La Belle Hélène
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La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Belle Hélène canonical | 7 |
| La Belle Hélène (English adaptation) | 1 |
| La belle Hélène | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8107584 — 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: La Belle Hélène Context triple: [Ludovic Halévy, notableWork, La Belle Hélène]
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A.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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B.
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne is a series of portraits by Vincent van Gogh depicting a woman from Arles, emblematic of his bold color and expressive style during his time in southern France.
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C.
L’Aurore
L’Aurore was a prominent French newspaper best known for publishing Émile Zola’s open letter “J’Accuse…!” during the Dreyfus Affair.
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D.
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin)
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting Augustine Roulin, the wife of his friend Joseph Roulin, as a maternal figure in a rocking-chair, emblematic of his Arles period portraiture.
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E.
L'Oiseau bleu
L'Oiseau bleu is a notable Cubist painting by French artist Jean Metzinger, exemplifying his innovative approach to form, color, and fragmented perspective.
- 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: La Belle Hélène Target entity description: La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.
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A.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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B.
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne is a series of portraits by Vincent van Gogh depicting a woman from Arles, emblematic of his bold color and expressive style during his time in southern France.
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C.
L’Aurore
L’Aurore was a prominent French newspaper best known for publishing Émile Zola’s open letter “J’Accuse…!” during the Dreyfus Affair.
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D.
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin)
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting Augustine Roulin, the wife of his friend Joseph Roulin, as a maternal figure in a rocking-chair, emblematic of his Arles period portraiture.
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E.
L'Oiseau bleu
L'Oiseau bleu is a notable Cubist painting by French artist Jean Metzinger, exemplifying his innovative approach to form, color, and fragmented perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic opera
ⓘ
operetta ⓘ |
| basedOn |
myth of Helen of Troy
ⓘ
story of Paris and Helen ⓘ |
| composer | Jacques Offenbach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1864-12-17 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Choudens ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
operetta ⓘ opéra bouffe ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Achille
ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ Ajax I ⓘ Ajax II ⓘ Bacchis ⓘ Calchas, high priest ⓘ
linked to:
Calchas
Hélène, queen of Sparta ⓘ
linked to:
Queen of Sparta
Léoena ⓘ Ménélas, king of Sparta ⓘ Oreste, son of Agamemnon ⓘ
linked to:
Orestes
Paris, son of Priam ⓘ
linked to:
Trojan prince Paris
Parthoenis ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
fate and prophecy ⓘ satire of classical mythology ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Henri Meilhac
ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Calchas
ⓘ
Hélène ⓘ
linked to:
Helene
Ménélas ⓘ
linked to:
Menelaus
Oreste ⓘ
linked to:
Orestes
Paris ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Sparta
ⓘ
Troy ⓘ |
| notableAria | "Au mont Ida, trois déesses" ⓘ |
| notableNumber | "Je suis belle, je suis belle" ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | standard operetta repertoire ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Théâtre des Variétés ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Second French Empire society
ⓘ
contemporary morals of 19th-century France ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mythological ancient Greece ⓘ |
| structure | three-act opéra bouffe ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 1864 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: La Belle Hélène Description of subject: La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.
Referenced by (9)
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