That would explain a lot. I don't really know much about opera.

I love the legitimate thee-ay-turr.

It's transposed from the original Lloyd Webber remake on the Fosse interpretive stage treatment. I don't, however, recall correctly...ever.

This song wasn't in the original stage production. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote it for the movie because, in order to get an oscar for 'best original song', it has to be a song that's in the movie first. It's still a really good song.