Les vêpres siciliennes
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Les vêpres siciliennes is a grand opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1855 and set against the backdrop of the 13th-century Sicilian revolt against French rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les vêpres siciliennes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6288446 — 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: Les vêpres siciliennes Context triple: [Giuseppe Verdi, notableWork, Les vêpres siciliennes]
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Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre
Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre is a literary work by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that reflects his characteristic blend of historical subject matter and psychologically nuanced prose.
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B.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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C.
Martyrs of Otranto
The Martyrs of Otranto are a group of 813 Italian Catholics executed by Ottoman forces in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam, later canonized by the Catholic Church.
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D.
The Lady of Lyons
The Lady of Lyons is a popular 1838 romantic melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, centered on love, pride, and social class in post-Napoleonic France.
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E.
The Anarchy
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- 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: Les vêpres siciliennes Target entity description: Les vêpres siciliennes is a grand opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1855 and set against the backdrop of the 13th-century Sicilian revolt against French rule.
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A.
Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre
Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre is a literary work by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that reflects his characteristic blend of historical subject matter and psychologically nuanced prose.
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B.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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C.
Martyrs of Otranto
The Martyrs of Otranto are a group of 813 Italian Catholics executed by Ottoman forces in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam, later canonized by the Catholic Church.
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D.
The Lady of Lyons
The Lady of Lyons is a popular 1838 romantic melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, centered on love, pride, and social class in post-Napoleonic France.
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E.
The Anarchy
The Anarchy was a mid-12th-century civil war in England and Normandy, marked by a succession crisis and widespread lawlessness during the reign of King Stephen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | grand opera ⓘ |
| balletRequirement | Paris grand opera convention ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sicilian Vespers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | none (Verdi operas are not usually numbered) ⓘ |
| cityOfPremiere | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paris Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| countryOfPremiere | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1855-06-13 ⓘ |
| genre |
French grand opera
ⓘ
historical opera ⓘ |
| hasBallet | yes ⓘ |
| hasItalianVersionTitle | I vespri siciliani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOverture | yes ⓘ |
| hasVersion | I vespri siciliani (Italian version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | Sicilian revolt against French rule ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Charles Duveyrier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eugène Scribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
national liberation
ⓘ
political oppression ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | mid-Romantic opera ⓘ |
| notableFor | first original opera Verdi wrote for the Paris Opéra ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Parisian opera public ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage work ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Verdi operas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1850s ⓘ |
| premiereCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereLanguage | French ⓘ |
| premiereType | world premiere ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingYear | 1282 ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
| subject | Sicilian Vespers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreOfPremiere | Paris Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | reign of Charles I of Anjou ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Sicilian Vespers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1855 ⓘ |
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Subject: Les vêpres siciliennes Description of subject: Les vêpres siciliennes is a grand opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1855 and set against the backdrop of the 13th-century Sicilian revolt against French rule.
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