16-Masquerade! Why So Silent 5g126w

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 ... But who can name the face ...? 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! CARLOTTA: What a night! FIRMIN What a crowd! ANDRE Makes you glad FIRMIN Makes you proud! All the crème, De la crème MADAME GIRY: (Overlapping) Watching us?. MEG (Overlapping) Watching them CARLOTTA: (Overlapping) All our fears are in the past ANDRE Three months PIANGI Of relief! CARLOTTA Of delight! ANDRE Of Elysian peace! PIANGI And we can breathe at last. CARLOTTA: No more notes PIANGI No more ghost MADAME GIRY Here's a health ANDRE Here's a toast, to a prosperous year FIRMIN To our friends who are here PIANGI AND CARLOTTA And may the splendor never fade! FIRMIN ANDRE What a blessed release! MADAME GIRY And what a masquerade! CRISTINE 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. CRISTINE: (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? CRISTINE(and RAOUL in parenthesis): Let's not argue(Let's not argue)/Please pretend (I can only hope)/You will understand in time (I'll understand in time) CHORUS/Crowd: 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. ( Voices fade and turn to gasps as th lights dim and the Phantom appears at the top of th stairways ) 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! Fondest greetings to you all A few instructions just before rehearsal starts Carlotta must be taught to act Not her normal trick of strutting round the stage Our Don Juan must lose some weight It's not healthy in a man of Piangi's age And my managers must learn that their place is in an office Not the arts As for our star, Miss Christine Daae... No doubt she'll do her best It's true, her voice is good She knows, though Should she wish to excell She has much still to learn If pride will let her return to me, her teacher Her teacher... Phantom: Your chains are still mine, (spoken) You belong to me! 1j5rl