opera "From the House of the Dead"
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"From the House of the Dead" is an opera by Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, that portrays the harsh lives and inner worlds of prisoners in a Siberian labor camp.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| From the House of the Dead (opera production) | 1 |
| opera "From the House of the Dead" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361651 — 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: opera "From the House of the Dead" Context triple: [The House of the Dead, adaptedAs, opera "From the House of the Dead"]
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A.
opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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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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C.
The People’s Opera
The People’s Opera is the popular nickname for New York City Opera, a company long known for its accessible, affordable productions and support of American opera.
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D.
opera "Billy Budd"
The opera "Billy Budd" is Benjamin Britten’s English-language adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, focusing on moral conflict and injustice aboard a British warship.
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E.
opera "Prima Donna"
"Prima Donna" is a French-language opera by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright that explores the life and struggles of an aging opera diva.
- 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: opera "From the House of the Dead" Target entity description: "From the House of the Dead" is an opera by Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, that portrays the harsh lives and inner worlds of prisoners in a Siberian labor camp.
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A.
opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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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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C.
The People’s Opera
The People’s Opera is the popular nickname for New York City Opera, a company long known for its accessible, affordable productions and support of American opera.
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D.
opera "Billy Budd"
The opera "Billy Budd" is Benjamin Britten’s English-language adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, focusing on moral conflict and injustice aboard a British warship.
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E.
opera "Prima Donna"
"Prima Donna" is a French-language opera by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright that explores the life and struggles of an aging opera diva.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aus einem Totenhaus
ⓘ
From the House of the Dead (Janáček) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Novel "The House of the Dead"
ⓘ
linked to:
Notes from a Dead House
|
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | JW I/11 ⓘ |
| completed | 1928 ⓘ |
| composer | Leoš Janáček ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1927–1928 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
episodic prisoner narratives
ⓘ
onstage theatrical performances by prisoners ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century opera
ⓘ
modernist opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | various modern stage productions ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War I Central Europe ⓘ |
| influenced | late-20th-century staging of prison-themed operas ⓘ |
| isLastOperaBy | Leoš Janáček ⓘ |
| language | Czech ⓘ |
| librettist | Leoš Janáček ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
speech-melody (nápěvek mluvy)
ⓘ
through-composed ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Goryanchikov
ⓘ
Luka Kuzmich ⓘ Shishkov ⓘ Skuratov ⓘ
linked to:
Malyuta Skuratov
|
| notableProduction |
Patrice Chéreau’s production at the Metropolitan Opera
ⓘ
Pierre Boulez-conducted production at the Vienna Festival ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
prominent use of percussion
ⓘ
use of chains and unconventional sounds ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Z mrtvého domu
ⓘ
linked to:
Notes from a Dead House
|
| partOf | Leoš Janáček’s operatic output ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1930-04-12 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Brno ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre |
Brno Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
National Theatre, Brno
|
| publisher | Universal Edition ⓘ |
| setting |
Siberian prison camp
ⓘ
Tsarist Russia ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Empire
|
| structure | three-act opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
brutality of prison life
ⓘ
criminals and political prisoners ⓘ |
| theme |
life in a Siberian labor camp
ⓘ
oppression and humanity ⓘ prisoners’ inner lives ⓘ suffering and redemption ⓘ |
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Subject: opera "From the House of the Dead" Description of subject: "From the House of the Dead" is an opera by Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, that portrays the harsh lives and inner worlds of prisoners in a Siberian labor camp.
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linked to: opera "From the House of the Dead"