Tell me on a Sunday Tell Me On A Sunday [From Song and Dance] Tell Me on a Sunday [From Tell Me on a Sunday] Tell Me on a Sunday [Instrumental] Tell Me On Sunday That's The Place You Ruined, You Fool The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like t... The Ad-Dressing of Cats The Ad-Dressing Of The Cats The Aerie The Aerie (the Cheap Coney Fuckheap Slimey) The All I Ask Of You The Angel Of Music The Arrest The Art Of The Possible The Beauty Underneath The Beauty Underneath The Brothers Come To Egypt (Joseph And The Amazing... The Coney Island Waltz The Coney Island Waltz The Crucifixion The Crucifixion The Crucifixion The First Man You Remember The Greatest Star Of All The Greatest Star of All [From Sunset Boulevard [I... The Heart Is Slow To Learn The Heart Is Slow to Learn [DVD] The Heart Is Slow to Learn, song (for the musical ... The Heart Is Slow to Learn, song (for the musical ... The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball The Jellicle Ball The Jellicle Ball [From Cats] The Journey to the Heaviside Layer The Last Supper The Last Supper The Last Supper The Last Supper [From Jesus Christ Superstar] The Mirror (Angel of Music) The Moments of Happiness The Music of the Night The Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera) The Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera) The Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera] The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The ... The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The ... The Naming Of Cats The Old Gumbie Cat The Pekes And The Pollicles The Perfect Year The Perfect Year (From Sunset Boulevard/Vocals) The Perfect Year [DVD] The Perfect Year, song (for the musical Sunset Bou... The Perfect Year, song (for the musical Sunset Bou... The Phantom Confronts Christine The Phantom Confronts Christine The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the Oper... The Point of No Return The Rum Tum Tugger The Swordfight The Temple The Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Then We Are Decided Think of Me Think Of Me (From The Play) Think Of Me (Phantom) Think of Me [From Phantom of the Opera] This Jesus Must Die Those Canaan Days Til I Hear You Sing Till I Hear You Sing Too Much In Love To Care Trial Before Pilate Trial Before Pilate (Including 39 Lashes) Trial Before Pilate (Including The 39 Lashes) Try Not to Be Afraid Unexpected Song Waltz For Eva And Che Wandering Child... We Have All Been Blind What A Dreadful Town What A Dreadful Town!... What A Dreadful Town!... What's the Buzz What's the Buzz What's The Buzz\/Strange Thing Mystifying What's The Buzz What's The Buzz - Strange Thing Mystifying Whistle Down the Wind Who's The Thief Who's The Thief Why Does She Love Me Why Does She Love Me? Why Does She Love Me? Why Have You Brought Me Here... Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From Phantom ... Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From The Phan... Wishing you were Somehow Still here Again [From Ph... With One Look Woman In White You Must Love Me