Golaud
E899610
Golaud is a central baritone role in Claude Debussy’s opera "Pelléas et Mélisande," portrayed as the jealous and tormented husband whose suspicions drive the tragedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golaud canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11018804 — 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: Golaud Context triple: [Pelléas et Mélisande, originalRole, Golaud]
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A.
Dinorah
Dinorah is a 19th-century French opéra comique by Giacomo Meyerbeer, known for its virtuosic coloratura writing and pastoral, supernatural-themed story.
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B.
Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau is the charming yet ruthless villain from Anthony Hope’s Ruritanian adventure novels, best known as the dashing antagonist to Rudolf Rassendyll.
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C.
Madame de Mortsauf
Madame de Mortsauf is a central, tragic noblewoman in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known for her repressed passion, moral rigidity, and unhappy marriage in the novel "Le Lys dans la vallée."
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D.
Eyquem
Eyquem is the French noble family name of Renaissance philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne.
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E.
Iolanta
Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
- 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: Golaud Target entity description: Golaud is a central baritone role in Claude Debussy’s opera "Pelléas et Mélisande," portrayed as the jealous and tormented husband whose suspicions drive the tragedy.
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A.
Dinorah
Dinorah is a 19th-century French opéra comique by Giacomo Meyerbeer, known for its virtuosic coloratura writing and pastoral, supernatural-themed story.
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B.
Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau is the charming yet ruthless villain from Anthony Hope’s Ruritanian adventure novels, best known as the dashing antagonist to Rudolf Rassendyll.
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C.
Madame de Mortsauf
Madame de Mortsauf is a central, tragic noblewoman in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known for her repressed passion, moral rigidity, and unhappy marriage in the novel "Le Lys dans la vallée."
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D.
Eyquem
Eyquem is the French noble family name of Renaissance philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne.
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E.
Iolanta
Iolanta is a one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a blind princess who discovers sight and love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baritone role
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | symbolist opera ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
jealousy
ⓘ
possessiveness ⓘ tragic fate ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Maurice Maeterlinck ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
jealous
ⓘ
tormented ⓘ |
| createdBy | Claude Debussy ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
antagonist
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| drivesPlotElement | tragedy through jealousy and suspicion ⓘ |
| emotionalArc | from suspicion to murderous jealousy to remorse ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| notableScene |
final act confrontation leading to Pelléas’s death
ⓘ
interrogation of Mélisande about the lost ring ⓘ scene where Golaud forces Yniold to spy on Pelléas and Mélisande ⓘ |
| premieredInWork | Pelléas et Mélisande (1902 premiere at the Opéra-Comique, Paris) ⓘ |
| relationshipToMélisande | husband ⓘ |
| relationshipToPelléas | half-brother ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Pelléas
ⓘ
linked to:
Pelleas
|
| roleInWork | central male role ⓘ |
| setIn |
the mythical kingdom of Allemonde
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linked to:
mythical kingdom of Allemonde
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| spouseOf | Mélisande ⓘ |
| voiceType | baritone ⓘ |
| workForm | lyric drama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Golaud Description of subject: Golaud is a central baritone role in Claude Debussy’s opera "Pelléas et Mélisande," portrayed as the jealous and tormented husband whose suspicions drive the tragedy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.