Royal Swedish Opera

E36363

opera company opera house

The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden’s national opera company and principal opera house, located in Stockholm and renowned for its productions of opera and ballet.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Swedish Opera canonical	20
Royal Swedish Opera House	5
Kungliga Operan	1
Royal Swedish Opera company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T279715 — 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: Royal Swedish Opera
Context triple: [Malena Ernman, performedAt, Royal Swedish Opera]

A. Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
B. 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.
C. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Sweden’s leading symphony orchestras, renowned for its performances of both classical and contemporary repertoire and its central role in the country’s musical life.
D. Berlin State Opera
The Berlin State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera houses, renowned for its historic venue, world-class productions, and prominent role in Berlin’s cultural life.
E. La Scala
La Scala is Milan's world-renowned opera house, celebrated as one of the leading venues for opera and classical music performances.
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: Royal Swedish Opera
Target entity description: The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden’s national opera company and principal opera house, located in Stockholm and renowned for its productions of opera and ballet.

A. Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
B. 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.
C. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Sweden’s leading symphony orchestras, renowned for its performances of both classical and contemporary repertoire and its central role in the country’s musical life.
D. Berlin State Opera
The Berlin State Opera is one of Germany’s leading opera houses, renowned for its historic venue, world-class productions, and prominent role in Berlin’s cultural life.
E. La Scala
La Scala is Milan's world-renowned opera house, celebrated as one of the leading venues for opera and classical music performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera company ⓘ opera house ⓘ
architecturalStyle	neo‑classical architecture ⓘ
coordinates	59.329°N 18.069°E ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
employs	ballet dancers ⓘ conductors ⓘ opera singers ⓘ orchestra musicians ⓘ
foundedBy	King Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Gustav III of Sweden
founder	King Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Gustav III of Sweden
genre	ballet ⓘ opera ⓘ
hasAudienceCapacity	approximately 1200 seats ⓘ
hasPart	Royal Swedish Ballet ⓘ Royal Swedish Orchestra ⓘ
hasResidentBalletCompany	Royal Swedish Ballet ⓘ
hasResidentOrchestra	Royal Swedish Orchestra ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Stockholm ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed building in Sweden ⓘ
inception	1773 ⓘ
isNationalOperaHouseOf	Sweden ⓘ
isPrincipalOperaHouseOf	Sweden ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn	Stockholm ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
locatedOn	Gustav Adolfs torg ⓘ
location	Stockholm ⓘ
mainBuildingMaterial	stone ⓘ
nativeName	Royal Swedish Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kungliga Operan
notableWork	productions of works by Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ productions of works by Richard Wagner ⓘ productions of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.operan.se/ ⓘ
operator	Swedish state ⓘ
overlooks	Norrström ⓘ
ownedBy	Swedish government ⓘ surface form: Government of Sweden
partOf	Swedish national cultural institutions ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	Kungsträdgården metro station ⓘ
replaced	Gustavian Opera House ⓘ
significantEvent	demolition of the old opera house in 1892 ⓘ opening of the new opera house in 1899 ⓘ
use	ballet performances ⓘ concerts ⓘ opera performances ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Malena Ernman → performedAt → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ

Royal Swedish Opera → nativeName → Royal Swedish Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kungliga Operan

Stockholm Palace → nearby → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ

Norrmalm → hasCulturalVenue → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ

Alan Gilbert → employer → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ

Royal Swedish Ballet → partOf → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ

Royal Swedish Ballet → locatedInFacility → Royal Swedish Opera ⓘ