The Nose (opera production)
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The Nose (opera production) is William Kentridge’s acclaimed, visually inventive staging of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, noted for its dynamic use of animation, collage, and multimedia stagecraft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Nose (opera production) canonical | 1 |
| The Nose (opera) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4793057 — 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: The Nose (opera production) Context triple: [William Kentridge, notableWork, The Nose (opera production)]
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A.
The Aspern Papers (opera)
The Aspern Papers (opera) is a contemporary opera adaptation of Henry James's novella, focusing on themes of obsession, secrecy, and the pursuit of artistic legacy.
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B.
Le Rêve (opera)
Le Rêve is an opera adaptation of Émile Zola’s novel of the same name, focusing on themes of innocence, faith, and tragic love.
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C.
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera)
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) is an operatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic short story, typically emphasizing its themes of psychological horror and decay through music and staging.
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D.
The Great Gatsby (opera)
The Great Gatsby (opera) is John Harbison’s operatic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, blending jazz-inflected music with 1920s American themes of wealth, love, and disillusionment.
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E.
Nana (opera by Manfred Gurlitt)
Nana (opera by Manfred Gurlitt) is a 1958 German opera by composer Manfred Gurlitt based on Émile Zola’s novel "Nana," exploring themes of decadence, sexuality, and social hypocrisy in late 19th-century Paris.
- 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 Nose (opera production) Target entity description: The Nose (opera production) is William Kentridge’s acclaimed, visually inventive staging of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, noted for its dynamic use of animation, collage, and multimedia stagecraft.
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A.
The Aspern Papers (opera)
The Aspern Papers (opera) is a contemporary opera adaptation of Henry James's novella, focusing on themes of obsession, secrecy, and the pursuit of artistic legacy.
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B.
Le Rêve (opera)
Le Rêve is an opera adaptation of Émile Zola’s novel of the same name, focusing on themes of innocence, faith, and tragic love.
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C.
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera)
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) is an operatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic short story, typically emphasizing its themes of psychological horror and decay through music and staging.
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D.
The Great Gatsby (opera)
The Great Gatsby (opera) is John Harbison’s operatic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, blending jazz-inflected music with 1920s American themes of wealth, love, and disillusionment.
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E.
Nana (opera by Manfred Gurlitt)
Nana (opera by Manfred Gurlitt) is a 1958 German opera by composer Manfred Gurlitt based on Émile Zola’s novel "Nana," exploring themes of decadence, sexuality, and social hypocrisy in late 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera production ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Nose (Nikolai Gogol short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Nose (Dmitri Shostakovich)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Nose (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfFirstMajorProduction | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerOfSourceWork | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstMajorProduction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
acclaimed
ⓘ
praised for integration of animation and live action ⓘ praised for visual inventiveness ⓘ |
| director | William Kentridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSeasonAtMet | 2009–2010 season ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century opera
ⓘ
satirical opera ⓘ |
| hasCo-Designer | Sabine Theunissen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComposerOfAdditionalMusic | Philip Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConductorInMetPremiere | Valery Gergiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCostumeDesigner | Greta Goiris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLightingDesigner | Urs Schönebaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrincipalSinger | Paulo Szot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProductionDesigner | William Kentridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
absurdity of authority
ⓘ
bureaucracy in Tsarist Russia ⓘ loss of identity ⓘ |
| languageOfSourceWork | Russian ⓘ |
| notedFor |
dynamic use of animation
ⓘ
multimedia stagecraft ⓘ use of collage ⓘ visually inventive staging ⓘ |
| performedAt |
English National Opera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Festival de Música de Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Festival d’Aix-en-Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera National de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Aix-en-Provence Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English National Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera National de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivalSeasonAtMet |
2013 season
ⓘ
2018 season ⓘ |
| roleOfPrincipalSinger | Kovalyov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stagingBy | William Kentridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
animation
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collage ⓘ multimedia ⓘ projection design ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Nose (opera production) Description of subject: The Nose (opera production) is William Kentridge’s acclaimed, visually inventive staging of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, noted for its dynamic use of animation, collage, and multimedia stagecraft.
Referenced by (2)
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The Nose (opera)