The Lisbon Traviata
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The Lisbon Traviata is a darkly comic play by Terrence McNally that explores obsession, friendship, and gay identity through the lens of opera fandom and personal betrayal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lisbon Traviata canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2146786 — 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 Lisbon Traviata Context triple: [Terrence McNally, notableWork, The Lisbon Traviata]
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A.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
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B.
Prima Donna
Prima Donna is an American rock band known for its glam-punk style and energetic live performances.
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C.
Carmen
Carmen is a famous opera by Georges Bizet, renowned for its passionate music and tragic story centered on the free-spirited gypsy Carmen.
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D.
Carmen
Carmen is a key character in the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," serving as the pregnant mother whose fragile health and marriage to a brutal captain frame the story’s wartime and familial tensions.
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E.
Carmen
Carmen is a central district of San José, Costa Rica, known for its urban character and role in the capital’s administrative and commercial life.
- 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 Lisbon Traviata Target entity description: The Lisbon Traviata is a darkly comic play by Terrence McNally that explores obsession, friendship, and gay identity through the lens of opera fandom and personal betrayal.
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A.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
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B.
Prima Donna
Prima Donna is an American rock band known for its glam-punk style and energetic live performances.
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C.
Carmen
Carmen is a key character in the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," serving as the pregnant mother whose fragile health and marriage to a brutal captain frame the story’s wartime and familial tensions.
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D.
Carmen
Carmen is a famous opera by Georges Bizet, renowned for its passionate music and tragic story centered on the free-spirited gypsy Carmen.
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E.
Carmen
Carmen is a central district of San José, Costa Rica, known for its urban character and role in the capital’s administrative and commercial life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Terrence McNally ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
Maria Callas
ⓘ
opera recordings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Mendy
ⓘ
Mike ⓘ Paul ⓘ Stephen ⓘ |
| firstProducedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| firstProductionType | off-Broadway production ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related play
ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasLGBTContent | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
celebrity worship
ⓘ
emotional dependency ⓘ fandom and obsession ⓘ gay male relationships ⓘ |
| partOf | Terrence McNally's body of work on gay life and identity ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| structure | two-act play ⓘ |
| subject |
friendship
ⓘ
gay identity ⓘ obsession ⓘ opera fandom ⓘ personal betrayal ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | a legendary performance of Verdi's La Traviata in Lisbon ⓘ |
| writer | Terrence McNally ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lisbon Traviata Description of subject: The Lisbon Traviata is a darkly comic play by Terrence McNally that explores obsession, friendship, and gay identity through the lens of opera fandom and personal betrayal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Terrence McNally