Once Upon a Time... and so the story is told, but the story never ends. The curtain opens, closes, and opens again. Everything returns to memory - until the next time. Are you sleeping? Are you awake? Awaken your dreams.

As the old adage says... all good things must come to an end. And so it is with "O". At the beginning of our journey, we were whisked away into this surreal world of "O" when the red curtain that had previously kept this realm from us was quickly and suddenly yanked away. And at the end, we are cast out just as suddenly...

Our final image rests upon Eugen, our grotesque theater guide, serenading a beautiful ballerina sitting atop his piano. As he plays the theme to this realm, "O", he and his love slowly disappear beneath the waters of the stage - his stage. This gesture by Eugen and the movement of the music that accompanies his disappearance is so powerful that it draws the most stern of people to tears. Eugen has changed so much from the beginning of the show, literally from dark to light (you can see this in his costuming - a black suit in the beginning to a completely white gown seen at the end).

All is still again but the music plays on...

Then, as "Désert" recaptures our attention, a basket falls from the sky. As this basket floats down the river of "O", we soon realize that its not just a basket, but part of a hot-air balloon that has fallen. And as this balloon floats away; behind it, are the artists -- sitting, waiting, watching. Moments later, the wind picks up again and with it, tugs out a red fabric from said basket. Slowly, but surely, the red fabric fills the stage -- forever locking the mysterious and wondrous world of water from us. And thus, "O" closes.