Glimmerglass Festival

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music festival nonprofit organization opera festival

Glimmerglass Festival is a renowned summer opera and musical theater festival held near Cooperstown, New York, known for its innovative productions and emerging-artist focus.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Glimmerglass Festival canonical	3
Glimmerglass	2
Glimmerglass Opera	2
The Glimmerglass Festival	2
Glimmerglass Opera Festival	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2194998 — 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: Glimmerglass Festival
Context triple: [Cooperstown, New York, hasCulturalInstitution, Glimmerglass Festival]

A. Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center is a renowned open-air amphitheater and cultural venue in Saratoga Springs, New York, known for hosting major concerts, classical performances, and dance festivals.
B. New York City Opera
New York City Opera was a major American opera company based in New York City, known for its innovative productions, accessible ticket prices, and support of new works and emerging artists.
C. Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown Theatre Festival is a renowned summer theater festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts, known for premiering new plays and attracting prominent actors and directors to the Berkshires.
D. Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is a world-renowned opera company based at Lincoln Center in New York City, known for its grand productions and leading role in the international opera scene.
E. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts is a renowned Frank Gehry–designed performing arts venue at Bard College, known for its striking architecture and innovative music, theater, and dance programming.
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: Glimmerglass Festival
Target entity description: Glimmerglass Festival is a renowned summer opera and musical theater festival held near Cooperstown, New York, known for its innovative productions and emerging-artist focus.

A. Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center is a renowned open-air amphitheater and cultural venue in Saratoga Springs, New York, known for hosting major concerts, classical performances, and dance festivals.
B. New York City Opera
New York City Opera was a major American opera company based in New York City, known for its innovative productions, accessible ticket prices, and support of new works and emerging artists.
C. Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown Theatre Festival is a renowned summer theater festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts, known for premiering new plays and attracting prominent actors and directors to the Berkshires.
D. Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is a world-renowned opera company based at Lincoln Center in New York City, known for its grand productions and leading role in the international opera scene.
E. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts is a renowned Frank Gehry–designed performing arts venue at Bard College, known for its striking architecture and innovative music, theater, and dance programming.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music festival ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ opera festival ⓘ
artForm	music theatre ⓘ opera ⓘ performing arts ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focus	American opera ⓘ emerging artists ⓘ innovative productions ⓘ new opera ⓘ rarely performed operas ⓘ
formerName	Glimmerglass Opera ⓘ linked to: Glimmerglass Festival
genre	concert ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ opera ⓘ
hasEducationalProgram	apprentice program ⓘ internship program ⓘ young artist program ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Cooperstown, New York ⓘ
hasProductionElement	newly designed costumes ⓘ newly designed sets ⓘ original staging ⓘ
hasTypeOfBuilding	purpose-built opera house ⓘ
hasVenue	Alice Busch Opera Theater ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://glimmerglass.org ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Cooperstown, New York ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Otsego County, New York ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	America/New_York ⓘ
locatedNear	Otsego Lake ⓘ
namedAfter	Glimmerglass (James Fenimore Cooper’s name for Otsego Lake) ⓘ linked to: Glimmerglass State Park
notableFor	casting emerging singers alongside established artists ⓘ intimate theater setting ⓘ producing multiple new productions each season ⓘ rural lakeside campus ⓘ
operatingStatus	active ⓘ
performanceType	concert performances ⓘ staged musical theatre productions ⓘ staged opera productions ⓘ
regionServed	Central New York ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ
season	summer ⓘ
typicalEndTime	August ⓘ
typicalStartTime	July ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cooperstown, New York → hasCulturalInstitution → Glimmerglass Festival ⓘ

Eric Owens → hasPerformedAt → Glimmerglass Festival ⓘ

Glimmerglass Festival → formerName → Glimmerglass Opera ⓘ