Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry)
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Leonora is an 1845 American grand opera by William Henry Fry, notable as one of the earliest significant operas composed by a native-born American.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11699319 — 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: Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry) Context triple: [The Lady of Lyons, hasAdaptation, Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry)]
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A.
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La donna del lago"
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La donna del lago" is a bel canto opera set in medieval Scotland, renowned for its virtuosic vocal writing and romantic, dramatic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s narrative.
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B.
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" is the tragic title heroine of Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera, a celebrated 18th-century French actress whose doomed love affair and dramatic death drive the work’s emotional core.
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C.
opera "Lucrezia Borgia" by Gaetano Donizetti
The opera "Lucrezia Borgia" by Gaetano Donizetti is a 19th-century Italian bel canto work that dramatizes the life of the infamous Renaissance noblewoman through intense vocal writing and dark, melodramatic storytelling.
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D.
The Winter Garden (opera)
The Winter Garden is a one-act chamber opera by British composer Lennox Berkeley, noted for its intimate scale and lyrical, mid-20th-century musical style.
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E.
Arabella (libretto)
Arabella (libretto) is a German-language opera text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, written for Richard Strauss’s romantic opera about love and social expectations in 19th-century Vienna.
- 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: Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry) Target entity description: Leonora is an 1845 American grand opera by William Henry Fry, notable as one of the earliest significant operas composed by a native-born American.
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A.
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La donna del lago"
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La donna del lago" is a bel canto opera set in medieval Scotland, renowned for its virtuosic vocal writing and romantic, dramatic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s narrative.
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B.
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" is the tragic title heroine of Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera, a celebrated 18th-century French actress whose doomed love affair and dramatic death drive the work’s emotional core.
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C.
opera "Lucrezia Borgia" by Gaetano Donizetti
The opera "Lucrezia Borgia" by Gaetano Donizetti is a 19th-century Italian bel canto work that dramatizes the life of the infamous Renaissance noblewoman through intense vocal writing and dark, melodramatic storytelling.
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D.
The Winter Garden (opera)
The Winter Garden is a one-act chamber opera by British composer Lennox Berkeley, noted for its intimate scale and lyrical, mid-20th-century musical style.
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E.
Arabella (libretto)
Arabella (libretto) is a German-language opera text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, written for Richard Strauss’s romantic opera about love and social expectations in 19th-century Vienna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
grand opera ⓘ opera ⓘ person ⓘ |
| composer | William Henry Fry ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era |
Romantic era
ⓘ
linked to:
Romanticism
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1845 ⓘ |
| genre |
grand opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasComposer | William Henry Fry ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | William Henry Fry as composer ⓘ |
| hasForm | multi-act opera ⓘ |
| hasNotabilityStatus | early American grand opera ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Romantic opera ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry) ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Leonora ⓘ |
| inception | 1845 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest significant operas composed by a native-born American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leonora ⓘ |
| occupation | composer ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American opera ⓘ |
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Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry)