Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele"
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Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" is the operatic incarnation of Helen of Troy, a legendary symbol of idealized beauty and fatal seduction within the Faustian narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" Context triple: [Renata Tebaldi, debutRole, Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele"]
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Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust"
Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust" is the charismatic, diabolical antagonist who tempts Faust and drives the opera’s tragic events with his sinister wit and supernatural power.
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B.
ELENA
ELENA is a CERN accelerator ring designed to decelerate antiprotons to very low energies for precision antimatter experiments.
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C.
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate idealist painter and lover of Tosca whose defiance of tyranny drives much of the opera’s dramatic and tragic action.
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Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata"
Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" is the tragic Parisian courtesan heroine of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, renowned for her emotional depth and demanding vocal writing.
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E.
Elektra (libretto)
Elektra (libretto) is an early 20th-century German-language opera text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, best known as the basis for Richard Strauss’s intense one-act opera adapting the Greek myth of Electra.
- 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: Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" Target entity description: Elena in Boito's "Mefistofele" is the operatic incarnation of Helen of Troy, a legendary symbol of idealized beauty and fatal seduction within the Faustian narrative.
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A.
Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust"
Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust" is the charismatic, diabolical antagonist who tempts Faust and drives the opera’s tragic events with his sinister wit and supernatural power.
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B.
ELENA
ELENA is a CERN accelerator ring designed to decelerate antiprotons to very low energies for precision antimatter experiments.
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C.
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate idealist painter and lover of Tosca whose defiance of tyranny drives much of the opera’s dramatic and tragic action.
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D.
Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata"
Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" is the tragic Parisian courtesan heroine of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, renowned for her emotional depth and demanding vocal writing.
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E.
Elektra (libretto)
Elektra (libretto) is an early 20th-century German-language opera text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, best known as the basis for Richard Strauss’s intense one-act opera adapting the Greek myth of Electra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
opera character ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Goethe's Faust, Part II (Helen episode)
ⓘ
linked to:
Faust, Part Two
|
| appearsIn |
Mefistofele
ⓘ
linked to:
Méphistophélès
|
| artForm | opera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Faust
ⓘ
Faustian legend ⓘ Mefistofele ⓘ
linked to:
Méphistophélès
classical mythology ⓘ |
| basedOn | Helen of Troy ⓘ |
| characterType |
mythological heroine
ⓘ
tragic beauty ⓘ |
| creator | Arrigo Boito ⓘ |
| culturalRole | archetype of fatal woman (femme fatale) ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
contrast to Gretchen (Margherita)
ⓘ
embodiment of classical ideal versus Christian morality ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1868 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
Faust's spiritual temptation
ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ the destructive power of beauty ⓘ |
| medium | sung role ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext | Trojan War ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of fatal seduction
ⓘ
idealized symbol of beauty ⓘ object of Faust's desire ⓘ |
| operaGenreContext | Italian opera ⓘ |
| origin | Sparta ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | Italian operatic repertoire ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
abduction by Paris
ⓘ
judgment of Paris ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereOfWork | 1875 ⓘ |
| roleInWork | leading female role ⓘ |
| settingWithinWork |
ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| symbolizes |
destructive passion
ⓘ
erotic temptation ⓘ ideal beauty ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| vocalType | soprano ⓘ |
| workStructureContext | appears in later acts of the opera ⓘ |
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