Lend Me a Tenor
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Lend Me a Tenor is a popular farcical stage comedy about an opera performance gone disastrously and hilariously wrong.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lend Me a Tenor canonical | 4 |
| Lend Me a Tenor (Broadway production) | 1 |
| Lend Me a Tenor (Broadway) | 1 |
| Lend Me a Tenor (musical) | 1 |
| Lend Me a Tenor (revival) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9471815 — 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: Lend Me a Tenor Context triple: [Jennifer Laura Thompson, notableWork, Lend Me a Tenor]
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A.
Tenor Madness
"Tenor Madness" is a landmark 1956 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, best known for its title track featuring the only recorded duet between Rollins and John Coltrane.
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B.
Torch Song
"Torch Song" is a 1953 American musical drama film starring Joan Crawford as a demanding Broadway star whose life and career are challenged by a blind pianist.
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C.
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice is the nickname of C. L. Franklin, a renowned American Baptist minister celebrated for his electrifying preaching style and influential recorded sermons.
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D.
Prima Donna
Prima Donna is an American rock band known for its glam-punk style and energetic live performances.
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E.
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical musical film dramatizing the life and career of famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, starring Mario Lanza.
- 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: Lend Me a Tenor Target entity description: Lend Me a Tenor is a popular farcical stage comedy about an opera performance gone disastrously and hilariously wrong.
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A.
Tenor Madness
"Tenor Madness" is a landmark 1956 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, best known for its title track featuring the only recorded duet between Rollins and John Coltrane.
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B.
Torch Song
"Torch Song" is a 1953 American musical drama film starring Joan Crawford as a demanding Broadway star whose life and career are challenged by a blind pianist.
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C.
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice is the nickname of C. L. Franklin, a renowned American Baptist minister celebrated for his electrifying preaching style and influential recorded sermons.
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D.
Prima Donna
Prima Donna is an American rock band known for its glam-punk style and energetic live performances.
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E.
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical musical film dramatizing the life and career of famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, starring Mario Lanza.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farce
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Lend Me a Tenor (2010 musical adaptation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lend Me a Tenor (2010 Broadway revival)
|
| alsoKnownAs | Opera Buffa (early working title, sometimes cited) ⓘ |
| author | Ken Ludwig ⓘ |
| awarded |
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (for Philip Bosco, Broadway production)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
|
| broadwayOpeningYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Ken Ludwig ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Theatre in London, West End
ⓘ
linked to:
London Theatreland
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Lend Me a Tenor (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lend Me a Tenor
|
| hasCharacter |
Bellhop
ⓘ
Diana ⓘ Julia ⓘ Maggie ⓘ Maria Merelli ⓘ Max ⓘ Saunders ⓘ Tito Merelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambition and insecurity in the performing arts
ⓘ
celebrity and fandom ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
ensemble cast roles
ⓘ
fast-paced door-slamming farce style ⓘ physical comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
ⓘ
linked to:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ |
| notableElement | use of a double Otello costume leading to mistaken identity ⓘ |
| notablePremiere |
Broadway production at the Royale Theatre, New York
ⓘ
West End production at the Globe Theatre, London ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A world-famous Italian tenor is scheduled to sing Otello in Cleveland, but a series of mishaps leads to mistaken identities and chaos backstage. ⓘ |
| productionType | stage comedy ⓘ |
| publisher | Samuel French ⓘ |
| setting | Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| structure | two-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mistaken identity
ⓘ
opera ⓘ romantic misunderstandings ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| typicalVenue |
amateur dramatic societies
ⓘ
community theatres ⓘ regional theatres ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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