Amastre

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Amastre is a character in George Frideric Handel’s opera "Serse," typically portrayed as a noblewoman disguised as a man and entangled in the opera’s central romantic and political intrigues.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amastre canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Handel character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Serse ⓘ
appearsInOperaBy George Frideric Handel ⓘ
associatedWith Arsamene ⓘ
Romilda ⓘ
Serse (character) ⓘ
linked to: Serse
composerOfWorkAppearedIn George Frideric Handel ⓘ
createdBy George Frideric Handel ⓘ
disguise man ⓘ
dramaticFunction drives political plot ⓘ
drives romantic plot ⓘ
entangledIn political intrigues ⓘ
romantic intrigues ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Serse ⓘ
firstAppearedIn Serse ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
mediumOfPerformance contralto ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
notableCharacteristic disguise ⓘ
emotional complexity ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
portrayedAs noblewoman ⓘ
roleType trouser role ⓘ
settingOfStory Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Persian Empires
workGenre opera seria ⓘ
workPremiereCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
workPremiereYear 1738 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serse → character → Amastre ⓘ
HWV 40 → hasCharacter → Amastre ⓘ
Il Xerse → hasCharacter → Amastre ⓘ