Doctor Faustus (opera)

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opera

Doctor Faustus (opera) is a 20th-century operatic adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s tragic play about the scholar who sells his soul to the devil.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Doctor Faustus	2
Doctor Faustus (opera) canonical	1
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1963323 — 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: Doctor Faustus (opera)
Context triple: [Doctor Faustus, hasAdaptation, Doctor Faustus (opera)]

A. Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
B. Faust, Part One
Faust, Part One is the first part of Goethe’s dramatic masterpiece that retells the Faust legend, exploring themes of ambition, desire, and the quest for meaning through a pact with the devil.
C. Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two is the second part of Goethe’s monumental dramatic poem that deepens and concludes the story of Faust through expansive philosophical, political, and metaphysical themes.
D. L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
E. 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.
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: Doctor Faustus (opera)
Target entity description: Doctor Faustus (opera) is a 20th-century operatic adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s tragic play about the scholar who sells his soul to the devil.

A. Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
B. Faust, Part One
Faust, Part One is the first part of Goethe’s dramatic masterpiece that retells the Faust legend, exploring themes of ambition, desire, and the quest for meaning through a pact with the devil.
C. Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two is the second part of Goethe’s monumental dramatic poem that deepens and concludes the story of Faust through expansive philosophical, political, and metaphysical themes.
D. L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera ⓘ
adaptationOf	Elizabethan stage play ⓘ
artForm	music theatre ⓘ
basedOn	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ surface form: Doctor Faustus (play) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ surface form: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
basedOnWorkAuthor	Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
centralConflict	bargain for knowledge and power ⓘ
centuryOfComposition	20th century ⓘ
containsMotif	bargain for a fixed term of years ⓘ clock striking final hour ⓘ good and evil angels ⓘ
culturalOrigin	Western classical music tradition ⓘ
endingTone	tragic ⓘ
featuresCharacterType	demon ⓘ scholar ⓘ
featuresSupernaturalElement	magic ⓘ summoning of demons ⓘ
hasAudience	opera-goers ⓘ
hasDramaticStructure	rise and fall of the protagonist ⓘ
hasGenre	tragedy ⓘ
hasProtagonistOccupation	scholar ⓘ
hasSourceCharacter	Evil Angel ⓘ Good Angel ⓘ Wagner (Faustus’s servant) ⓘ
hasSubject	Faust legend ⓘ
hasTheme	damnation ⓘ hubris ⓘ pact with the devil ⓘ soul-selling ⓘ temptation ⓘ
influencedBy	Marlovian blank verse dramaturgy ⓘ
inspiredBy	Christian morality tradition ⓘ
intendedMedium	stage performance ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryTradition	Faustian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Doctor Faustus (opera) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Doctor Faustus Méphistophélès ⓘ surface form: Mephistopheles
moralFocus	consequences of overreaching ambition ⓘ eternal damnation ⓘ
narrativeForm	through-composed ⓘ
narrativeOutcomeForProtagonist	damnation ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person dramatic ⓘ
protagonistMakesPactWith	the devil ⓘ
settingPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
settingPlace	Germany ⓘ
sourceWorkGenre	Elizabethan tragedy ⓘ
sourceWorkLanguage	Early Modern English ⓘ
sourceWorkMainAntagonist	Méphistophélès ⓘ surface form: Mephistopheles
sourceWorkTitleCharacter	Doctor Faustus ⓘ
workType	operatic adaptation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doctor Faustus → hasAdaptation → Doctor Faustus (opera) ⓘ

Faust legend → influencedWork → Doctor Faustus (opera) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe → notableWork → Doctor Faustus (opera) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus (opera) → mainCharacter → Doctor Faustus (opera) self-linksurface differs ⓘ