Into the Little Hill
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Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Into the Little Hill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Into the Little Hill Context triple: [George Benjamin, notableWork, Into the Little Hill]
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A.
Under the Hill
Under the Hill is an unfinished, erotically charged prose fantasy by Aubrey Beardsley, loosely based on the legend of Tannhäuser and noted for its decadent, highly ornamental style.
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B.
The Wayside
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the former home of authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.
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C.
The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
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D.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 British romantic comedy film set in World War I–era Wales, following two English cartographers whose measurement of a local hill sparks a village’s determined effort to have it recognized as a mountain.
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E.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
- 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: Into the Little Hill Target entity description: Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
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A.
Under the Hill
Under the Hill is an unfinished, erotically charged prose fantasy by Aubrey Beardsley, loosely based on the legend of Tannhäuser and noted for its decadent, highly ornamental style.
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B.
The Wayside
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the former home of authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.
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C.
The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
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D.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 British romantic comedy film set in World War I–era Wales, following two English cartographers whose measurement of a local hill sparks a village’s determined effort to have it recognized as a mountain.
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E.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | chamber opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pied Piper of Hamelin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Brothers Grimm tradition ⓘ |
| characters |
The Crowd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Minister ⓘ The Minister’s Wife NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Ensemble Modern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Festival d’Automne à Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Opéra National de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| features |
extended instrumental techniques
ⓘ
unusual instrumental colors ⓘ |
| firstRecordingConductor | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingEnsemble | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingLabel | Nimbus Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Written on Skin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoForm | sung narrative shared between two singers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Martin Crimp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettoStyle |
elliptical
ⓘ
poetic ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | non-naturalistic ⓘ |
| notableProduction | Festival d’Automne à Paris 2006 production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestration | chamber ensemble ⓘ |
| partOf | George Benjamin’s stage works ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2006-11-22 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Opéra Bastille Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two-act opera ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ politics ⓘ state power ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
contralto
ⓘ
soprano ⓘ two female singers ⓘ |
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Subject: Into the Little Hill Description of subject: Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
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