Tonio in La fille du régiment
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Tonio in La fille du régiment is the high-flying bel canto tenor role in Donizetti’s comic opera, famed for its string of demanding high Cs in the aria “Ah! mes amis.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tonio in La fille du régiment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8675005 — 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: Tonio in La fille du régiment Context triple: [Juan Diego Flórez, notableRole, Tonio in La fille du régiment]
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A.
Ruy Blas
Ruy Blas is a Romantic drama play by Victor Hugo that tells the tragic story of a noble-hearted servant who rises to power in the Spanish court through deception and unrequited love.
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B.
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire is a romantic historical novella by Booth Tarkington about a disguised French nobleman navigating love and honor in 18th-century English high society.
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C.
Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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D.
Julien
Julien is a given name of French origin commonly used for males in various Francophone and European countries.
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E.
Comte de Reynaud
Comte de Reynaud is a fictional, conservative French village mayor from the film "Chocolat," whose rigid moral stance is challenged by the arrival of a free-spirited chocolatier.
- 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: Tonio in La fille du régiment Target entity description: Tonio in La fille du régiment is the high-flying bel canto tenor role in Donizetti’s comic opera, famed for its string of demanding high Cs in the aria “Ah! mes amis.”
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A.
Ruy Blas
Ruy Blas is a Romantic drama play by Victor Hugo that tells the tragic story of a noble-hearted servant who rises to power in the Spanish court through deception and unrequited love.
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B.
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire is a romantic historical novella by Booth Tarkington about a disguised French nobleman navigating love and honor in 18th-century English high society.
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C.
Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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D.
Julien
Julien is a given name of French origin commonly used for males in various Francophone and European countries.
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E.
Comte de Reynaud
Comte de Reynaud is a fictional, conservative French village mayor from the film "Chocolat," whose rigid moral stance is challenged by the arrival of a free-spirited chocolatier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera character
ⓘ
tenor role ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La fille du régiment
ⓘ
linked to:
The Daughter of the Regiment
|
| associatedWith |
coloratura tenor singing
ⓘ
high C ⓘ |
| creator | Gaetano Donizetti ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | very demanding tenor role ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | drives central love story with Marie ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOpera | 1840 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Opéra-Comique, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Opéra-Comique
|
| loveInterest | Marie ⓘ |
| musicalCharacterization | heroic and lyrical ⓘ |
| musicalNumberType | caballeta with repeated high notes in "Ah! mes amis" ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | Tyrolean ⓘ |
| notableAria | Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! ⓘ |
| notableFeature | string of demanding high Cs in the aria "Ah! mes amis" ⓘ |
| operaAct | appears in Act I and Act II of La fille du régiment ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Gaetano Donizetti ⓘ |
| operaGenre | opéra comique ⓘ |
| operaLanguage | French ⓘ |
| operaLibrettists |
Jean-François Bayard
ⓘ
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | showcase role for star tenors ⓘ |
| relationshipToRegiment | becomes a soldier in Marie's regiment ⓘ |
| repertoireStatus | standard bel canto tenor role ⓘ |
| requires |
agility in bel canto style
ⓘ
comic acting skills ⓘ secure upper register ⓘ |
| roleType | romantic lead ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | bel canto ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Tonio in La fille du régiment Description of subject: Tonio in La fille du régiment is the high-flying bel canto tenor role in Donizetti’s comic opera, famed for its string of demanding high Cs in the aria “Ah! mes amis.”
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Juan Diego