Winspear Opera House

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opera house performing arts venue theatre building

Winspear Opera House is a major performing arts venue in downtown Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting opera, theater, and other cultural events in a modern, architecturally striking building.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Winspear Opera House canonical	9
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House	3
Margot and Bill Winspear Grand Foyer	1
Winspear	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189244 — 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: Winspear Opera House
Context triple: [Arts District (Dallas), hasPart, Winspear Opera House]

A. Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House is a historic and ornate theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, renowned for its Victorian architecture and role as a major performing arts venue.
B. Pella Opera House
The Pella Opera House is a historic performance venue in downtown Pella, Iowa, renowned for its Dutch-influenced architecture and role as a cultural centerpiece for concerts, theater, and community events.
C. National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a major performing arts venue and cultural institution in downtown Ottawa, Canada, known for hosting theatre, music, and dance productions.
D. Terrace Theater
Terrace Theater is an intimate performance venue within Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, hosting chamber music, jazz, and other small-scale events.
E. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a major opera and ballet house in downtown Toronto, serving as the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.
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: Winspear Opera House
Target entity description: Winspear Opera House is a major performing arts venue in downtown Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting opera, theater, and other cultural events in a modern, architecturally striking building.

A. Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House is a historic and ornate theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, renowned for its Victorian architecture and role as a major performing arts venue.
B. Pella Opera House
The Pella Opera House is a historic performance venue in downtown Pella, Iowa, renowned for its Dutch-influenced architecture and role as a cultural centerpiece for concerts, theater, and community events.
C. National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a major performing arts venue and cultural institution in downtown Ottawa, Canada, known for hosting theatre, music, and dance productions.
D. Terrace Theater
Terrace Theater is an intimate performance venue within Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, hosting chamber music, jazz, and other small-scale events.
E. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a major opera and ballet house in downtown Toronto, serving as the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera house ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
architect	Foster + Partners ⓘ Norman Foster ⓘ
architectOfRecord	Cobb, Fendley & Associates ⓘ
awarded	LEED Silver certification ⓘ linked to: LEED Silver
category	Buildings and structures completed in 2009 ⓘ Foster + Partners buildings ⓘ linked to: Foster + Partners Opera houses in Texas ⓘ Theatres in Dallas ⓘ
constructionCost	$354000000 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
groundbreakingDate	2006-10-12 ⓘ
hasFeature	acoustically adjustable stage ⓘ fly tower ⓘ glass façade ⓘ grand lobby ⓘ horseshoe-shaped auditorium ⓘ outdoor performance space ⓘ red glass drum auditorium ⓘ solar canopy ⓘ
hasLobbyName	Margot and Bill Winspear Grand Foyer ⓘ linked to: Winspear Opera House
hasNickname	Winspear ⓘ linked to: Winspear Opera House
hasStageType	proscenium stage ⓘ
hasType	proscenium theatre ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.attpac.org/your-visit/winspear-opera-house/ ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Dallas Theater Center (select productions) ⓘ linked to: Dallas Theater Center (primary venue) Texas Ballet Theater ⓘ linked to: Texas Ballet Theater (performance venue) The Dallas Opera ⓘ
locatedIn	Arts District, Dallas ⓘ linked to: Arts District Dallas ⓘ linked to: Dallas, Texas Texas ⓘ downtown Dallas ⓘ linked to: Downtown Dallas
namedAfter	Margot and Bill Winspear ⓘ
opened	2009-10-12 ⓘ
operator	AT&T Performing Arts Center ⓘ
partOf	AT&T Performing Arts Center ⓘ Dallas Arts District master plan ⓘ
primaryUse	cultural events ⓘ musical performances ⓘ opera performances ⓘ theatrical productions ⓘ
seatingCapacity	2200 ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Thornton Tomasetti ⓘ
style	modern architecture ⓘ
theaterConsultant	Theatre Projects Consultants ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Arts District (Dallas) → hasPart → Winspear Opera House ⓘ

subject linked to: Arts District

Downtown Dallas → hasCulturalAttraction → Winspear Opera House ⓘ

Winspear Opera House → hasLobbyName → Margot and Bill Winspear Grand Foyer ⓘ