Prologue (Canadian Cast Recording Of "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")

AUCTIONEER: Sold Your number sir Thank you Lot 663 then ladies and gentlemen A poster from this house's production of Hannibal by Chalumau

PORTER: Showing here

AUCTIONEER: Do I have 10 francs 5 then 5 I am bid 6 7 Against you sir 7 8 8 once selling twice sold to Monsieur Deferre Thank you very much sir Lot 664 a wooden pistol and 3 human skulls from the 1831 production of Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer 10 francs for this 10 thank you 10 still 15 thank you is I'm bid Going at 15 Your number sir Lot 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

PORTER: Showing here

AUCTIONEER: May I commence at 15 francs 15 thank you Yes 20 from you sir Thank you very much Madame Giry 25 Thank you Madame 25 I'm bid Do I hear 30 30 And 35

AUCTIONEER: 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 Perhaps we can frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination Gentlemen

The cover comes off the chandelier and it lights up The overture music starts

As the chandelier is raised the opera house becomes restored and we go back in time to the year 1870