prologue
Ramin Karimloo/Siera Boggess/Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics

Sold, your number, sir? Thank you
Asking for the purchaser's ticket number and thanking them for their participation in the auction

Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen
Introducing item 665 for bidding

A papier-mâché musical box in the shape of a barrel-organ
Describing the item for sale as a music box made of paper mache in the form of a barrel organ

Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals
Explaining that the music box has a figurine of a monkey dressed in Persian robes playing cymbals attached to it

This item discovered in the vaults of the theatre
Revealing that the item for sale was found in the theater's vault

Still in working order, ladies and gentlemen
Assuring the audience that the music box is still operational

May I commence at fifteen francs? Fifteen, thank you
Starting the bidding at 15 francs and thanking the first bidder

Yes, twenty from you, sir, thank you very much
Acknowledging a bid of 20 francs from a gentleman and thanking him for his participation

Madam Chagny, twenty five? Thank you, madam
Thanking Madam Chagny for her bid of 25 francs

Twenty five, I am bid if I get thirty
Announcing the current bid of 25 francs and asking if anyone will bid 30 francs

Thirty, and thirty five
Raising the bid to 30 francs and then to 35 francs

Selling at thirty francs, then, thirty once, thirty twice?
Confirming a final bid of 30 francs and asking twice if anyone will make a higher bid

Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny, thank you, sir
Announcing the sale of the item for 30 francs to the Vicomte de Chagny and thanking him for his purchase

A collector's piece indeed
Highlighting that the item sold is a rare collectible

Every detail exactly as she said
Asserting that the item is in the exact condition described by the previous owner

Will you still play, when all the rest of us are dead?
Asking if the music box will remain operational even after all its owners have passed away

Lot 666, then, a chandelier in pieces
Introducing the next item for sale, which is a dismantled chandelier

Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera
Referring to the past events of the Phantom of the Opera story that took place in the same venue

A mystery never fully explained
Hinting at the unsolved mystery of the Phantom of the Opera

We are told, ladies and gentlemen, that this is the very chandelier
Informing the audience that the dismantled chandelier for sale was present during the Phantom of the Opera events

Which figures in the famous disaster
Referring to the tragic accident that occurred at the Phantom of the Opera play

Our workshops have repaired it and wired parts of it for the new electric light
Explaining that the chandelier has undergone repairs to be functional with the new electric lighting system

Perhaps we can frighten away the ghost of so many years ago
Suggesting that the illuminated chandelier may scare away the ghost of the Phantom from years past

With a little illumination, gentlemen?
Proposing that the chandelier will be effective in detecting and dispelling any ghosts with a little light