A Night at the Chinese Opera
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A Night at the Chinese Opera is a modern chamber opera by British composer Judith Weir that blends Western operatic forms with elements of traditional Chinese theatre and storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Night at the Chinese Opera canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11195724 — 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: A Night at the Chinese Opera Context triple: [Judith Weir, notableWork, A Night at the Chinese Opera]
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A.
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song is a 1958 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that explores the experiences of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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B.
The People’s Opera
The People’s Opera is the popular nickname for New York City Opera, a company long known for its accessible, affordable productions and support of American opera.
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C.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
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D.
Yuan Dao
Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
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E.
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 Taiwanese-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee that explores cultural clashes, family expectations, and gay identity through the story of a sham marriage.
- 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: A Night at the Chinese Opera Target entity description: A Night at the Chinese Opera is a modern chamber opera by British composer Judith Weir that blends Western operatic forms with elements of traditional Chinese theatre and storytelling.
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A.
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song is a 1958 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that explores the experiences of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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B.
The People’s Opera
The People’s Opera is the popular nickname for New York City Opera, a company long known for its accessible, affordable productions and support of American opera.
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C.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
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D.
Yuan Dao
Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
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E.
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 Taiwanese-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee that explores cultural clashes, family expectations, and gay identity through the story of a sham marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber opera
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modern opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Orphan of Zhao ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | classical Chinese play ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
BBC
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Kent Opera ⓘ |
| composer | Judith Weir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstProducer | Kent Opera ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasAct |
Act I
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Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ |
| hasOrchestration | small chamber ensemble ⓘ |
| hasRecording | commercial audio recording exists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Judith Weir ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | blend of Western operatic forms and Chinese elements ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of Western and Chinese theatrical traditions ⓘ |
| partOf | Judith Weir’s operatic output ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Cheltenham, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheltenham
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| sourceCulture | Chinese ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| subgenre | chamber opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | adaptation of a Chinese historical-legendary tale ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | 1980s ⓘ |
| usesElementsOf |
Chinese storytelling
ⓘ
traditional Chinese theatre ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Night at the Chinese Opera Description of subject: A Night at the Chinese Opera is a modern chamber opera by British composer Judith Weir that blends Western operatic forms with elements of traditional Chinese theatre and storytelling.
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