Buxton Opera House

E113167

opera house performing arts venue theatre

Buxton Opera House is an Edwardian-era theatre in the spa town of Buxton, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a major venue for opera, theatre, and festivals in the Peak District.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Buxton Opera House canonical	7
Buxton Opera House and Arts Centre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T962914 — 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: Buxton Opera House
Context triple: [Derbyshire, containsLandmark, Buxton Opera House]

A. Grand Theatre
Grand Theatre is the English translation of the name of the Bolshoi Theatre, the historic and world-renowned performing arts venue in Moscow famed for its ballet and opera productions.
B. Festival Hall
Festival Hall was a grand Beaux-Arts style performance and assembly venue that served as one of the central cultural and ceremonial buildings of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
C. Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
D. Festival Hall
Festival Hall was the grand central exhibition and ceremonial building of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair), known for its impressive dome and role as a focal point of the fairgrounds.
E. Manchester Town Hall
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian-era neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England, serving as the historic seat of the city's local government.
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: Buxton Opera House
Target entity description: Buxton Opera House is an Edwardian-era theatre in the spa town of Buxton, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a major venue for opera, theatre, and festivals in the Peak District.

A. Grand Theatre
Grand Theatre is the English translation of the name of the Bolshoi Theatre, the historic and world-renowned performing arts venue in Moscow famed for its ballet and opera productions.
B. Festival Hall
Festival Hall was a grand Beaux-Arts style performance and assembly venue that served as one of the central cultural and ceremonial buildings of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
C. Festival Hall
Festival Hall was the grand central exhibition and ceremonial building of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair), known for its impressive dome and role as a focal point of the fairgrounds.
D. Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
E. Manchester Town Hall
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian-era neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England, serving as the historic seat of the city's local government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera house ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ theatre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Buxton Opera House ⓘ surface form: Buxton Opera House and Arts Centre
architect	Frank Matcham ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque Revival ⓘ Edwardian ⓘ
city	Buxton ⓘ
constructionStartYear	1901 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy	Frank Matcham ⓘ
hasFeature	front-of-house bar areas ⓘ orchestra pit ⓘ ornate plasterwork ⓘ painted ceiling ⓘ proscenium arch stage ⓘ three-tier auditorium ⓘ
hasFunction	community arts venue ⓘ education and outreach programmes ⓘ touring productions venue ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II* listed building ⓘ
hosts	Buxton Festival ⓘ Buxton Festival Fringe events ⓘ Buxton Festival ⓘ surface form: Buxton International Festival cinema screenings ⓘ
locatedIn	Derbyshire ⓘ England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
location	Buxton ⓘ
near	Peak District ⓘ surface form: Peak District National Park
notableFor	Edwardian auditorium ⓘ ornate interior decoration ⓘ role in Buxton Festival ⓘ
openingDate	1903-06-01 ⓘ
operatedBy	Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre Trust ⓘ
ownedBy	High Peak district ⓘ surface form: High Peak Borough Council
partOf	Pavilion Gardens ⓘ surface form: Pavilion Gardens complex
primaryUse	concerts ⓘ festivals ⓘ opera performances ⓘ theatre performances ⓘ
publicTransit	Buxton railway station ⓘ
region	East Midlands ⓘ
reopenedAsLiveTheatre	1979 ⓘ
seatingCapacity	902 ⓘ
significance	major cultural venue in the Peak District ⓘ
website	https://buxtonoperahouse.org.uk ⓘ
yearCompleted	1903 ⓘ

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

Derbyshire → containsLandmark → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Buxton → knownFor → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Buxton → hasLandmark → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Buxton Opera House → alsoKnownAs → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buxton Opera House and Arts Centre

Frank Matcham → designed → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Buxton Festival → hasMainVenue → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Buxton Festival → usesVenue → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

Old Hall Hotel, Buxton → near → Buxton Opera House ⓘ

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