Doctor Faustus (opera)
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Doctor Faustus (opera) is a 20th-century operatic adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s tragic play about the scholar who sells his soul to the devil.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doctor Faustus | 2 |
| Doctor Faustus (opera) canonical | 1 |
| The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Doctor Faustus (opera) Context triple: [Doctor Faustus, hasAdaptation, Doctor Faustus (opera)]
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Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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Faust, Part One
Faust, Part One is the first part of Goethe’s dramatic masterpiece that retells the Faust legend, exploring themes of ambition, desire, and the quest for meaning through a pact with the devil.
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Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two is the second part of Goethe’s monumental dramatic poem that deepens and concludes the story of Faust through expansive philosophical, political, and metaphysical themes.
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L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
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Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by Robert Schumann that sets key episodes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust" to music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Faustus (opera) Target entity description: Doctor Faustus (opera) is a 20th-century operatic adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s tragic play about the scholar who sells his soul to the devil.
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A.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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B.
Faust, Part One
Faust, Part One is the first part of Goethe’s dramatic masterpiece that retells the Faust legend, exploring themes of ambition, desire, and the quest for meaning through a pact with the devil.
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C.
Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two is the second part of Goethe’s monumental dramatic poem that deepens and concludes the story of Faust through expansive philosophical, political, and metaphysical themes.
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D.
L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
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E.
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by Robert Schumann that sets key episodes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust" to music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Elizabethan stage play ⓘ |
| artForm | music theatre ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Doctor Faustus (play)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
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| basedOnWorkAuthor | Christopher Marlowe ⓘ |
| centralConflict | bargain for knowledge and power ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 20th century ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
bargain for a fixed term of years
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clock striking final hour ⓘ good and evil angels ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Western classical music tradition ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
demon
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| featuresSupernaturalElement |
magic
ⓘ
summoning of demons ⓘ |
| hasAudience | opera-goers ⓘ |
| hasDramaticStructure | rise and fall of the protagonist ⓘ |
| hasGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | scholar ⓘ |
| hasSourceCharacter |
Evil Angel
ⓘ
Good Angel ⓘ Wagner (Faustus’s servant) ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Faust legend ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
damnation
ⓘ
hubris ⓘ pact with the devil ⓘ soul-selling ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Marlovian blank verse dramaturgy ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Christian morality tradition ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | stage performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Faustian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Doctor Faustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Faustus (opera)
Mephistopheles ⓘ
linked to:
Méphistophélès
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| moralFocus |
consequences of overreaching ambition
ⓘ
eternal damnation ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcomeForProtagonist | damnation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person dramatic ⓘ |
| protagonistMakesPactWith | the devil ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Germany ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | Elizabethan tragedy ⓘ |
| sourceWorkLanguage | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| sourceWorkMainAntagonist |
Mephistopheles
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linked to:
Méphistophélès
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| sourceWorkTitleCharacter | Doctor Faustus ⓘ |
| workType | operatic adaptation ⓘ |
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Subject: Doctor Faustus (opera) Description of subject: Doctor Faustus (opera) is a 20th-century operatic adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s tragic play about the scholar who sells his soul to the devil.
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