The Threepenny Opera
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The Threepenny Opera is a 1928 German musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirically blends jazz-influenced music with a dark, socially critical reimagining of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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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 Threepenny Opera Context triple: [The Beggar's Opera, hasAdaptation, The Threepenny Opera]
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A.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera is an 18th-century ballad opera by John Gay that satirizes politics and high society through the lives of thieves and prostitutes in London.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
West End Blues
"West End Blues" is a landmark 1928 jazz recording renowned for Louis Armstrong's virtuosic trumpet intro and its pivotal role in the development of solo improvisation in jazz.
- 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: The Threepenny Opera Target entity description: The Threepenny Opera is a 1928 German musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirically blends jazz-influenced music with a dark, socially critical reimagining of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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A.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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C.
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera is an 18th-century ballad opera by John Gay that satirizes politics and high society through the lives of thieves and prostitutes in London.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
West End Blues
"West End Blues" is a landmark 1928 jazz recording renowned for Louis Armstrong's virtuosic trumpet intro and its pivotal role in the development of solo improvisation in jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adaptation
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musical theatre work ⓘ play ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Beggar's Opera
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surface form:
The Beggar’s Opera
|
| basedOnWorkBy | John Gay ⓘ |
| composer | Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator |
Bertolt Brecht
ⓘ
Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1928-08-31 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedIn | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| genre |
epic theatre
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musical theatre ⓘ political theatre ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Threepenny Opera
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (film, 1931)
The Threepenny Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (film, 1963)
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| hasEnglishTranslation |
The Threepenny Opera
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (English version by Marc Blitzstein)
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| hasPart |
Ballad of Sexual Dependency
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The Threepenny Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mack the Knife
Pirate Jenny ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
The Beggar's Opera
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surface form:
The Beggar’s Opera
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jenny Diver
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Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum ⓘ Macheath ⓘ Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| movement | Weimar culture ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
cabaret
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jazz ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
jazz-influenced score
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social criticism of capitalism ⓘ use of songs as commentary ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
Berlin
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Theater am Schiffbauerdamm ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| theatricalStyle | epic theatre ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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crime and respectability ⓘ hypocrisy of bourgeois society ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Victorian era ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage |
The Threepenny Opera
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Die Dreigroschenoper
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| workPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Threepenny Opera Description of subject: The Threepenny Opera is a 1928 German musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirically blends jazz-influenced music with a dark, socially critical reimagining of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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this entity surface form:
Mack the Knife
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Mack the Knife
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Die Dreigroschenoper
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The Threepenny Opera (film, 1931)
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The Threepenny Opera (film, 1963)
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The Threepenny Opera (English version by Marc Blitzstein)
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The Threepenny Opera (productions)
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Act II of The Threepenny Opera
this entity surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)
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The Threepenny Opera (1954 Off-Broadway production)
this entity surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (various stage revivals)
this entity surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (revival)
this entity surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (stage performance)