If I Can’t Love Her

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"If I Can’t Love Her" is a powerful ballad sung by the Beast in the stage musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, expressing his despair and longing for redemption through love.

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If I Can’t Love Her canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
basedOn Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) ⓘ
character Beast ⓘ
composer Alan Menken ⓘ
dramaticContext Beast laments his curse and fear of never being loved ⓘ
emotionalTone tragic ⓘ
yearning ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1994 ⓘ
franchise Disney’s Beauty and the Beast ⓘ
genre theatrical ballad ⓘ
includedIn original Broadway cast recording of Beauty and the Beast ⓘ
intendedVocalistGender male ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first person ⓘ
lyricist Tim Rice ⓘ
musicalAct Act I ⓘ
musicalStyle Broadway ballad ⓘ
narrativeFunction character development ⓘ
emotional climax of Act I ⓘ
notablePerformer James Barbour ⓘ
Steve Blanchard ⓘ
Terrence Mann ⓘ
originalMedium stage musical ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
originalProductionTheatre Palace Theatre ⓘ
partOfWork Beauty and the Beast (stage musical) ⓘ
performerRole Beast ⓘ
productionCompany Disney Theatrical Group ⓘ
publisher Walt Disney Theatrical Productions ⓘ
settingInStory Beast’s castle ⓘ
linked to: Beast's castle
structure solo number ⓘ
theme despair ⓘ
hope for transformation ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
self-loathing ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
title If I Can’t Love Her ⓘ
vocalType baritone ⓘ

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Beauty and the Beast (musical) → featuresSong → If I Can’t Love Her ⓘ
If I Can’t Love Her → title → If I Can’t Love Her ⓘ