Peter Grimes
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Peter Grimes is a landmark 1945 English opera by Benjamin Britten that explores social alienation and moral ambiguity in a small coastal community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Grimes canonical | 7 |
| Peter Grimes (opera) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434657 — 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: Peter Grimes Context triple: [Benjamin Britten, notableWork, Peter Grimes]
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A.
The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress is a 20th-century opera by Igor Stravinsky, renowned for its neoclassical style and satirical narrative of moral decline.
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B.
The Lisbon Traviata
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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C.
Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
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D.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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E.
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly is a tragic opera set in Japan that tells the story of a young geisha betrayed by her American husband, renowned for its lyrical beauty and emotional intensity.
- 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: Peter Grimes Target entity description: Peter Grimes is a landmark 1945 English opera by Benjamin Britten that explores social alienation and moral ambiguity in a small coastal community.
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A.
The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress is a 20th-century opera by Igor Stravinsky, renowned for its neoclassical style and satirical narrative of moral decline.
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B.
The Lisbon Traviata
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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C.
Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
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D.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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E.
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly is a tragic opera set in Japan that tells the story of a young geisha betrayed by her American husband, renowned for its lyrical beauty and emotional intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sadler's Wells Opera Company ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Peter Grimes (poem)
ⓘ
linked to:
Peter Grimes, Op. 33
|
| basedOnWorkBy | George Crabbe ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Op. 33 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Sadler's Wells Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
|
| composer | Benjamin Britten ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | memory of those lost at sea (implicit thematic dedication) ⓘ |
| firstMajorAmericanProduction | Metropolitan Opera ⓘ |
| firstMajorAmericanProductionYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasActs | 3 ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
chorus
ⓘ
full symphony orchestra ⓘ solo voices ⓘ |
| hasPrologue | yes ⓘ |
| hasSeaInterludesNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first major operatic success of Benjamin Britten
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landmark of 20th-century British opera ⓘ |
| influenced | revival of English opera after World War II ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Montagu Slater ⓘ |
| mainRoleVoiceType | tenor ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Balstrode
ⓘ
Ellen Orford ⓘ Peter Grimes ⓘ |
| notableRecording | 1958 Decca recording conducted by Benjamin Britten ⓘ |
| orchestralExcerpt |
Four Sea Interludes
ⓘ
Passacaglia ⓘ |
| premiereCity |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| premiereDate | 1945-06-07 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Sadler's Wells Theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
|
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Borough on the east coast of England ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and three acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fisherman suspected of abusing and causing the deaths of his apprentices ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous musicological studies ⓘ |
| theme |
mob mentality
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moral ambiguity ⓘ outsider in a small community ⓘ social alienation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1945 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Peter Grimes