History Main / OpeningChorus

* The third AnAmericanTail movie started out with one as well, "We Live in Manhattan".

** Sole exception: ''TheYeomenOfTheGuard'', which begins with Phoebe's song, "When maiden loves."

* LittleShopOfHorrors uses this trope with the prologue variation.

* "I Hope I Get It" from ''AChorusLine'', though preceded by a somewhat extended dance sequence.

** "Hark, the hour of ten is sounding" from ''{{Trial by Jury}}''.
** "Ring forth, ye bells" from ''{{The Sorcerer}}''.
** "We sail the ocean blue" from ''[[Theatre/HMSPinafore H.M.S. Pinafore]]''.
** "Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry" from ''{{The Pirates of Penzance}}''.

** Sole exception: ''{{The Yeomen of the Guard}}'', which begins with Phoebe's song, "When maiden loves."

* "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from {{Stephen Sondheim}}'s ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.

* "Call On Dolly" from ''[[HelloDolly Hello, Dolly!]]''.

* Half-subverted in ''{{AvenueQ}}'', where the opening song is a recording by (presumably) the original cast, played alongside an opening video. It parodies ''{{SesameStreet}},'' what else can we say.

* "Merano" from ''{{Theatre/Chess}}'', at least on the concept album and in most British productions.

* In a rare example of {{Disney}} subverting stuff, many of Disney's opening numbers are not [[CrowdSong Crowd Songs]]. "The Circle of Life" from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' (with a large ensemble standing around being interesting looking), "The Bells of Notre Dame" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and "Arabian Nights" from ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' are all sung by one person. However, "Belle" from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', "The Virginia Company" from ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' and "Fathoms Below" from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' do fall under this.

* "Another Op'nin, Another Show" from ''KissMeKate''.

* In a rare example of {{Disney}} subverting stuff, many of Disney's opening numbers are not [[CrowdSong Crowd Songs]]. "The Circle of Life" from ''TheLionKing'' (with a large ensemble standing around being interesting looking), "The Bells of Notre Dame" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and "Arabian Nights" from ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' are all sung by one person. However, "Belle" from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', "The Virginia Company" from ''{{Pocahontas}}'' and "Fathoms Below" from ''TheLittleMermaid'' do fall under this.

* "AfterToday" from ''AGoofyMovie''

* "All That Jazz" from ''{{Chicago}}''.

* The film version of [[Rent]] opens with "Seasons of Love'; the stage opening is just one guy singing.

* In a rare example of {{Disney}} subverting stuff, many of Disney's opening numbers are not [[CrowdSong Crowd Songs]]. "The Circle of Life" from ''TheLionKing'' (with a large ensemble standing around being interesting looking), "The Bells of Notre Dame" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and "Arabian Nights" from ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' are all sung by one person. However, "Belle" from ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast'', "The Virginia Company" from ''{{Pocahontas}}'' and "Fathoms Below" from ''TheLittleMermaid'' do fall under this.

* "Overture/Work Song" from ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'', although it's only for the male chorus.

* Madame Guillotine in TheScarletPimpernel.

* "Aquarius" in [[Hair]]

* "Aquarius" in ''Hair''

* "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from {{Stephen Sondheim}}'s ''SweeneyTodd''.

* "No One Mourns the Wicked" both [[BookEnds opens and closes]] the musical ''{{Wicked}}.''

** "We sail the ocean blue" from ''[[HMSPinafore H.M.S. Pinafore]]''.

* In a rare example of {{Disney}} subverting stuff, many of Disney's opening numbers are not [[CrowdSong Crowd Songs]]. "The Circle of Life" from ''TheLionKing'' (with a large ensemble standing around being interesting looking), "The Bells of Notre Dame" from ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and "Arabian Nights" from ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' are all sung by one person. However, "Belle" from ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast'', "The Virginia Company" from ''{{Pocahontas}}'' and "Fathoms Below" from ''TheLittleMermaid'' do fall under this.

* "Overture/Work Song" from ''{{Les Miserables}}'', although it's only for the male chorus.

* [[ThenNightmareBeforeChristmas Boys and girls of every age/wouldn't you like to see something strange?/Come with us and you will see/this our town of Halloween . . .]]

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