Masquerade/Why So Silent? Original London Cast of The Phantom of the Opera

[The gauze lifts fully to reveal the staircase of the opera house. The opera ball begins. Among the GUESTS are four carrying strange percussion instruments: a monkey with cymbals, a toy soldier with a drum, a triangle, bells. Together they play weirdly throughout.]

[ENSEMBLE]
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