Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden

E398637

cultural institution opera company

The Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden is a renowned German opera company based in Dresden’s historic Semperoper, celebrated for its rich tradition and close ties to the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Dresden State Opera	2
Hoftheater Dresden	2
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden canonical	2
Königliches Hoftheater Dresden	1
Königliches Hoftheater, Dresden	1
Saxon State Opera	1
Saxon State Opera Dresden	1
Sächsische Staatstheater	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3902369 — 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: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
Context triple: [Staatskapelle Dresden, associatedWith, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden]

A. Leipzig Opera
Leipzig Opera is one of Germany’s oldest opera houses, renowned for its rich musical tradition and historic role in the development of European opera.
B. Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera companies, renowned for its world-class productions and historic home at Munich’s National Theatre.
C. Berlin State Opera
The Berlin State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera houses, renowned for its historic venue, world-class productions, and prominent role in Berlin’s cultural life.
D. Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsoper Stuttgart is a renowned German opera company and historic opera house in Stuttgart, celebrated for its innovative productions and high artistic standards.
E. Staatskapelle Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the world’s oldest and most renowned orchestras, based in Dresden, Germany, celebrated for its rich tradition and distinctive sound.
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: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
Target entity description: The Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden is a renowned German opera company based in Dresden’s historic Semperoper, celebrated for its rich tradition and close ties to the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra.

A. Leipzig Opera
Leipzig Opera is one of Germany’s oldest opera houses, renowned for its rich musical tradition and historic role in the development of European opera.
B. Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera companies, renowned for its world-class productions and historic home at Munich’s National Theatre.
C. Berlin State Opera
The Berlin State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera houses, renowned for its historic venue, world-class productions, and prominent role in Berlin’s cultural life.
D. Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsoper Stuttgart is a renowned German opera company and historic opera house in Stuttgart, celebrated for its innovative productions and high artistic standards.
E. Staatskapelle Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the world’s oldest and most renowned orchestras, based in Dresden, Germany, celebrated for its rich tradition and distinctive sound.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ opera company ⓘ
associatedWith	Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ linked to: Staatskapelle Dresden
basedInBuilding	Semperoper ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Dresden State Theatre ⓘ Dresden music festivals ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
follows	tradition of Saxon court opera ⓘ
genre	ballet ⓘ classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ
hasArtisticFocus	new opera productions ⓘ repertoire opera ⓘ revivals of classic works ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural education ⓘ presentation of concerts ⓘ production of opera and ballet ⓘ
hasMainVenue	Semperoper main auditorium ⓘ linked to: Semperoper
hasOrchestra	Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ
hasSecondaryVenue	Kleines Haus (Dresden) ⓘ
hasTypeOfEnsemble	ballet company ⓘ opera chorus ⓘ opera soloists ensemble ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.semperoper.de/ ⓘ
isSeatOf	General Music Director of Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ⓘ Intendant of Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Dresden ⓘ Free State of Saxony ⓘ linked to: Saxony Germany ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	Innere Altstadt, Dresden ⓘ linked to: Altstadt (Dresden)
locatedOnRiver	Elbe ⓘ
notableFor	close ties to Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ linked to: Staatskapelle Dresden high artistic standards ⓘ historical performance tradition ⓘ reconstruction of Semperoper after World War II ⓘ
operatesInBuilding	Semperoper on Theaterplatz ⓘ linked to: Semperoper
ownedBy	Free State of Saxony ⓘ linked to: Saxony
partOf	publicly funded cultural institutions of Saxony ⓘ
performs	concert performances with Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ opera premieres ⓘ standard operatic repertoire ⓘ
regionServed	Dresden metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Dresden metropolitan region Free State of Saxony ⓘ linked to: Saxony international opera audience ⓘ
usesNameInEnglish	Saxon State Opera Dresden ⓘ linked to: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
usesNameInGerman	Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ⓘ

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