A Life for the Tsar
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A Life for the Tsar is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Life for the Tsar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060700 — 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: A Life for the Tsar Context triple: [Mikhail Glinka, notableWork, A Life for the Tsar]
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A.
The Czar’s Madman
The Czar’s Madman is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that explores power, conscience, and resistance through the story of a nobleman who defies the Russian tsar.
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B.
The Career of a Tsarist Officer
"The Career of a Tsarist Officer" is a memoir by Russian general Anton Denikin recounting his experiences and perspectives as an officer in the late Imperial Russian Army and during the revolutionary era.
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C.
Emperor of All the Russias
Emperor of All the Russias was the formal title of the autocratic monarch who ruled the Russian Empire until the monarchy’s abolition in 1917.
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D.
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is an unfinished historical opera by Modest Mussorgsky that portrays the political and religious turmoil in late 17th-century Russia.
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E.
The White Guard
The White Guard is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that portrays the turmoil of the Russian Civil War through the experiences of an intellectual family in Kiev.
- 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: A Life for the Tsar Target entity description: A Life for the Tsar is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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A.
The Czar’s Madman
The Czar’s Madman is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that explores power, conscience, and resistance through the story of a nobleman who defies the Russian tsar.
-
B.
The Career of a Tsarist Officer
"The Career of a Tsarist Officer" is a memoir by Russian general Anton Denikin recounting his experiences and perspectives as an officer in the late Imperial Russian Army and during the revolutionary era.
-
C.
Emperor of All the Russias
Emperor of All the Russias was the formal title of the autocratic monarch who ruled the Russian Empire until the monarchy’s abolition in 1917.
-
D.
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is an unfinished historical opera by Modest Mussorgsky that portrays the political and religious turmoil in late 17th-century Russia.
-
E.
The White Guard
The White Guard is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that portrays the turmoil of the Russian Civil War through the experiences of an intellectual family in Kiev.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century opera
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Russian opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ivan Susanin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Жизнь за царя NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Ivan Susanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mikhail Glinka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Polish dances
ⓘ
Russian folk-style melodies ⓘ patriotic choruses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1836-11-27 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Tsar Nicholas I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraOfComposition | 1830s ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceBy | Imperial Theatres of Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
national opera
ⓘ
romantic opera ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Modest Mussorgsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
final chorus glorifying the tsar
ⓘ
overture ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Russian opera ⓘ |
| librettist |
Mikhail Glinka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nestor Kukolnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Zhukovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ivan Susanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Russian national school ⓘ |
| notableAria | Susanin’s monologues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Russian folk elements into opera
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strong patriotic and monarchist themes ⓘ |
| notableNumber | chorus "Slavsya" (Glory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere | Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredIn |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardedAs | first great Russian national opera ⓘ |
| setting |
Time of Troubles
NERFINISHED
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early 17th-century Russia ⓘ |
| structure | 4 acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
defense of the Russian state
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patriotism ⓘ self-sacrifice for the tsar ⓘ |
| timeRequired | approximately 3 hours ⓘ |
| titleInRussian | «Жизнь за царя» NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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