Maria Ewing
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Maria Ewing was an acclaimed American opera singer and actress known for her intense dramatic presence and versatile mezzo-soprano and soprano roles on major international stages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maria Ewing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3647708 — 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: Maria Ewing Context triple: [Rebecca Hall, parent, Maria Ewing]
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A.
Elinor Junkin
Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
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B.
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler is a fictional trapeze artist and acrobat featured in the musical film "The Greatest Showman."
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C.
Mary Wheeler
Mary Wheeler is a sibling of the renowned American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
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D.
Elizabeth Hartnett
Elizabeth Hartnett is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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E.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Maria Ewing Target entity description: Maria Ewing was an acclaimed American opera singer and actress known for her intense dramatic presence and versatile mezzo-soprano and soprano roles on major international stages.
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A.
Elinor Junkin
Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
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B.
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler is a fictional trapeze artist and acrobat featured in the musical film "The Greatest Showman."
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C.
Mary Wheeler
Mary Wheeler is a sibling of the renowned American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
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D.
Elizabeth Hartnett
Elizabeth Hartnett is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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E.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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human ⓘ mezzo-soprano ⓘ opera singer ⓘ soprano ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| child | Rebecca Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-01-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground |
African-American descent
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Dutch descent ⓘ Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Ewing ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boundary-pushing stage interpretations
ⓘ
psychologically intense character portrayals ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| madeDebutAt |
Metropolitan Opera in 1976
ⓘ
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1978 ⓘ |
| name | Maria Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense dramatic presence on stage
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interpretations of Carmen ⓘ interpretations of Salome ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
opera singer ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Glyndebourne
ⓘ
surface form:
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
La Scala ⓘ Metropolitan Opera ⓘ Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ⓘ Salzburg Festival ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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| rolePerformed |
Carmen in Bizet's Carmen
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Cherubino ⓘ
surface form:
Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
opera "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell ⓘ
surface form:
Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte ⓘ Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ Poppea in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia ⓘ opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss ⓘ
surface form:
Salome in Strauss's Salome
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| spouse |
Sir Peter Hall
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surface form:
Peter Hall
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| vocalRange |
mezzo-soprano
ⓘ
soprano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Ewing Description of subject: Maria Ewing was an acclaimed American opera singer and actress known for her intense dramatic presence and versatile mezzo-soprano and soprano roles on major international stages.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.