Four Saints in Three Acts
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Four Saints in Three Acts is an avant-garde opera with a libretto by Gertrude Stein and music by Virgil Thomson, renowned for its experimental language, non-linear structure, and groundbreaking all-Black cast in its original 1934 production.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Four Saints in Three Acts canonical | 1 |
| Four Saints in Three Acts (libretto) | 1 |
| Four Saints in Three Acts (score) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Saints in Three Acts Context triple: [Gertrude Stein, notableWork, Four Saints in Three Acts]
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The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
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Three Priests
Three Priests are a group of clergymen in T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who comment on and react to the political and spiritual crisis surrounding Archbishop Thomas Becket.
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D.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
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Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
- 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: Four Saints in Three Acts Target entity description: Four Saints in Three Acts is an avant-garde opera with a libretto by Gertrude Stein and music by Virgil Thomson, renowned for its experimental language, non-linear structure, and groundbreaking all-Black cast in its original 1934 production.
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A.
The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
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B.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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C.
Three Priests
Three Priests are a group of clergymen in T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who comment on and react to the political and spiritual crisis surrounding Archbishop Thomas Becket.
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D.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
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E.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde opera
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opera ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
American modernism
ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ literary modernism ⓘ |
| character |
Commère
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Compère ⓘ Saint Ignatius of Loyola ⓘ
linked to:
Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Teresa of Ávila ⓘ
linked to:
Teresa of Ávila
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| composer | Virgil Thomson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstMajorRunCity | New York City ⓘ |
| firstMajorRunLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| firstMajorRunYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1934-02-07 ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental music theatre
ⓘ
modernist music ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| hasLibretto |
Four Saints in Three Acts (libretto)
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linked to:
Four Saints in Three Acts
|
| hasMusic |
Four Saints in Three Acts (score)
ⓘ
linked to:
Four Saints in Three Acts
|
| historicalSignificance |
landmark of American modernist opera
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one of the first operas with an all-Black cast presented to a major white audience in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Gertrude Stein ⓘ |
| librettoStyle | Gertrude Stein’s stream-of-consciousness writing ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
American vernacular influences
ⓘ
neoclassical elements ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration between Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson ⓘ |
| notableProductionFeature | all-Black cast in original 1934 production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer | Frederick Ashton ⓘ |
| originalDirector | John Houseman ⓘ |
| originalProductionDesigner | Florine Stettheimer ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Hartford, Connecticut
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linked to:
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
|
| premiereVenue |
Wadsworth Atheneum
ⓘ
linked to:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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| premiereYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| productionElement |
abstract sets
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minimal narrative emphasis ⓘ stylized staging ⓘ |
| structure | four acts ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
experimental language
ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ non-linear structure ⓘ repetitive text patterns ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | lives of saints ⓘ |
| theme |
mysticism
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playfulness with language ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
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