Riccardo Drigo
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Riccardo Drigo was an Italian composer and conductor best known for his influential work on the music of 19th-century Russian ballet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Riccardo Drigo canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4361560 — 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: Riccardo Drigo Context triple: [Le Corsaire, hasOrchestrationContributor, Riccardo Drigo]
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A.
Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Taneyev was a Russian composer, pianist, and influential music theorist of the late Romantic era, renowned for his mastery of counterpoint and his role as a key mentor to many prominent Russian musicians.
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B.
Nikolai Rubinstein
Nikolai Rubinstein was a prominent 19th-century Russian pianist, conductor, and educator who co-founded and directed the Moscow Conservatory.
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C.
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian-born 20th-century conductor and composer renowned for his innovative orchestral works and influential international conducting career.
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D.
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin was a 19th-century Russian composer, chemist, and physician best known for his symphonies, the opera "Prince Igor," and his role in the nationalist group known as The Mighty Handful.
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E.
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov was a prominent Russian late-Romantic composer, conductor, and influential music educator who later became director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- 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: Riccardo Drigo Target entity description: Riccardo Drigo was an Italian composer and conductor best known for his influential work on the music of 19th-century Russian ballet.
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A.
Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Taneyev was a Russian composer, pianist, and influential music theorist of the late Romantic era, renowned for his mastery of counterpoint and his role as a key mentor to many prominent Russian musicians.
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B.
Nikolai Rubinstein
Nikolai Rubinstein was a prominent 19th-century Russian pianist, conductor, and educator who co-founded and directed the Moscow Conservatory.
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C.
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian-born 20th-century conductor and composer renowned for his innovative orchestral works and influential international conducting career.
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D.
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin was a 19th-century Russian composer, chemist, and physician best known for his symphonies, the opera "Prince Igor," and his role in the nationalist group known as The Mighty Handful.
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E.
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov was a prominent Russian late-Romantic composer, conductor, and influential music educator who later became director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet composer
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composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Alexander Gorsky
NERFINISHED
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Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ Marius Petipa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Theatres of St. Petersburg
NERFINISHED
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Mariinsky Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet music
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classical music ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ballet conductor
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orchestrator of ballet scores ⓘ |
| influenced | development of 19th-century Russian ballet music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian opera tradition
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Russian ballet tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Russian ⓘ |
| movement | Romantic music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composing original ballets for the Imperial Ballet
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conducting premieres of important Russian ballets ⓘ revising and orchestrating scores of earlier ballets ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ballet divertissements for "Swan Lake" (1895 revival)
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music for the ballet "La Forêt enchantée" ⓘ music for the ballet "Le Talisman" ⓘ music for the ballet "Les Millions d’Arlequin" (Harlequinade) ⓘ music for the ballet "The Enchanted Forest" ⓘ music for the ballet "The Magic Flute" (La Flûte magique) ⓘ music for the ballet "The Pearl" (La Perle) ⓘ revisions and additional numbers for "La Bayadère" ⓘ revisions and additional numbers for "Raymonda" ⓘ revisions and additional numbers for "The Sleeping Beauty" ⓘ various pas de deux and variations for classical ballets ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ music director ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of Italian musicians working in Russia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Kapellmeister of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg
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director of music of the Imperial Ballet ⓘ principal conductor of ballet performances at the Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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