


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.
