The Consul
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The Consul is a 1950 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti that powerfully portrays the struggles of individuals trapped in a repressive bureaucracy while seeking political asylum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Consul canonical | 3 |
| the Consul | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10072762 — 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 Consul Context triple: [Gian Carlo Menotti, notableWork, The Consul]
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A.
Le Romain
Le Romain is the nickname of Pierre Mignard, a prominent 17th-century French painter celebrated for his portraits and religious works.
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B.
Il rogo della Repubblica
Il rogo della Repubblica is a historical novel by Italian writer Andrea Molesini that explores themes of political upheaval, moral conflict, and the collapse of civic ideals.
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C.
De Clementia
De Clementia is a philosophical treatise by Seneca the Younger that explores the virtue of clemency as an essential quality of a good ruler.
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D.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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E.
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus is a political pamphlet by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, critiquing the hereditary and aristocratic tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati in post-Revolutionary America.
- 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 Consul Target entity description: The Consul is a 1950 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti that powerfully portrays the struggles of individuals trapped in a repressive bureaucracy while seeking political asylum.
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A.
Le Romain
Le Romain is the nickname of Pierre Mignard, a prominent 17th-century French painter celebrated for his portraits and religious works.
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B.
Il rogo della Repubblica
Il rogo della Repubblica is a historical novel by Italian writer Andrea Molesini that explores themes of political upheaval, moral conflict, and the collapse of civic ideals.
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C.
De Clementia
De Clementia is a philosophical treatise by Seneca the Younger that explores the virtue of clemency as an essential quality of a good ruler.
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D.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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E.
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus is a political pamphlet by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, critiquing the hereditary and aristocratic tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati in post-Revolutionary America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| awarded |
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Music ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bureaucracy
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ individual vs state ⓘ political oppression ⓘ search for political asylum ⓘ |
| composer | Gian Carlo Menotti ⓘ |
| composerLibrettistSamePerson | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorNationality |
Italian-American
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian American
|
| firstBroadwayRunTheatre | Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayRunType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayRunYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | G. Schirmer, Inc. ⓘ |
| form | through-composed opera ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| hasLibretto | yes ⓘ |
| hasRecording | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cold War-era totalitarian regimes
ⓘ
post-World War II political climate ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Gian Carlo Menotti ⓘ |
| librettoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAria | "To this we've come" ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
John Sorel
ⓘ
Magda Sorel ⓘ The Magician (Nika Magadoff) ⓘ The Mother ⓘ The Secretary ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra and voices ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | The Consul ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century opera ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| premiereDate | 1950-03-01 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
|
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| settingType | unnamed totalitarian state ⓘ |
| style | 20th-century tonal ⓘ |
| subgenre | opera in three acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
repressive bureaucracy
ⓘ
struggles of individuals seeking visas and asylum ⓘ |
| subjectOf | musicological studies on political opera ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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