Iolanta
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Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iolanta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4804953 — 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: Iolanta Context triple: [Anna Netrebko, notableWork, Iolanta]
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Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
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C.
Ondine
Ondine is a character from the "Tar Baby" narrative, often associated with themes of entrapment and trickery rooted in African American folklore.
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D.
Ondine
Ondine was a prominent American actor and Warhol superstar known for his eccentric performances in Andy Warhol’s underground films of the 1960s.
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E.
Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the story of a mysterious knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat drawn by a swan to defend a falsely accused maiden.
- 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: Iolanta Target entity description: Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
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A.
Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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B.
Ondine
Ondine is a character from the "Tar Baby" narrative, often associated with themes of entrapment and trickery rooted in African American folklore.
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C.
Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
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D.
Ondine
Ondine was a prominent American actor and Warhol superstar known for his eccentric performances in Andy Warhol’s underground films of the 1960s.
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E.
Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the story of a mysterious knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat drawn by a swan to defend a falsely accused maiden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric opera
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one-act opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| actsAsCompanionPieceTo | The Nutcracker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | King René’s Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Henrik Hertz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Tchaikovsky’s last opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TH 67 ⓘ |
| characterType | blind princess ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Imperial Theatres of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1891–1892 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | P. Jurgenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late-Romantic Russian opera ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| librettist | Modest Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettoAdaptation | free adaptation of Henrik Hertz’s play ⓘ |
| librettoSourceLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Count Vaudémont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ibn-Hakia NERFINISHED ⓘ King René NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Iolanta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | lyrical, through-composed ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Ibn-Hakia (baritone)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iolanta (soprano) NERFINISHED ⓘ King René (bass) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaudémont (tenor) ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 69 ⓘ |
| orchestration | romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Иоланта NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWithAtPremiere | The Nutcracker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A blind princess, unaware of her blindness, discovers sight and love through the intervention of a foreign knight and a physician-philosopher. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1892-12-18 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | continuous one-act opera without breaks ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
blindness and spiritual awakening
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royal family drama ⓘ |
| theme |
discovery of sight
ⓘ
faith and healing ⓘ transformative power of love ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
mixed chorus
ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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