L’Egisto
E585901
L’Egisto is a 17th-century Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli, known for its expressive early Baroque style and mythological subject matter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Egisto canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6316194 — 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: L’Egisto Context triple: [Francesco Cavalli, notableWork, L’Egisto]
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A.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
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B.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
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C.
Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
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D.
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.
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E.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
- 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: L’Egisto Target entity description: L’Egisto is a 17th-century Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli, known for its expressive early Baroque style and mythological subject matter.
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A.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
-
B.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
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C.
Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
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D.
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.
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E.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century opera
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Italian-language opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| artForm | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | classical mythology ⓘ |
| composer | Francesco Cavalli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerStyle | Francesco Cavalli’s Venetian opera style ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| genre |
early Baroque opera
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opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | gods and mortals ⓘ |
| hasSetting | mythological world ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
mythological characters
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mythology ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate
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jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ |
| hasType | dramma per musica ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Egisto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | early Baroque music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Baroque musical style
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expressive vocal writing ⓘ mythological subject matter ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| style | early Baroque ⓘ |
| workOf | Francesco Cavalli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Egisto Description of subject: L’Egisto is a 17th-century Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli, known for its expressive early Baroque style and mythological subject matter.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.