Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin
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Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin is a 1976 Russian opera that adapts Nikolai Gogol’s satirical novel into a darkly comic, musically modern stage work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin Context triple: [Dead Souls, notableAdaptation, Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin]
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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
"Boris Godunov" is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, renowned for its powerful portrayal of the troubled Russian tsar and its innovative, dramatically intense music.
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B.
opera "Eugene Onegin"
"Eugene Onegin" is a lyric opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse and renowned as one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire.
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Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin
"Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin" is a historical drama written in verse that portrays the turbulent reign of the Russian tsar Boris Godunov and explores themes of power, legitimacy, and popular unrest.
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D.
Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"
Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland" is a late-Romantic German-language stage work, first performed in 1903, known for its dramatic verismo style and powerful, folk-influenced score.
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E.
opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin Target entity description: Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin is a 1976 Russian opera that adapts Nikolai Gogol’s satirical novel into a darkly comic, musically modern stage work.
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A.
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
"Boris Godunov" is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, renowned for its powerful portrayal of the troubled Russian tsar and its innovative, dramatically intense music.
-
B.
opera "Eugene Onegin"
"Eugene Onegin" is a lyric opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse and renowned as one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire.
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C.
Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin
"Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin" is a historical drama written in verse that portrays the turbulent reign of the Russian tsar Boris Godunov and explores themes of power, legitimacy, and popular unrest.
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D.
Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"
Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland" is a late-Romantic German-language stage work, first performed in 1903, known for its dramatic verismo style and powerful, folk-influenced score.
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E.
opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera
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stage work ⓘ |
| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| artForm | music theatre ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dead Souls (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dead Souls
|
| basedOnAuthor | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| composer | Rodion Shchedrin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
contemporary classical opera ⓘ satirical opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Pavel Chichikov
ⓘ
linked to:
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov
|
| hasCharacterOrigin |
Dead Souls (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dead Souls
|
| hasCreator | Rodion Shchedrin ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Soviet-era Russian opera ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of social hierarchy
ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ satire of landowners ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| movement | Soviet modernism in music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Gogol’s Dead Souls
ⓘ
modern orchestral writing ⓘ use of satire in opera ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Мёртвые души
ⓘ
linked to:
Dead Souls
|
| periodOfComposition | 20th century ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialCountryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | satirical novel ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| style | musically modern ⓘ |
| subject |
Russian provincial society
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ corruption ⓘ greed ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| tonality | darkly comic ⓘ |
| workPeriod | late Soviet period ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1976 ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1976 ⓘ |
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