Prologue - The Stage Of Paris Opera House, 1905 - Andrew Lloyd Webber

May I start at twenty francs?

Fifteen, then?

Fifteen I am bid.

Twenty, sir?

Thank you.

Twenty?

Twenty-five, thank you, madam.

Thirty.

Selling at thirty,

then.

Thirty once, twice?

Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny.

Thank you, sir

A collector’s piece, indeed

Every detail exactly as she said

She often spoke of you, my friend

Your velvet lining, and your figurine of lead

Will you still play, when all the rest of us are dead?

Lot 666, then: a chandelier in pieces.

Some of you may recall the strange

affair of the Phantom of the Opera—a mystery never fully explained.

We are told, ladies and gentlemen, that this is the very chandelier which

figures in the famous disaster.

Our workshops have restored it and fitted up

parts of it with wiring for the new electric light, so that we may get a hint

of what it may look like when re-assembled.

Perhaps we may frighten away the

ghost of so many years ago, with a little illumination, gentlemen?