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

Prologue - The Stage Of Paris Opera House, 1905

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?