Act III of "Tosca"
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Act III of "Tosca" is the opera’s final act, set at dawn atop Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo, culminating in the tragic deaths of Cavaradossi and Tosca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Act III of "Tosca" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8994574 — 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: Act III of "Tosca" Context triple: [Cavaradossi, sceneOfDeath, Act III of "Tosca"]
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Tosca
Tosca is a feminine given name of Italian origin, best known today through its association with Giacomo Puccini’s opera and various contemporary bearers.
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Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca"
Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate and tragic Roman opera singer heroine whose story of love, jealousy, and sacrifice unfolds against a backdrop of political intrigue in early 19th-century Rome.
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"Nessun dorma"
"Nessun dorma" is a famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, renowned for its powerful climax and association with Luciano Pavarotti and major sporting events.
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Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate idealist painter and lover of Tosca whose defiance of tyranny drives much of the opera’s dramatic and tragic action.
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Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" is the tragic title heroine of Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera, a celebrated 18th-century French actress whose doomed love affair and dramatic death drive the work’s emotional core.
- 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: Act III of "Tosca" Target entity description: Act III of "Tosca" is the opera’s final act, set at dawn atop Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo, culminating in the tragic deaths of Cavaradossi and Tosca.
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A.
Tosca
Tosca is a feminine given name of Italian origin, best known today through its association with Giacomo Puccini’s opera and various contemporary bearers.
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B.
Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca"
Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate and tragic Roman opera singer heroine whose story of love, jealousy, and sacrifice unfolds against a backdrop of political intrigue in early 19th-century Rome.
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C.
"Nessun dorma"
"Nessun dorma" is a famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, renowned for its powerful climax and association with Luciano Pavarotti and major sporting events.
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D.
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate idealist painter and lover of Tosca whose defiance of tyranny drives much of the opera’s dramatic and tragic action.
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E.
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" is the tragic title heroine of Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera, a celebrated 18th-century French actress whose doomed love affair and dramatic death drive the work’s emotional core.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera act ⓘ |
| actNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| ariaSinger | Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CavaradossiDeathMethod | firing squad ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesWork | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEvent |
Cavaradossi writes a farewell letter
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Tosca is pursued by authorities ⓘ Tosca learns the execution will be real NERFINISHED ⓘ mock-execution plan is revealed as a deception ⓘ |
| dramaticClimax |
execution of Cavaradossi
ⓘ
suicide of Tosca ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Baron Scarpia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Floria Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ Jailer ⓘ Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd boy ⓘ |
| finalActOf | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Act II of Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | verismo opera ⓘ |
| includesAria | E lucevan le stelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesDuet | Tosca and Cavaradossi farewell duet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Giuseppe Giacosa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luigi Illica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
dramatic orchestral writing
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lyrical tenor aria ⓘ use of church bells at dawn ⓘ |
| opensWith | shepherd boy’s offstage song ⓘ |
| partOf | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereWorkDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| premiereWorkPlace | Teatro Costanzi, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ScarpiaStatus | already dead before the act begins ⓘ |
| settingCity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingHistoricalPeriod | Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Castel Sant’Angelo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimeOfDay | dawn ⓘ |
| settingYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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despair ⓘ love ⓘ political oppression ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| ToscaDeathMethod | jump from the battlements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Act III of "Tosca" Description of subject: Act III of "Tosca" is the opera’s final act, set at dawn atop Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo, culminating in the tragic deaths of Cavaradossi and Tosca.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Cavaradossi