Mariinsky Theatre
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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.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T46763 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mariinsky Theatre Context triple: [St. Petersburg, hasTheatre, Mariinsky Theatre]
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Opera House
The Opera House is a principal performance venue within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., primarily hosting opera, ballet, and other large-scale theatrical productions.
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Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
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Gran Teatro de La Habana
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a historic and ornate performing arts theater in central Havana, Cuba, renowned for its baroque architecture and as the home of the Cuban National Ballet.
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Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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E.
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a world-renowned concert venue in New York City celebrated for its exceptional acoustics and historic role in classical and popular music performance.
- 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: Mariinsky Theatre Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Opera House
The Opera House is a principal performance venue within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., primarily hosting opera, ballet, and other large-scale theatrical productions.
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B.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
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C.
Gran Teatro de La Habana
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a historic and ornate performing arts theater in central Havana, Cuba, renowned for its baroque architecture and as the home of the Cuban National Ballet.
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D.
Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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E.
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a world-renowned concert venue in New York City celebrated for its exceptional acoustics and historic role in classical and popular music performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet theatre
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cultural heritage monument ⓘ opera house ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mariinka
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Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Mariinsky Theater
|
| architect | Albert Cavos ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Valery Gergiev ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial Russian Ballet
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Saint Petersburg Conservatory (through artists and productions) ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| formerName |
Mariinsky Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kirov Theatre
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| foundedAs |
Mariinsky Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Imperial theatre of the Russian Empire
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| genre |
ballet
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classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mariinsky Concert Hall
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Mariinsky Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre Second Stage (Mariinsky II)
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| heritageStatus | cultural landmark of Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| homeCompany |
Mariinsky Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mariinsky Ballet
Mariinsky Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mariinsky Opera
Mariinsky Orchestra ⓘ |
| inception | 1860 ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg
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surface form:
Admiralteysky District, Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| namedAfter |
Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
ⓘ
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) ⓘ
surface form:
Maria Alexandrovna
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| notableFor |
Russian classical ballet tradition
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Russian opera tradition ⓘ world-class symphonic performances ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
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Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
surface form:
The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| opened | 2 October 1860 ⓘ |
| operator |
Mariinsky Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre company
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| owner |
Government of the Russian Federation
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surface form:
Government of Russia
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| publicTransit |
near Sadovaya metro station
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near Sennaya Ploshchad metro station ⓘ near Spasskaya metro station ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
premieres of many works by Modest Mussorgsky
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premieres of many works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ premieres of many works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| status | one of the world’s leading opera and ballet theatres ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mariinsky.ru/ ⓘ |
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Subject: Mariinsky Theatre Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (109)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg
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Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg
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Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg
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Mariinsky Theatre building in Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre (Soviet and post-Soviet)
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Opera
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Imperial Mariinsky Theatre
this entity surface form:
Mariinsky Opera
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Mariinsky Theatre complex
this entity surface form:
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre
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New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre
subject surface form:
Albert Cavos