opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas
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The opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas is a 19th-century French lyric opera, best known for its melodious arias and its romantic, sentimental adaptation of Goethe’s narrative.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas Context triple: [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, hasAdaptation, opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas]
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Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version) is the revised French grand opera adaptation of Goethe’s Faust that became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the 19th-century operatic repertoire.
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C.
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its exotic setting, complex vocal writing, and status as one of the last great works of French grand opera.
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opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.
- 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: opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas Target entity description: The opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas is a 19th-century French lyric opera, best known for its melodious arias and its romantic, sentimental adaptation of Goethe’s narrative.
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A.
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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B.
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version) is the revised French grand opera adaptation of Goethe’s Faust that became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the 19th-century operatic repertoire.
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C.
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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D.
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its exotic setting, complex vocal writing, and status as one of the last great works of French grand opera.
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E.
opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 3 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | one of Ambroise Thomas’s most successful operas ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 19th century ⓘ |
| composer | Ambroise Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Heugel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric opera
ⓘ
opéra comique ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Jules Barbier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michel Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lotharioVoiceType | bass ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Connais-tu le pays ?
ⓘ
Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve ⓘ Je suis Titania la blonde ⓘ Légende ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
melodious arias
ⓘ
romantic and sentimental adaptation of Goethe’s narrative ⓘ |
| originalTheatre | Salle Favart (Opéra-Comique) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalVersionType | opéra comique with spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often performed in Italian translation in the 19th century ⓘ |
| philineVoiceType | coloratura soprano ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1866-11-17 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Opéra-Comique, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalCharacter |
Frédéric
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laërte NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothario NERFINISHED ⓘ Mignon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philine NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Meister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalVoiceType | mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereDate | 1870-01-01 ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremierePlace | Opéra-Comique, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedVersionType | grand opera with recitatives ⓘ |
| settingCountries |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| subject | the story of the waif Mignon and her discovery of her true identity ⓘ |
| successPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| wilhelmVoiceType | tenor ⓘ |
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Subject: opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas Description of subject: The opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas is a 19th-century French lyric opera, best known for its melodious arias and its romantic, sentimental adaptation of Goethe’s narrative.
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