Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3)
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Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3) is an 18th-century Italian opera text dramatizing the tragic abandonment of Queen Dido of Carthage, widely set to music by numerous composers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Metastasio libretti corpus | 1 |
| Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23450567 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3) Context triple: [Piano Sonatas, Op. 50, basedOnInPart, Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3)]
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Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck
"Alceste" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is an 18th-century opera that exemplifies his reformist style, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
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Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide"
Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" is a grand opera seria in two acts, renowned for its virtuosic vocal writing and dramatic story of the legendary Assyrian queen.
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C.
Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida
Antonio Sacchini's opera *Armida* is an 18th-century Italian opera that dramatizes the sorceress Armida’s love and conflict with the crusader Rinaldo, based on Torquato Tasso’s epic poem *Gerusalemme liberata*.
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Joseph Haydn's oratorio Armida
Joseph Haydn's oratorio *Armida* is a late 18th-century dramatic work for voices and orchestra that retells the love and conflict between the sorceress Armida and the crusader Rinaldo from Torquato Tasso’s epic poem.
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E.
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Aulide* is an 18th-century French tragédie lyrique that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with Gluck’s reformist emphasis on dramatic expression and musical simplicity.
- 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: Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3) Target entity description: Metastasio’s libretto "Didone abbandonata" (No. 3) is an 18th-century Italian opera text dramatizing the tragic abandonment of Queen Dido of Carthage, widely set to music by numerous composers.
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A.
Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck
"Alceste" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is an 18th-century opera that exemplifies his reformist style, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
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B.
Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide"
Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" is a grand opera seria in two acts, renowned for its virtuosic vocal writing and dramatic story of the legendary Assyrian queen.
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C.
Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida
Antonio Sacchini's opera *Armida* is an 18th-century Italian opera that dramatizes the sorceress Armida’s love and conflict with the crusader Rinaldo, based on Torquato Tasso’s epic poem *Gerusalemme liberata*.
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D.
Joseph Haydn's oratorio Armida
Joseph Haydn's oratorio *Armida* is a late 18th-century dramatic work for voices and orchestra that retells the love and conflict between the sorceress Armida and the crusader Rinaldo from Torquato Tasso’s epic poem.
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E.
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Aulide* is an 18th-century French tragédie lyrique that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with Gluck’s reformist emphasis on dramatic expression and musical simplicity.
- F. None of above. chosen
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