Vienna Volksoper

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cultural institution opera house theatre building

The Vienna Volksoper is a major opera house in Vienna renowned for its productions of operettas, operas, and musicals in the German-speaking world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Volksoper Wien	3
Vienna Volksoper canonical	2
Volksoper Vienna	1
Volksoper Wien GmbH	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4371052 — 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: Vienna Volksoper
Context triple: [Kirill Petrenko, employer, Vienna Volksoper]

A. Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is one of the world’s leading opera houses, renowned for its rich history, prestigious productions, and central role in Vienna’s classical music culture.
B. Burgtheater, Vienna
The Burgtheater in Vienna is Austria’s historic national theatre and one of the most prestigious and influential German-language stages in the world.
C. Theater an der Wien
Theater an der Wien is a historic Viennese opera house and theater renowned for hosting important early 19th-century premieres, including major works by Ludwig van Beethoven.
D. Theater am Kärntnertor, Vienna
Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna was a prominent 18th–19th century court and opera house best known as the venue where Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony, featuring the "Ode to Joy."
E. Schönbrunn Palace Theatre
Schönbrunn Palace Theatre is a historic court theatre within Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace complex, known for its Baroque architecture and role in Habsburg-era cultural life.
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: Vienna Volksoper
Target entity description: The Vienna Volksoper is a major opera house in Vienna renowned for its productions of operettas, operas, and musicals in the German-speaking world.

A. Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is one of the world’s leading opera houses, renowned for its rich history, prestigious productions, and central role in Vienna’s classical music culture.
B. Burgtheater, Vienna
The Burgtheater in Vienna is Austria’s historic national theatre and one of the most prestigious and influential German-language stages in the world.
C. Theater an der Wien
Theater an der Wien is a historic Viennese opera house and theater renowned for hosting important early 19th-century premieres, including major works by Ludwig van Beethoven.
D. Theater am Kärntnertor, Vienna
Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna was a prominent 18th–19th century court and opera house best known as the venue where Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony, featuring the "Ode to Joy."
E. Schönbrunn Palace Theatre
Schönbrunn Palace Theatre is a historic court theatre within Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace complex, known for its Baroque architecture and role in Habsburg-era cultural life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ opera house ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vienna People’s Opera ⓘ linked to: Vereinigte Bühnen Wien Volksoper Vienna ⓘ linked to: Vienna Volksoper
architecturalStyle	Historicist architecture ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
formerName	Kaiserjubiläums-Stadttheater ⓘ
hasBalletEnsemble	yes ⓘ
hasOrchestraPit	yes ⓘ
hasResidentChoir	yes ⓘ
hasResidentOrchestra	yes ⓘ
hasTypeOfSeating	proscenium theatre seating ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.volksoper.at ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed building in Vienna ⓘ
inception	1898 ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Vienna ⓘ Vienna, Austria ⓘ linked to: Vienna
locatedInDistrict	Währing ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
mainAudience	German-speaking public ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nativeName	Volksoper Wien ⓘ linked to: Vienna Volksoper
notableFor	family-oriented productions ⓘ repertoire of German-language operas ⓘ repertoire of musicals ⓘ repertoire of operettas ⓘ
opened	1898 ⓘ
operator	Volksoper Wien GmbH ⓘ linked to: Vienna Volksoper
ownedBy	City of Vienna ⓘ linked to: Vienna
partOf	Vienna’s municipal theatres system ⓘ
primaryGenre	musical theatre ⓘ opera ⓘ operetta ⓘ
programIncludes	20th-century opera ⓘ classical operetta repertoire ⓘ contemporary musical theatre ⓘ
publicTransportConnection	Vienna U6 Währinger Straße–Volksoper station ⓘ Vienna tram network ⓘ
relativeImportance	second-largest opera house in Vienna ⓘ
servesMetropolitanArea	Vienna metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Greater Vienna
streetAddress	Währinger Straße 78 ⓘ

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

Kirill Petrenko → employer → Vienna Volksoper ⓘ

Alexander von Zemlinsky → employer → Vienna Volksoper ⓘ

Vienna Volksoper → nativeName → Volksoper Wien ⓘ

linked to: Vienna Volksoper

Vienna Volksoper → operator → Volksoper Wien GmbH ⓘ

linked to: Vienna Volksoper

Vienna Volksoper → alsoKnownAs → Volksoper Vienna ⓘ

linked to: Vienna Volksoper

Austrian Federal Theatres → manages → Volksoper Wien ⓘ

linked to: Vienna Volksoper

18th district of Vienna → hasLandmark → Volksoper Wien ⓘ

linked to: Vienna Volksoper

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