The Pearl Fishers
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The Pearl Fishers is an opera by Georges Bizet, best known for its exotic Ceylon setting and the famous tenor-baritone duet "Au fond du temple saint."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pearl Fishers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8163310 — 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: The Pearl Fishers Context triple: [Alfie Boe, performedIn, The Pearl Fishers]
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A.
Turandot
Turandot is Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, a grand and dramatic work set in mythical China that is renowned for its powerful arias and lavish orchestration.
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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 Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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D.
La Belle Hélène
La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.
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E.
Sadko
Sadko is a Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on a medieval Novgorod bylina about a gusli player and his fantastical adventures with the Sea Tsar.
- 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: The Pearl Fishers Target entity description: The Pearl Fishers is an opera by Georges Bizet, best known for its exotic Ceylon setting and the famous tenor-baritone duet "Au fond du temple saint."
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A.
Turandot
Turandot is Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, a grand and dramatic work set in mythical China that is renowned for its powerful arias and lavish orchestration.
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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 Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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D.
La Belle Hélène
La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.
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E.
Sadko
Sadko is a Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on a medieval Novgorod bylina about a gusli player and his fantastical adventures with the Sea Tsar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Bizet’s early opera ⓘ |
| character |
Léïla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nadir NERFINISHED ⓘ Nourabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Zurga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Georges Bizet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfPremiere | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1863-09-30 ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| hasFamousNumber |
tenor aria "Je crois entendre encore"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tenor-baritone duet "Au fond du temple saint" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Eugène Cormon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michel Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria | Je crois entendre encore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDuet | Au fond du temple saint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exotic Ceylon setting
ⓘ
famous tenor-baritone duet "Au fond du temple saint" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra and voices ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Les pêcheurs de perles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1863 ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Théâtre Lyrique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style | French Romantic opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
friendship
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | antiquity ⓘ |
| title | Les pêcheurs de perles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venueOfPremiere | Théâtre Lyrique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceTypeInCast |
baritone
ⓘ
bass ⓘ soprano ⓘ tenor ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1863 ⓘ |
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