Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw

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ballet theatre cultural institution opera house

Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw is Poland’s principal opera and ballet house, renowned for its monumental neoclassical architecture and central role in the country’s cultural life.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Theatre in Warsaw	2
Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw canonical	1
Grand Theatre–National Opera, Warsaw	1
Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa	1
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9805047 — 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: Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw
Context triple: [Śródmieście, Warsaw, contains, Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw]

A. Teatr Wielki we Lwowie
Teatr Wielki we Lwowie is the historic grand opera house in Lviv, renowned for its opulent architecture and central role in the city’s cultural life.
B. Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre
Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre is a prominent dramatic theatre in Rzeszów, Poland, known for its repertoire of classic and contemporary plays and its role as a key regional cultural institution.
C. Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic is a major cultural institution in northeastern Poland, serving as both an opera house and concert hall and hosting a wide range of performing arts events.
D. Tarnów Theatre
Tarnów Theatre is a prominent cultural venue in the Polish city of Tarnów, known for staging a variety of theatrical performances and serving as a key center of local artistic life.
E. Wrocław Opera
Wrocław Opera is a historic opera house in Wrocław, Poland, renowned for its classical architecture and performances of opera, ballet, and other musical theatre.
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: Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw
Target entity description: Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw is Poland’s principal opera and ballet house, renowned for its monumental neoclassical architecture and central role in the country’s cultural life.

A. Teatr Wielki we Lwowie
Teatr Wielki we Lwowie is the historic grand opera house in Lviv, renowned for its opulent architecture and central role in the city’s cultural life.
B. Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre
Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre is a prominent dramatic theatre in Rzeszów, Poland, known for its repertoire of classic and contemporary plays and its role as a key regional cultural institution.
C. Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic is a major cultural institution in northeastern Poland, serving as both an opera house and concert hall and hosting a wide range of performing arts events.
D. Tarnów Theatre
Tarnów Theatre is a prominent cultural venue in the Polish city of Tarnów, known for staging a variety of theatrical performances and serving as a key center of local artistic life.
E. Wrocław Opera
Wrocław Opera is a historic opera house in Wrocław, Poland, renowned for its classical architecture and performances of opera, ballet, and other musical theatre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet theatre ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ opera house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Teatr Wielki w Warszawie ⓘ linked to: Warsaw Opera Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa ⓘ linked to: Grand Theatre – National Opera, Warsaw
architecturalStyle	neoclassical architecture ⓘ
capacity	about 1800 seats ⓘ
category	Neoclassical architecture in Warsaw ⓘ Opera houses in Poland ⓘ Theatres in Warsaw ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
culturalSignificance	Poland’s principal opera and ballet house ⓘ major symbol of Polish national culture ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Stanisław Moniuszko ⓘ
destroyedDuring	World War II ⓘ
facadePreserved	main neoclassical façade ⓘ
features	Corinthian columns ⓘ monumental portico ⓘ quadriga sculpture of Apollo ⓘ linked to: statue of Apollo
governingBody	Polish National Opera ⓘ linked to: Warsaw Opera
hasResidentCompany	Polish National Ballet ⓘ Polish National Opera chorus ⓘ Polish National Opera orchestra ⓘ
hosts	classical music concerts ⓘ contemporary opera productions ⓘ international guest performances ⓘ
houses	Moniuszko Auditorium ⓘ
inaugurated	1833 ⓘ
locatedIn	Theatre Square, Warsaw ⓘ Warsaw ⓘ
near	Piłsudski Square, Warsaw ⓘ linked to: Piłsudski Square Saxon Garden, Warsaw ⓘ
notableFor	central role in Poland’s cultural life ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ
opened	24 February 1833 ⓘ
operator	Polish National Opera ⓘ linked to: Polish National Opera orchestra
originalArchitect	Antonio Corazzi NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	State Treasury of Poland ⓘ
primaryFunction	ballet performances ⓘ opera performances ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Bohdan Pniewski ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted	1965 ⓘ
servesAs	Polish National Ballet ⓘ Polish National Opera ⓘ linked to: Warsaw Opera
warDamage	heavily damaged in 1939 ⓘ ruined during the Warsaw Uprising ⓘ
website	https://teatrwielki.pl/ ⓘ

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