Iolanta
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Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iolanta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4804953 — 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: Iolanta Context triple: [Anna Netrebko, notableWork, Iolanta]
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A.
Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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B.
Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
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C.
Ondine
Ondine is a character from the "Tar Baby" narrative, often associated with themes of entrapment and trickery rooted in African American folklore.
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D.
Ondine
Ondine was a prominent American actor and Warhol superstar known for his eccentric performances in Andy Warhol’s underground films of the 1960s.
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E.
Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the story of a mysterious knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat drawn by a swan to defend a falsely accused maiden.
- 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: Iolanta Target entity description: Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
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A.
Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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B.
Ondine
Ondine is a character from the "Tar Baby" narrative, often associated with themes of entrapment and trickery rooted in African American folklore.
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C.
Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
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D.
Ondine
Ondine was a prominent American actor and Warhol superstar known for his eccentric performances in Andy Warhol’s underground films of the 1960s.
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E.
Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the story of a mysterious knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat drawn by a swan to defend a falsely accused maiden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric opera
ⓘ
one-act opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| actsAsCompanionPieceTo | The Nutcracker ⓘ |
| basedOn | King René’s Daughter ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Henrik Hertz ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Tchaikovsky’s last opera ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TH 67 ⓘ |
| characterType | blind princess ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Imperial Theatres of Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Theatres of Saint Petersburg
|
| composer | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1891–1892 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | P. Jurgenson ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late-Romantic Russian opera ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| librettist | Modest Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| librettoAdaptation | free adaptation of Henrik Hertz’s play ⓘ |
| librettoSourceLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Count Vaudémont
ⓘ
Ibn-Hakia ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn al-Qariḥ
King René ⓘ
linked to:
René le Bon
Princess Iolanta ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | lyrical, through-composed ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Ibn-Hakia (baritone)
ⓘ
Iolanta (soprano) ⓘ King René (bass) ⓘ Vaudémont (tenor) ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 69 ⓘ |
| orchestration | romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Иоланта
ⓘ
linked to:
Princess Iolanta
|
| pairedWithAtPremiere | The Nutcracker ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A blind princess, unaware of her blindness, discovers sight and love through the intervention of a foreign knight and a physician-philosopher. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1892-12-18 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Mariinsky Theatre
|
| settingPeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Provence ⓘ |
| structure | continuous one-act opera without breaks ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
blindness and spiritual awakening
ⓘ
royal family drama ⓘ |
| theme |
discovery of sight
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faith and healing ⓘ transformative power of love ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
mixed chorus
ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (2)
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