The Vanishing Bridegroom
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The Vanishing Bridegroom is a 1990 chamber opera by Judith Weir that weaves together Scottish folk tales into a darkly comic, episodic narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vanishing Bridegroom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11195725 — 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 Vanishing Bridegroom Context triple: [Judith Weir, notableWork, The Vanishing Bridegroom]
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A.
The Thirteenth Guest
The Thirteenth Guest is a 1932 American mystery film, based on a novel by Armitage Trail, featuring Sally Blane in a leading role involving a deadly family gathering and a long-unsolved murder.
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B.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a fantasy television series created by Jim Henson that blends live-action, puppetry, and folklore to retell classic European fairy tales.
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C.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a novel by Jodi Picoult that intertwines contemporary drama with historical revelations about the Holocaust and moral responsibility.
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D.
The Japanese Wife
The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.
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E.
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.
- 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 Vanishing Bridegroom Target entity description: The Vanishing Bridegroom is a 1990 chamber opera by Judith Weir that weaves together Scottish folk tales into a darkly comic, episodic narrative.
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A.
The Thirteenth Guest
The Thirteenth Guest is a 1932 American mystery film, based on a novel by Armitage Trail, featuring Sally Blane in a leading role involving a deadly family gathering and a long-unsolved murder.
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B.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a fantasy television series created by Jim Henson that blends live-action, puppetry, and folklore to retell classic European fairy tales.
-
C.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a novel by Jodi Picoult that intertwines contemporary drama with historical revelations about the Holocaust and moral responsibility.
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D.
The Japanese Wife
The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Scottish folk tales ⓘ |
| composer | Judith Weir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Judith Weir ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ folk-inspired opera ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWork | stage work ⓘ |
| intendedVenue | theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | episodic ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
combines dark themes with comic elements
ⓘ
weaves multiple folk tales into a single narrative ⓘ |
| part |
The Disappearance
ⓘ
The Inheritance ⓘ The Stranger ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century classical music ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| scoring |
chamber forces
ⓘ
small instrumental ensemble ⓘ |
| structure | three parts ⓘ |
| style |
uses Scottish traditional musical elements
ⓘ
uses spoken and sung text ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ supernatural events ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1990 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vanishing Bridegroom Description of subject: The Vanishing Bridegroom is a 1990 chamber opera by Judith Weir that weaves together Scottish folk tales into a darkly comic, episodic narrative.
Referenced by (1)
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