The Pilgrim’s Progress
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The Pilgrim’s Progress is an opera by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from John Bunyan’s classic Christian allegory of the same name.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pilgrim’s Progress Context triple: [Ralph Vaughan Williams, notableWork, The Pilgrim’s Progress]
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A.
The Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage is the English title of Surah Al-Hajj, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses the rites, significance, and spiritual meaning of the Hajj to Mecca.
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B.
Purchas his Pilgrimes
Purchas his Pilgrimes is a massive early 17th-century English compilation of travel narratives and reports about the non-European world, edited and arranged by the clergyman and geographer Samuel Purchas.
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Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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E.
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Doce cuentos peregrinos is a collection of twelve short stories by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez that blend realism with the fantastic, often set in Europe and exploring themes of exile, memory, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pilgrim’s Progress Target entity description: The Pilgrim’s Progress is an opera by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from John Bunyan’s classic Christian allegory of the same name.
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A.
The Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage is the English title of Surah Al-Hajj, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses the rites, significance, and spiritual meaning of the Hajj to Mecca.
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B.
Purchas his Pilgrimes
Purchas his Pilgrimes is a massive early 17th-century English compilation of travel narratives and reports about the non-European world, edited and arranged by the clergyman and geographer Samuel Purchas.
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C.
Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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D.
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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E.
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Doce cuentos peregrinos is a collection of twelve short stories by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez that blend realism with the fantastic, often set in Europe and exploring themes of exile, memory, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera
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stage work ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Pilgrim’s Progress
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
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| catalogueNumber | Vaughan Williams stage work ⓘ |
| character |
Apollyon
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Evangelist ⓘ Interpreter ⓘ Lord Hate-Good ⓘ Pilgrim ⓘ Shining Ones ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | Festival of Britain ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical opera
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opera ⓘ religious opera ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
English liturgical music
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Protestant hymnody ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Act I
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Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ Act IV ⓘ Prologue ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| librettoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| librettoSource | adaptation of John Bunyan’s text ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
EMI recording conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
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recording conducted by Richard Hickox ⓘ |
| orchestration |
chorus
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orchestra ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1951-04-26 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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surface form:
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
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| premiereTheatreCompany |
The Royal Opera
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surface form:
Covent Garden Opera Company
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| setting | allegorical landscape of a Christian’s journey ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and four acts ⓘ |
| style |
20th-century tonal
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English pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian allegory
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pilgrimage ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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perseverance ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual salvation ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
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The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
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John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress
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The Pilgrim's Progress
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The Pilgrim's Progress
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The Pilgrim's Progress (partly)
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Volume 15: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan