Carl Ebert
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Carl Ebert was a prominent German-born opera and theatre director and actor, noted for his influential work in European opera and his role in shaping the postwar Glyndebourne Festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carl Ebert canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5317145 — 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: Carl Ebert Context triple: [The Rake's Progress, directorAtPremiere, Carl Ebert]
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A.
Carl Braun
Carl Braun was a prominent American professional basketball player of the 1940s and 1950s, best known as a star guard for the New York Knicks and later a Hall of Famer.
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B.
Walter Scheib
Walter Scheib was an American chef best known for serving as the White House Executive Chef for the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
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C.
Walt Dohrn
Walt Dohrn is an American animator, voice actor, writer, and director best known for his creative leadership on DreamWorks Animation films such as the Trolls franchise.
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D.
Oscar Neebe
Oscar Neebe was an American labor activist and anarchist who was controversially convicted in connection with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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E.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
- 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: Carl Ebert Target entity description: Carl Ebert was a prominent German-born opera and theatre director and actor, noted for his influential work in European opera and his role in shaping the postwar Glyndebourne Festival.
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A.
Carl Braun
Carl Braun was a prominent American professional basketball player of the 1940s and 1950s, best known as a star guard for the New York Knicks and later a Hall of Famer.
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B.
Walter Scheib
Walter Scheib was an American chef best known for serving as the White House Executive Chef for the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
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C.
Walt Dohrn
Walt Dohrn is an American animator, voice actor, writer, and director best known for his creative leadership on DreamWorks Animation films such as the Trolls franchise.
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D.
Oscar Neebe
Oscar Neebe was an American labor activist and anarchist who was controversially convicted in connection with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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E.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
opera director ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-02-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-05-14 ⓘ |
| employer |
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
Glyndebourne
Städtische Oper Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Deutsche Oper Berlin
|
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Ebert ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
opera
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
opera
ⓘ
spoken theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Carl ⓘ |
| influenced |
European opera staging practices
ⓘ
postwar Glyndebourne Festival ⓘ
linked to:
Glyndebourne
|
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century opera direction ⓘ |
| name | Carl Ebert ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential productions of Mozart operas at Glyndebourne
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shaping postwar European opera direction ⓘ |
| notableRole | pioneer of realistic opera direction in Germany ⓘ |
| notableStudent | many postwar European opera directors ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
Glyndebourne
postwar re-establishment of Glyndebourne Festival ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
opera director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Monica ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
artistic director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera
ⓘ
director of Städtische Oper Berlin ⓘ |
| residence |
Germany
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
Glyndebourne ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Los Angeles ⓘ |
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