Maly Theatre
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The Maly Theatre is one of Moscow’s oldest and most renowned drama theatres, celebrated for its classical Russian repertoire and historic 19th-century building near the city center.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maly Theatre canonical | 9 |
| Maly Theatre, Moscow | 2 |
| State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia | 1 |
| The Maly Theatre | 1 |
| Малый театр | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1946486 — 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: Maly Theatre Context triple: [Central Administrative Okrug, contains, Maly Theatre]
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A.
Mikhailovsky Theatre
The Mikhailovsky Theatre is one of Saint Petersburg’s historic opera and ballet houses, renowned for its classical repertoire and elegant 19th-century architecture.
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B.
Volkov Theatre
Volkov Theatre is a historic Russian drama theatre in Yaroslavl, often regarded as one of the oldest professional theatres in Russia.
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C.
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia’s most famous historic theatre and home of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet and Opera companies.
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D.
Alexandrinsky Theatre
The Alexandrinsky Theatre is one of Russia’s oldest and most prestigious drama theatres, renowned for its neoclassical architecture and central role in the cultural life of Saint Petersburg.
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E.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
- 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: Maly Theatre Target entity description: The Maly Theatre is one of Moscow’s oldest and most renowned drama theatres, celebrated for its classical Russian repertoire and historic 19th-century building near the city center.
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A.
Mikhailovsky Theatre
The Mikhailovsky Theatre is one of Saint Petersburg’s historic opera and ballet houses, renowned for its classical repertoire and elegant 19th-century architecture.
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B.
Volkov Theatre
Volkov Theatre is a historic Russian drama theatre in Yaroslavl, often regarded as one of the oldest professional theatres in Russia.
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C.
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia’s most famous historic theatre and home of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet and Opera companies.
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D.
Alexandrinsky Theatre
The Alexandrinsky Theatre is one of Russia’s oldest and most prestigious drama theatres, renowned for its neoclassical architecture and central role in the cultural life of Saint Petersburg.
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E.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
ⓘ
drama theatre ⓘ historic building ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| address |
Theatre Square, Moscow
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surface form:
Teatralnaya Ploshchad (Theatre Square), Moscow
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Maly Theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia
|
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century Russian classicism ⓘ |
| artForm |
drama
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| audienceType | general public ⓘ |
| buildingCompletedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| city | Moscow ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1824 ⓘ |
| genre | spoken drama ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus |
historic monument of Moscow
ⓘ
national cultural institution of Russia ⓘ |
| hasMainBuilding | historic theatre building on Theatre Square ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfActivity |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ |
| hasSeatingType | proscenium theatre ⓘ |
| hasStage |
branch stages in Moscow
ⓘ
main stage ⓘ |
| hasType | repertory theatre ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official website of Maly Theatre (Russian-language) ⓘ |
| heritage |
one of the oldest drama theatres in Moscow
ⓘ
one of the oldest drama theatres in Russia ⓘ |
| inception | 1824 ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | city centre of Moscow ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bolshoi Theatre
ⓘ
Moscow Art Theatre ⓘ Theatre Square, Moscow ⓘ |
| name | Maly Theatre self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Maly Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Малый театр
|
| notableFor |
historical 19th-century auditorium
ⓘ
preservation of classical Russian drama tradition ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Russian state theatre authorities ⓘ |
| ownedBy | state ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Moscow
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| repertoire |
classical Russian drama
ⓘ
plays by Alexander Ostrovsky ⓘ plays by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ plays by Mikhail Lermontov ⓘ plays by Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| significance |
important part of Moscow’s theatrical heritage
ⓘ
major centre of Russian dramatic art ⓘ |
| specialization | classical repertoire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maly Theatre Description of subject: The Maly Theatre is one of Moscow’s oldest and most renowned drama theatres, celebrated for its classical Russian repertoire and historic 19th-century building near the city center.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form:
Maly Theatre, Moscow
subject surface form:
Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form:
Maly Theatre, Moscow
this entity surface form:
Малый театр
this entity surface form:
State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia
subject surface form:
Teatralnaya
this entity surface form:
The Maly Theatre