The Mask of Orpheus
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The Mask of Orpheus is a landmark 20th-century opera by Harrison Birtwistle, renowned for its complex structure, mythic subject matter, and innovative musical language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mask of Orpheus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6398283 — 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: The Mask of Orpheus Context triple: [Harrison Birtwistle, notableWork, The Mask of Orpheus]
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A.
Orfeo
Orfeo is a classical music record label known for its high-quality recordings of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music.
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B.
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness is a critically acclaimed 1985 British television drama serial that blends political thriller and environmental conspiracy themes as it follows a detective investigating his daughter’s mysterious murder.
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C.
Orphée
Orphée is a 2016 studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, known for its atmospheric, minimalist classical soundscapes inspired by the Orpheus myth.
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D.
Suspiria de Profundis
Suspiria de Profundis is a collection of autobiographical and visionary prose writings by Thomas De Quincey, noted for its dreamlike style and exploration of memory, opium use, and the subconscious.
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E.
Eros Turannos
"Eros Turannos" is a renowned poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that explores the tragic, binding power of love through the story of a woman trapped in a doomed marriage.
- 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: The Mask of Orpheus Target entity description: The Mask of Orpheus is a landmark 20th-century opera by Harrison Birtwistle, renowned for its complex structure, mythic subject matter, and innovative musical language.
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A.
Orfeo
Orfeo is a classical music record label known for its high-quality recordings of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music.
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B.
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness is a critically acclaimed 1985 British television drama serial that blends political thriller and environmental conspiracy themes as it follows a detective investigating his daughter’s mysterious murder.
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C.
Orphée
Orphée is a 2016 studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, known for its atmospheric, minimalist classical soundscapes inspired by the Orpheus myth.
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D.
Suspiria de Profundis
Suspiria de Profundis is a collection of autobiographical and visionary prose writings by Thomas De Quincey, noted for its dreamlike style and exploration of memory, opium use, and the subconscious.
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E.
Eros Turannos
"Eros Turannos" is a renowned poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that explores the tragic, binding power of love through the story of a woman trapped in a doomed marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century opera
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opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | English National Opera ⓘ |
| composer | Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaturgy | non-linear retelling of the Orpheus myth ⓘ |
| duration | approximately three hours ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasAct |
Act I
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Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aristaeus
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Eurydice ⓘ Hades ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ |
| hasRecording | commercial audio recording ⓘ |
| hasVersion | concert excerpts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Peter Zinovieff ⓘ |
| movement | British modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multiple simultaneous narrative layers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex structure
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innovative musical language ⓘ mythic subject matter ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra with electronics ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| premiereVenue | English National Opera ⓘ |
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| reputation |
landmark work of late 20th-century opera
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one of Harrison Birtwistle's major stage works ⓘ |
| setting | mythic ancient Greece ⓘ |
| structure |
multi-layered time
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non-linear ⓘ |
| style | high modernist ⓘ |
| subject | Orpheus myth ⓘ |
| theme |
identity
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memory ⓘ myth and reality ⓘ time ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
complex rhythmic structures
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electronic elements ⓘ extended vocal techniques ⓘ large orchestra ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mask of Orpheus Description of subject: The Mask of Orpheus is a landmark 20th-century opera by Harrison Birtwistle, renowned for its complex structure, mythic subject matter, and innovative musical language.
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