Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Italian librettist best known for writing the texts to several of Mozart’s greatest operas, including Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutte.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lorenzo Da Ponte canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11475630 — 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: Lorenzo Da Ponte Context triple: [Don Giovanni, librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte]
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A.
Pietro Metastasio
Pietro Metastasio was an 18th-century Italian poet and librettist renowned for his influential opera seria texts and lyrical, classical style.
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B.
Niccolò Jommelli
Niccolò Jommelli was an 18th-century Italian composer best known for his operas and sacred music, which played a significant role in the development of opera seria.
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C.
Francesco Storace
Francesco Storace is an Italian right-wing politician and journalist known for his long involvement in post-fascist and conservative parties, including serving as President of the Lazio region and as a national minister.
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D.
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer and influential court musician in Vienna, best known today for his operas and for teaching prominent composers such as Beethoven and Schubert.
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E.
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini was a renowned 19th-century Italian composer best known for his operas, including "The Barber of Seville" and "William Tell."
- 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: Lorenzo Da Ponte Target entity description: Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Italian librettist best known for writing the texts to several of Mozart’s greatest operas, including Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutte.
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A.
Pietro Metastasio
Pietro Metastasio was an 18th-century Italian poet and librettist renowned for his influential opera seria texts and lyrical, classical style.
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B.
Niccolò Jommelli
Niccolò Jommelli was an 18th-century Italian composer best known for his operas and sacred music, which played a significant role in the development of opera seria.
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C.
Francesco Storace
Francesco Storace is an Italian right-wing politician and journalist known for his long involvement in post-fascist and conservative parties, including serving as President of the Lazio region and as a national minister.
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D.
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer and influential court musician in Vienna, best known today for his operas and for teaching prominent composers such as Beethoven and Schubert.
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E.
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini was a renowned 19th-century Italian composer best known for his operas, including "The Barber of Seville" and "William Tell."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic priest
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librettist ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
London
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Emanuele Conegliano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calvary Cemetery, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austrian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Antonio Salieri
NERFINISHED
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Vicente Martín y Soler NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedToReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1749-03-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1838-08-17 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
London
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Italian opera company in New York ⓘ |
| fullName | Lorenzo Da Ponte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera libretto ⓘ |
| heldPosition | Catholic priest ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing libretti for Mozart’s major Italian operas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
libretto for Così fan tutte
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libretto for Don Giovanni ⓘ libretto for Le nozze di Figaro ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
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librettist ⓘ poet ⓘ professor of Italian literature ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ceneda
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| religion |
Judaism
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Columbia College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtSubject | Italian literature ⓘ |
| wroteLibrettoFor |
Così fan tutte
NERFINISHED
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Don Giovanni NERFINISHED ⓘ Il burbero di buon cuore NERFINISHED ⓘ L'arbore di Diana NERFINISHED ⓘ La grotta di Trofonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Le nozze di Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Una cosa rara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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