Toreador Song
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The Toreador Song is a famous rousing aria from Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, sung by the bullfighter Escamillo and known for its bold, triumphant melody.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toreador Song canonical | 2 |
| El Toreador | 1 |
| Toréador Song | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8107764 — 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: Toreador Song Context triple: [Escamillo, ariaAlsoKnownAs, Toreador Song]
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A.
Serenata
Serenata is a musical composition by Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil, best known for its lyrical, romantic character within his body of work.
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B.
The Desert Song
The Desert Song is a popular operetta, frequently adapted for film and stage, known for its romantic adventure set in the Moroccan desert and its memorable title song.
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C.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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D.
The Serenade
The Serenade is a romantic comic opera by composer Victor Herbert that helped establish his reputation in early American musical theater.
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E.
Wine, Women and Song
"Wine, Women and Song" is a popular 1869 waltz by Johann Strauss II that celebrates the pleasures of life through its lively, melodic dance music.
- 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: Toreador Song Target entity description: The Toreador Song is a famous rousing aria from Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, sung by the bullfighter Escamillo and known for its bold, triumphant melody.
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A.
Serenata
Serenata is a musical composition by Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil, best known for its lyrical, romantic character within his body of work.
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B.
The Desert Song
The Desert Song is a popular operetta, frequently adapted for film and stage, known for its romantic adventure set in the Moroccan desert and its memorable title song.
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C.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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D.
The Serenade
The Serenade is a romantic comic opera by composer Victor Herbert that helped establish his reputation in early American musical theater.
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E.
Wine, Women and Song
"Wine, Women and Song" is a popular 1869 waltz by Johann Strauss II that celebrates the pleasures of life through its lively, melodic dance music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aria
ⓘ
musical work ⓘ opera aria ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Toréador Song
ⓘ
linked to:
Toreador Song
Toréador, en garde ⓘ
linked to:
Le Toréador
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Carmen (novella) by Prosper Mérimée
ⓘ
linked to:
Carmen (novella)
|
| characterRole | bullfighter ⓘ |
| composer | Georges Bizet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes | bullfighting ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1875-03-03 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Opéra-Comique, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Opéra-Comique
|
| firstPerformanceWork | Carmen ⓘ |
| genre | opera aria ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | Toréador, en garde ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bravado
ⓘ
heroic self-presentation ⓘ spectacle of the bullring ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Spanish musical idioms ⓘ |
| intendedPerformerGender | male ⓘ |
| key | F minor (principal section) ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Henri Meilhac
ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ |
| movement |
Act 2 of Carmen
ⓘ
linked to:
Act II (Carmen)
|
| musicalStyle |
rousing
ⓘ
triumphant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold melody
ⓘ
catchy refrain ⓘ popularity outside opera repertoire ⓘ |
| opera | Carmen ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre ⓘ |
| partOf | Carmen ⓘ |
| performanceContext | tavern scene in Act 2 of Carmen ⓘ |
| publisher |
Choudens (original Carmen publisher)
ⓘ
linked to:
Éditions Salabert
|
| recordedBy |
Bryn Terfel
ⓘ
linked to:
Brynn Terfel
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ⓘ Enrico Caruso ⓘ Plácido Domingo ⓘ Thomas Hampson ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Escamillo ⓘ |
| tempoMarking | Allegro ⓘ |
| timeSignature | common time ⓘ |
| usedIn |
concert performances
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popular culture adaptations ⓘ recordings ⓘ |
| voiceType | baritone ⓘ |
| workFromPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Toreador Song Description of subject: The Toreador Song is a famous rousing aria from Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, sung by the bullfighter Escamillo and known for its bold, triumphant melody.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Toreador Song
linked to: Toreador Song