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 night MEG 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. Masquerade! You can fool any friend who ever knew you! Masquerade! Leering satyrs, peering eyes. Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you! Masquerade! Seething shadows breathing lies. Masquerade! Take your fill - let the spectacle astound you! Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads. ? ALL Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds. RAOUL/CHRISTINE But who can name the face. Drink it in, drink it up, till you've drowned in the light. Take your turn, take a ride on the merry-go-round. Masquerade! Look around - there's another mask behind you! Flash of mauve. Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you! Masquerade! Every face a different shade.
Together they play weirdly throughout) CHORUS Masquerade! Paper faces on parade. Among the GUESTS are four carrying strange percussion instruments: a monkey with cymbals, a toy soldier with a drum, a triangle, bells. (The gauze lifts fully to reveal the staircase of the opera house.
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