Prologue
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (b. 1948) Lyrics

Sold, your number, sir? Thank you
Asking if anyone wants to purchase an item and thanking them for their response.

Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen
Announcing the lot number for the item being auctioned.

A poster for this house's production of "Hannibal" by Chalumeau. Showing here.
Describing the item being auctioned, which is a poster for the house's production of "Hannibal" and announcing that it is being presented.

Do I have ten francs? Five then. Five I am bid. Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight. Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny.
Starting the bidding for the next item at five francs and increasing it until it is sold to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny for eight francs.

Lot 664: a wooden pistol and three human skulls From the 1831 production of "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer. Ten francs for this. Ten, thank you. Ten francs still. Fifteen, thank you, sir Fifteen I am bid. Going at fifteen. Your number, sir?
Introducing the next lot, which is a wooden pistol and skulls from the production of "Robert le Diable," and starting the bidding at ten francs. The bidding increases to fifteen francs, and the item is sold.

665, ladies and gentlemen: A papier-mache musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ. Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals. This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order. Showing here.
Introducing the item being auctioned, which is a papier-mache musical box with a monkey figure playing the cymbals. The item is presented, and it is stated that it was found in the theatre vaults and still works.

May I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then? Fifteen I am bid. Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny. Thank you, sir.
Starting the bidding for the item at twenty francs and decreasing it to fifteen francs. The item is sold to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny for thirty francs.

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?
Singing about the item being auctioned, which is a music box that holds sentimental value to someone. Wondering if it will still function after all other people have died.

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 repaired it and wired parts of it for the new electric light, So that we may get a hint of how it may look when reassembled. Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination, gentlemen?
Introducing the final item, which is a chandelier in pieces that is said to have been present during the Phantom of the Opera's disaster. The piece has been repaired and wired to work with electric light. It is suggested that this may frighten away any ghosts haunting the theater.