opera "A Life for the Tsar"
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"A Life for the Tsar" is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| opera "A Life for the Tsar" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060724 — 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: opera "A Life for the Tsar" Context triple: [Mikhail Glinka, composed, opera "A Life for the Tsar"]
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A.
opera "Eugene Onegin"
"Eugene Onegin" is a lyric opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse and renowned as one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire.
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B.
opera "From the House of the Dead"
"From the House of the Dead" is an opera by Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, that portrays the harsh lives and inner worlds of prisoners in a Siberian labor camp.
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C.
opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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D.
opera "The Invention of Morel"
The opera "The Invention of Morel" is a contemporary stage work based on Adolfo Bioy Casares’s science-fiction novel about obsession and immortality, featuring a score by composer and rock drummer Stewart Copeland.
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E.
opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
The opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is a five-act fairy-tale opera by Mikhail Glinka, based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name and considered a landmark work in Russian classical music.
- 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: opera "A Life for the Tsar" Target entity description: "A Life for the Tsar" is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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A.
opera "Eugene Onegin"
"Eugene Onegin" is a lyric opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse and renowned as one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire.
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B.
opera "From the House of the Dead"
"From the House of the Dead" is an opera by Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, that portrays the harsh lives and inner worlds of prisoners in a Siberian labor camp.
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C.
opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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D.
opera "The Invention of Morel"
The opera "The Invention of Morel" is a contemporary stage work based on Adolfo Bioy Casares’s science-fiction novel about obsession and immortality, featuring a score by composer and rock drummer Stewart Copeland.
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E.
opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
The opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is a five-act fairy-tale opera by Mikhail Glinka, based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name and considered a landmark work in Russian classical music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ivan Susanin
ⓘ
Zhizn za tsarya ⓘ
linked to:
A Life for the Tsar
Жизнь за царя ⓘ
linked to:
A Life for the Tsar
|
| basedOn | legend of Ivan Susanin ⓘ |
| composer | Mikhail Glinka ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicholas I of Russia
|
| firstPublisher | Bote & Bock ⓘ |
| genre |
national opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasOrchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arias
ⓘ
choruses ⓘ ensembles ⓘ overture ⓘ |
| hasVocalForces |
boys’ chorus
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ soloists ⓘ |
| influenced | Russian opera tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French grand opera
ⓘ
Italian opera ⓘ |
| librettist |
Mikhail Glinka
ⓘ
Nestor Kukolnik ⓘ Vasily Zhukovsky ⓘ Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ivan Susanin ⓘ |
| movement | Russian national school ⓘ |
| notableAria | “Slavsya” chorus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Russian folk style into opera
ⓘ
patriotic subject matter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| premiereCity |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
|
| premiereCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1836-12-09 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| regardedAs | first great Russian national opera ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Russia ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 17th century ⓘ |
| structure | four acts ⓘ |
| subject |
defense of the tsar
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| usesElement |
Russian folk melodies
ⓘ
patriotic choruses ⓘ |
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Subject: opera "A Life for the Tsar" Description of subject: "A Life for the Tsar" is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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