L'Orfeo
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L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L'Orfeo canonical | 3 |
| Euridice | 1 |
| L'Orfeo, favola in musica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126094 — 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: L'Orfeo Context triple: [Claudio Monteverdi, notableWork, L'Orfeo]
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A.
Orfeo
Orfeo is a classical music record label known for its high-quality recordings of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music.
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B.
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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C.
Opera Posthuma
Opera Posthuma is the posthumously published collection of Baruch Spinoza’s major philosophical writings, including his seminal work Ethics.
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D.
Winter’s Tale (opera)
Winter’s Tale (opera) is a contemporary opera by American composer John Harbison, adapted from William Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale."
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E.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
- 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: L'Orfeo Target entity description: L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
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A.
Orfeo
Orfeo is a classical music record label known for its high-quality recordings of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music.
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B.
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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C.
Opera Posthuma
Opera Posthuma is the posthumously published collection of Baruch Spinoza’s major philosophical writings, including his seminal work Ethics.
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D.
Winter’s Tale (opera)
Winter’s Tale (opera) is a contemporary opera by American composer John Harbison, adapted from William Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale."
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E.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Baroque opera
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opera ⓘ |
| associatedCourt | Gonzaga court in Mantua ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | SV 318 ⓘ |
| character |
Charon
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surface form:
Caronte
L'Orfeo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Euridice
La Musica ⓘ Messaggera ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ
surface form:
Orfeo
Pluto ⓘ
surface form:
Plutone
Persephone ⓘ
surface form:
Proserpina
|
| commissionedBy | Francesco IV Gonzaga ⓘ |
| composer | Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Francesco IV Gonzaga ⓘ |
| era | Seicento Italian opera ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Ricciardo Amadino ⓘ |
| genre |
favola in musica
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opera in five acts with prologue ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
bridge between Renaissance and Baroque musical styles
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pioneering role in the development of opera as a genre ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
development of later Baroque opera
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opera seria tradition ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Alessandro Striggio the Younger ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of recitative and aria
ⓘ
one of the earliest works recognized as an opera masterpiece ⓘ rich and varied instrumentation for its time ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
John Eliot Gardiner 1987 recording
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1968 recording ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeatures | use of cornetts, sackbuts, strings, continuo, and other early Baroque instruments ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
L'Orfeo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
L'Orfeo, favola in musica
|
| performancePractice | historically informed performance movement ⓘ |
| period | early Baroque ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Mantua ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1607-02-24 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Mantua ⓘ |
| premiereVenue |
Palazzo Ducale
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surface form:
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua
|
| scoring | voices and orchestra ⓘ |
| setting |
Thrace
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and five acts ⓘ |
| style |
monody
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stile rappresentativo ⓘ |
| subject |
Eurydice
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Orpheus ⓘ descent to the Underworld ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1607 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
L'Orfeo, favola in musica