Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
E214872
Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" is the tormented poet-protagonist who recounts a series of tragic, fantastical love affairs in this French Romantic opera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1923428 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" Context triple: [Plácido Domingo, notableRole, Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"]
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A.
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by Robert Schumann that sets key episodes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust" to music.
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B.
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
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C.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann was a German Romantic author, composer, and jurist best known for his fantastical and often macabre tales that influenced writers like Edgar Allan Poe and inspired works such as Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker."
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D.
Goethe; or, the Writer
"Goethe; or, the Writer" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as an exemplary literary figure and explores his significance as a model of the modern writer.
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E.
Heinrich Hoffmann
Heinrich Hoffmann was Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer and a prominent Nazi-era photographer and publisher whose studio employed Eva Braun.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" Target entity description: Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" is the tormented poet-protagonist who recounts a series of tragic, fantastical love affairs in this French Romantic opera.
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A.
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by Robert Schumann that sets key episodes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust" to music.
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B.
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
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C.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann was a German Romantic author, composer, and jurist best known for his fantastical and often macabre tales that influenced writers like Edgar Allan Poe and inspired works such as Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker."
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D.
Goethe; or, the Writer
"Goethe; or, the Writer" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as an exemplary literary figure and explores his significance as a model of the modern writer.
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E.
Heinrich Hoffmann
Heinrich Hoffmann was Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer and a prominent Nazi-era photographer and publisher whose studio employed Eva Braun.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
opera character ⓘ poet ⓘ protagonist ⓘ tenor role ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
ⓘ
surface form:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Les Contes d’Hoffmann ⓘ
surface form:
The Tales of Hoffmann
|
| appearsInAct |
Antonia act
ⓘ
Epilogue ⓘ Giulietta act ⓘ Olympia act ⓘ Prologue ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Nicklausse ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif | Muse of Poetry ⓘ |
| basedOn | E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
art versus love
ⓘ
destructive passion ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ |
| creator | Jacques Offenbach ⓘ |
| dramaticArc | from drunken despair to artistic revelation ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
disillusioned
ⓘ
inebriated ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
ⓘ
surface form:
Opéra-Comique, Paris
|
| firstPerformanceWork |
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
ⓘ
surface form:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
|
| firstPerformanceYear | 1881 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
Coppélius
ⓘ
Dapertutto ⓘ Dr. Miracle ⓘ Lindorf ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest |
Antonia
ⓘ
Julietta ⓘ
surface form:
Giulietta
Olympia ⓘ Stella ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | French ⓘ |
| librettistCreator | Jules Barbier ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
frame narrator
ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ |
| nationalityInOpera | German ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| operaGenre | French Romantic opera ⓘ |
| primaryAria |
Kleinzach ballad
ⓘ
O Dieu! si je pouvais ⓘ Ô Dieu! de quelle ivresse ⓘ |
| roleType |
romantic lead
ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ |
| settingOfStories | Nuremberg tavern ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | artist as suffering genius ⓘ |
| vocalType | tenor ⓘ |
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Subject: Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" Description of subject: Hoffmann in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" is the tormented poet-protagonist who recounts a series of tragic, fantastical love affairs in this French Romantic opera.
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