Ariadne auf Naxos
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Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that uniquely combines elements of serious opera and light-hearted comedy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ariadne auf Naxos canonical | 2 |
| Ariadne in Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ariadne auf Naxos Context triple: [Hugo von Hofmannsthal, notableWork, Ariadne auf Naxos]
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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.
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Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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Gurre-Lieder
Gurre-Lieder is a massive late-Romantic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen and renowned for its lush orchestration and dramatic scale.
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The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is a celebrated opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that blends fairy-tale fantasy, Masonic symbolism, and memorable arias into one of the most frequently performed works in the operatic repertoire.
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Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
- 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: Ariadne auf Naxos Target entity description: Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that uniquely combines elements of serious opera and light-hearted comedy.
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A.
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.
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B.
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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C.
Gurre-Lieder
Gurre-Lieder is a massive late-Romantic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen and renowned for its lush orchestration and dramatic scale.
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D.
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is a celebrated opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that blends fairy-tale fantasy, Masonic symbolism, and memorable arias into one of the most frequently performed works in the operatic repertoire.
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E.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| actCount | 1 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ariadne on Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TrV 228 ⓘ |
| collaborationWith | Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
combines serious opera and light-hearted comedy
ⓘ
meta-theatrical plot about an opera performance ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceConductor | Hermann Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Adolph Fürstner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ opera within an opera ⓘ tragic opera ⓘ |
| hasPrologue | yes ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| librettist | Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettoBasedOn | Greek myth of Ariadne and Bacchus ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ariadne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bacchus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Composer NERFINISHED ⓘ Zerbinetta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Es gibt ein Reich
ⓘ
Großmächtige Prinzessin ⓘ Sein wir wieder gut ⓘ |
| orchestration | chamber orchestra ⓘ |
| originalVersion | incorporated a play by Molière ⓘ |
| partOf | Strauss–Hofmannsthal collaborations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century opera ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1912-10-25 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedVersion | removed the Molière play ⓘ |
| revisedVersionConductor | Franz Schalk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereDate | 1916-10-04 ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
the house of the richest man in Vienna
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the island of Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and one act ⓘ |
| style |
early modernist
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late Romantic ⓘ |
| theme |
contrast between high art and popular entertainment
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faithfulness and inconstancy in love ⓘ transformation through love ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
baritone
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mezzo-soprano ⓘ soprano ⓘ tenor ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Ariadne in Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos"