Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
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Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Huguenots | 1 |
| Meyerbeer opera "Les Huguenots" | 1 |
| Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots Context triple: [Salle Le Peletier, hostedPremiereOf, Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots]
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Nabucco
Nabucco is an 1842 Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi, best known for its powerful chorus "Va, pensiero" and for establishing Verdi’s early fame.
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B.
Auber
Auber is a major underground RER and metro station in central Paris, located near the Opéra Garnier and serving as a key hub in the city’s transit network.
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C.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
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D.
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.
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E.
Mendelssohn Elijah
Mendelssohn's *Elijah* is a large-scale Romantic oratorio depicting the biblical prophet Elijah, renowned for its dramatic choral writing and frequent performance in the choral repertoire.
- 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: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots Target entity description: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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A.
Nabucco
Nabucco is an 1842 Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi, best known for its powerful chorus "Va, pensiero" and for establishing Verdi’s early fame.
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B.
Auber
Auber is a major underground RER and metro station in central Paris, located near the Opéra Garnier and serving as a key hub in the city’s transit network.
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C.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
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D.
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.
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E.
Mendelssohn Elijah
Mendelssohn's *Elijah* is a large-scale Romantic oratorio depicting the biblical prophet Elijah, renowned for its dramatic choral writing and frequent performance in the choral repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | grand opera ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Les Huguenots, ou La Saint-Barthélemy ⓘ |
| basedOn | events surrounding the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
|
| character |
Marcel
ⓘ
Marguerite de Valois ⓘ
linked to:
Margaret of Valois
Raoul de Nangis ⓘ Saint-Bris ⓘ Valentine ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paris Opera ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1836-02-29 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Paris ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre |
Opéra de Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Opera
|
| genre | French grand opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| influenced | later 19th-century grand opera repertoire ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Eugène Scribe
ⓘ
Émile Deschamps ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Nobles seigneurs, salut!
ⓘ
Plus blanche que la blanche hermine ⓘ |
| notableEnsemble |
Act II finale
ⓘ
Act V massacre scene ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
demanding vocal writing
ⓘ
depiction of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ extensive use of leitmotifs and reminiscence themes ⓘ large-scale choral scenes ⓘ spectacular staging requirements ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| operaNumberInComposerOutput | fourth French grand opera by Meyerbeer ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Parisian grand opera public ⓘ |
| originalTheatreName |
Académie Royale de Musique
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie royale de musique
|
| performanceHistory | one of the most frequently performed operas of the 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | François-Antoine Habeneck ⓘ |
| publisher | Schlesinger ⓘ |
| settingCity | Paris ⓘ |
| settingLocation | France ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
| theme |
forbidden love
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfMarcel | bass ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfMarguerite | coloratura soprano ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfRaoul | tenor ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfValentine | soprano ⓘ |
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Subject: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots Description of subject: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
subject linked to:
"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
linked to: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots