Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
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Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette is a French opera in five acts by Charles Gounod, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy of star-crossed lovers and renowned for its lyrical romanticism and expressive vocal writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416944 — 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: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Context triple: [Salle Le Peletier, hostedPremiereOf, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette]
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A.
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
"Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture" is a symphonic work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that dramatically interprets Shakespeare’s tragic love story through richly romantic and thematic orchestral writing.
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B.
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne is a series of portraits by Vincent van Gogh depicting a woman from Arles, emblematic of his bold color and expressive style during his time in southern France.
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C.
La Traviata
La Traviata is a renowned three-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi, celebrated for its tragic love story and demanding soprano role of Violetta.
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D.
La Bohème
La Bohème is a 1926 silent romantic drama film directed by King Vidor, adapted from Henri Murger’s "Scènes de la vie de bohème" and best known for its tragic love story set among struggling artists in Paris.
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E.
La Bohème
La Bohème is a renowned Italian opera in four acts that poignantly portrays the lives and loves of struggling artists in 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: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Target entity description: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette is a French opera in five acts by Charles Gounod, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy of star-crossed lovers and renowned for its lyrical romanticism and expressive vocal writing.
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A.
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
"Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture" is a symphonic work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that dramatically interprets Shakespeare’s tragic love story through richly romantic and thematic orchestral writing.
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B.
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne is a series of portraits by Vincent van Gogh depicting a woman from Arles, emblematic of his bold color and expressive style during his time in southern France.
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C.
La Traviata
La Traviata is a renowned three-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi, celebrated for its tragic love story and demanding soprano role of Violetta.
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D.
La Bohème
La Bohème is a 1926 silent romantic drama film directed by King Vidor, adapted from Henri Murger’s "Scènes de la vie de bohème" and best known for its tragic love story set among struggling artists in Paris.
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E.
La Bohème
La Bohème is a renowned Italian opera in four acts that poignantly portrays the lives and loves of struggling artists in 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Capulet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frère Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ Juliette NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercutio NERFINISHED ⓘ Roméo NERFINISHED ⓘ Stéphano NERFINISHED ⓘ Tybalt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Charles Gounod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| era | French Second Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceEvent | Exposition Universelle of 1867 in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | lyric opera ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Jules Barbier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michel Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria | Je veux vivre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDuet |
Nuit d’hyménée
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
O nuit divine ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive vocal writing
ⓘ
lyrical romanticism ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| operaNumberInComposerOutput | one of Gounod’s most frequently performed operas ⓘ |
| orchestration | full Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1867-04-27 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Théâtre Lyrique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameComposer | Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| theme |
family feud
ⓘ
fate ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Renaissance ⓘ |
| typicalVoiceTypeForRole |
Frère Laurent – bass
ⓘ
Juliette – soprano ⓘ Mercutio – baritone NERFINISHED ⓘ Roméo – tenor ⓘ Tybalt – tenor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
children’s chorus
ⓘ
chorus ⓘ soloists ⓘ |
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