Lensky – tenor
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Lensky – tenor is the lyrical tenor role of the idealistic young poet Vladimir Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s opera *Eugene Onegin*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lensky – tenor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4727495 — 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: Lensky – tenor Context triple: [Eugene Onegin, hasCharacterVoiceType, Lensky – tenor]
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A.
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin was a renowned Russian operatic bass celebrated for his powerful voice and dramatic stage presence in roles such as Boris Godunov.
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B.
Ilya Musin
Ilya Musin was a renowned Russian conductor and legendary pedagogue at the Leningrad Conservatory, celebrated for training many of the 20th century’s leading conductors.
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C.
Boris Orlovsky
Boris Orlovsky was a 19th-century Russian sculptor best known for creating prominent monumental works in Saint Petersburg.
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D.
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Zinovy Rozhestvensky was a Russian admiral best known for leading the Baltic Fleet to its disastrous defeat at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
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E.
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Yevgeny Svetlanov was a renowned Russian conductor, composer, and pianist, celebrated especially for his interpretations and recordings of Russian orchestral music.
- 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: Lensky – tenor Target entity description: Lensky – tenor is the lyrical tenor role of the idealistic young poet Vladimir Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s opera *Eugene Onegin*.
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A.
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin was a renowned Russian operatic bass celebrated for his powerful voice and dramatic stage presence in roles such as Boris Godunov.
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B.
Ilya Musin
Ilya Musin was a renowned Russian conductor and legendary pedagogue at the Leningrad Conservatory, celebrated for training many of the 20th century’s leading conductors.
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C.
Boris Orlovsky
Boris Orlovsky was a 19th-century Russian sculptor best known for creating prominent monumental works in Saint Petersburg.
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D.
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Zinovy Rozhestvensky was a Russian admiral best known for leading the Baltic Fleet to its disastrous defeat at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
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E.
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Yevgeny Svetlanov was a renowned Russian conductor, composer, and pianist, celebrated especially for his interpretations and recordings of Russian orchestral music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character role in opera
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operatic tenor role ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Vladimir Lensky from Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse "Eugene Onegin"
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linked to:
Vladimir Lensky
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| characterTrait |
idealistic
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romantic ⓘ young poet ⓘ |
| commonRepertoireCategory | standard lyric tenor repertoire ⓘ |
| composer | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| deathScene | killed in a duel by Eugene Onegin ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
friend and rival of Eugene Onegin
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tragic lover of Olga ⓘ |
| emotionalColor |
lyrical
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melancholic ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| famousAria |
"Kuda, kuda, vy udalilis"
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Lensky’s aria (Act II) "Kuda, kuda, vy udalilis" ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOpera | 1879 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Maly Theatre, Moscow ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Konstantin Shilovsky
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | late Romantic Russian opera ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | Russian ⓘ |
| notableInterpreter |
Ivan Kozlovsky
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Jonas Kaufmann ⓘ Neil Shicoff ⓘ Nicolai Gedda ⓘ Piotr Beczała ⓘ Rolando Villazón ⓘ Sergei Lemeshev ⓘ |
| opera | Eugene Onegin ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | early 19th-century Russia ⓘ |
| principalRoleIn | Eugene Onegin ⓘ |
| relationship |
acquaintance of Tatyana
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fiancé of Olga ⓘ friend of Eugene Onegin ⓘ |
| requiresSkills |
dramatic acting
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expressive pianissimo ⓘ legato singing ⓘ lyrical phrasing ⓘ |
| roleName | Vladimir Lensky ⓘ |
| sceneHighlight |
duel scene with Onegin in Act II
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quartet and party scenes at Larina’s house ⓘ |
| standardCasting | sung by a classically trained operatic tenor ⓘ |
| typicalSingerProfile | light to full lyric tenor ⓘ |
| vocalRange | tenor ⓘ |
| voiceType | lyric tenor ⓘ |
| workGenre | lyric opera ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Lensky – tenor Description of subject: Lensky – tenor is the lyrical tenor role of the idealistic young poet Vladimir Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s opera *Eugene Onegin*.
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
opera "Eugene Onegin"