La grotta di Trofonio
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La grotta di Trofonio is an 18th-century comic opera by Antonio Salieri, known for its fantastical plot involving a magical cave that transforms the personalities of those who enter it.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La grotta di Trofonio canonical | 1 |
| The Cave of Trophonius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3108644 — 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: La grotta di Trofonio Context triple: [Antonio Salieri, notableWork, La grotta di Trofonio]
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A.
Caves of Hercules
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B.
Thebaid
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C.
Crates of Thebes
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D.
The Triumph of Pan
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E.
Les Écuries d’Augias
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- 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: La grotta di Trofonio Target entity description: La grotta di Trofonio is an 18th-century comic opera by Antonio Salieri, known for its fantastical plot involving a magical cave that transforms the personalities of those who enter it.
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A.
Caves of Hercules
The Caves of Hercules are a famous coastal grotto complex near Tangier, Morocco, known for their striking sea-carved openings and mythological association with the hero Hercules.
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B.
Thebaid
Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.
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C.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
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D.
The Triumph of Pan
The Triumph of Pan is a 17th-century mythological painting by Nicolas Poussin that depicts a bacchanalian celebration in honor of the god Pan, exemplifying the artist’s classical style and interest in ancient themes.
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E.
Les Écuries d’Augias
Les Écuries d’Augias is a poetic work by French writer and first Nobel laureate in Literature René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme, reflecting his characteristic philosophical and reflective style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic opera
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opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Trophonius ⓘ |
| centralMotif | magical cave ⓘ |
| character |
Aristone
ⓘ
Artemidoro ⓘ Dori ⓘ Ana Ofelia ⓘ
surface form:
Ofelia
Plistene ⓘ Trofonio ⓘ |
| composer | Antonio Salieri ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dramaticCategory | dramma giocoso ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Vienna ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre |
Burgtheater, Vienna
ⓘ
surface form:
Burgtheater
|
| genre | opera buffa ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoForm | verse ⓘ |
| hasOrchestration | classical orchestra ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
identity and personality change
ⓘ
love and misunderstanding ⓘ magic and illusion ⓘ |
| hasType | singspiel-like Italian opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 18th-century Viennese opera ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greco-Roman mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical mythology
|
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Giovanni Battista Casti ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic transformations of characters’ personalities
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early use of fantasy elements in opera buffa ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Vienna ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Antonio Salieri’s operatic output ⓘ |
| performancePractice | sung in Italian ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| plotFeature | cave that transforms personalities ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1785-10-12 ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1785 ⓘ |
| setting |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
|
| structure | two-act opera ⓘ |
| style |
comic
ⓘ
fantastical ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | 1780s ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
La grotta di Trofonio
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Cave of Trophonius
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| workOf | Antonio Salieri ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La grotta di Trofonio Description of subject: La grotta di Trofonio is an 18th-century comic opera by Antonio Salieri, known for its fantastical plot involving a magical cave that transforms the personalities of those who enter it.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Cave of Trophonius