Sixtus Beckmesser
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Sixtus Beckmesser is a pedantic town clerk and mastersinger who serves as the comic antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sixtus Beckmesser canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10126386 — 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: Sixtus Beckmesser Context triple: [Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, featuresCharacter, Sixtus Beckmesser]
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A.
Peter Schlemihl
Peter Schlemihl is the fictional protagonist of Adelbert von Chamisso’s novella, known for selling his shadow to the Devil and suffering the social and existential consequences of this bargain.
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B.
Rudolph Schnaubelt
Rudolph Schnaubelt was a German-American anarchist best known as a suspected participant in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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C.
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was an 18th-century German-Austrian sculptor renowned for his highly expressive "character heads," which are considered masterpieces of psychological portraiture in European art.
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D.
Wilhelm Meister
Wilhelm Meister is the introspective young protagonist of Goethe’s influential Bildungsroman, whose personal development and search for purpose drive the novel’s exploration of art, society, and self-realization.
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E.
Figaro
Figaro is the clever, quick-witted barber who serves as the central character in Beaumarchais’s plays and later in Rossini’s opera "The Barber of Seville."
- 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: Sixtus Beckmesser Target entity description: Sixtus Beckmesser is a pedantic town clerk and mastersinger who serves as the comic antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg."
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A.
Peter Schlemihl
Peter Schlemihl is the fictional protagonist of Adelbert von Chamisso’s novella, known for selling his shadow to the Devil and suffering the social and existential consequences of this bargain.
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B.
Rudolph Schnaubelt
Rudolph Schnaubelt was a German-American anarchist best known as a suspected participant in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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C.
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was an 18th-century German-Austrian sculptor renowned for his highly expressive "character heads," which are considered masterpieces of psychological portraiture in European art.
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D.
Wilhelm Meister
Wilhelm Meister is the introspective young protagonist of Goethe’s influential Bildungsroman, whose personal development and search for purpose drive the novel’s exploration of art, society, and self-realization.
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E.
Figaro
Figaro is a production company known for its work on the cooking and lifestyle television series "The Barefoot Contessa."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ mastersinger ⓘ opera character ⓘ town clerk ⓘ |
| antagonistTo |
Hans Sachs
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Walther von Stolzing ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Meistersinger guild of Nuremberg
ⓘ
song contest for Eva’s hand ⓘ |
| characterType | buffo baritone role ⓘ |
| comicDevice | malicious mis-marking of Walther’s song ⓘ |
| comicFunction | satire of pedantry in art ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| culturalContext | German Romantic opera ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act I
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linked to:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
|
| fullName | Sixtus Beckmesser ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | opera ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | standard character in Wagnerian repertoire ⓘ |
| humiliatedIn | final song contest scene ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| librettistOfWork | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| memberOf |
guild of Meistersingers
ⓘ
linked to:
Meistersinger guild of Nuremberg
|
| musicalFunction | marker of faults during singing trials ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | German ⓘ |
| notableScene |
serenade scene in Act II
ⓘ
song performance at the final contest ⓘ |
| occupation | town clerk of Nuremberg ⓘ |
| operaActCount | three-act opera character ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| operaNumber | Wagner’s only mature comic opera character ⓘ |
| operaPremiereCity | Munich ⓘ |
| operaPremiereYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
conservative in artistic taste
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jealous ⓘ pedantic ⓘ self-important ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
comic antagonist
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pedantic marker of singing faults ⓘ |
| romanticRivalOf | Walther von Stolzing ⓘ |
| seeksToMarry | Eva Pogner ⓘ |
| settingOfFiction | Nuremberg ⓘ |
| symbolizes | rigid adherence to rules in art ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 16th century ⓘ |
| voiceType | baritone ⓘ |
| workTitleInEnglish |
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
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linked to:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sixtus Beckmesser Description of subject: Sixtus Beckmesser is a pedantic town clerk and mastersinger who serves as the comic antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg."
Referenced by (4)
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