Stiffelio
E581050
Stiffelio is an 1850 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, notable for its unconventional story of a Protestant minister confronting adultery and forgiveness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stiffelio canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6288439 — 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: Stiffelio Context triple: [Giuseppe Verdi, notableWork, Stiffelio]
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A.
Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
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B.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
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C.
Iolanta
Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
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D.
Jenůfa
Jenůfa is the tragic heroine of Leoš Janáček’s opera of the same name, a young Moravian woman whose story of love, betrayal, and redemption is central to one of the composer’s most acclaimed works.
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E.
Mahagonny Songspiel
Mahagonny Songspiel is a short 1927 political song-play by Bertolt Brecht (with music by Kurt Weill) that satirically portrays a hedonistic, capitalist utopia called Mahagonny.
- 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: Stiffelio Target entity description: Stiffelio is an 1850 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, notable for its unconventional story of a Protestant minister confronting adultery and forgiveness.
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A.
Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
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B.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
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C.
Iolanta
Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
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D.
Jenůfa
Jenůfa is the tragic heroine of Leoš Janáček’s opera of the same name, a young Moravian woman whose story of love, betrayal, and redemption is central to one of the composer’s most acclaimed works.
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E.
Mahagonny Songspiel
Mahagonny Songspiel is a short 1927 political song-play by Bertolt Brecht (with music by Kurt Weill) that satirically portrays a hedonistic, capitalist utopia called Mahagonny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Le pasteur, ou L’évangile et le foyer ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor |
Eugène Bourgeois
ⓘ
Émile Souvestre ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Verdi opera no. 16 (approximate chronological position) ⓘ |
| censorshipHistory | subject to censorship in 19th-century Italy ⓘ |
| character |
Jorg
ⓘ
linked to:
Jörg
Lina ⓘ Raffaele ⓘ Stankar ⓘ |
| composer | Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ |
| compositionDecade | 1850s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | conflict between personal honor and Christian forgiveness ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1850-11-16 ⓘ |
| genre | opera in three acts ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| laterReworkedAs | Aroldo ⓘ |
| librettist | Francesco Maria Piave ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Stiffelio ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | Protestant minister ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on adultery and forgiveness within a religious context
ⓘ
unconventional treatment of a Protestant minister as protagonist ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Ricordi ⓘ |
| partOf | Verdi’s middle period ⓘ |
| placeInComposerOutput |
follows Luisa Miller
ⓘ
precedes Rigoletto ⓘ |
| premiereCity |
Trieste
ⓘ
linked to:
Trieste, Italy
|
| premiereLocation | Teatro Grande, Trieste ⓘ |
| premiereType | world premiere ⓘ |
| rediscovery | 20th century revival after period of neglect ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| settingCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | three-act structure ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ marital fidelity ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ solo voices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stiffelio Description of subject: Stiffelio is an 1850 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, notable for its unconventional story of a Protestant minister confronting adultery and forgiveness.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.