Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House

E609810

opera house performing arts venue

Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House is a major contemporary performing arts venue in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, renowned for its innovative architecture and large-scale opera and theater productions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Weiwuying Opera House	2
Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6650822 — 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: Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House
Context triple: [Opera House (Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts), alsoKnownAs, Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House]

A. Guangzhou Opera House
Guangzhou Opera House is a landmark performing arts venue in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its futuristic, fluid architectural design by Zaha Hadid Architects.
B. West Kowloon Cultural District
West Kowloon Cultural District is a major arts and cultural hub in Hong Kong featuring museums, performance venues, and public spaces along the city’s waterfront.
C. Chan Shun Concert Hall
Chan Shun Concert Hall is the main performance auditorium within the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia, renowned for its excellent acoustics and hosting of major concerts and events.
D. Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House is a landmark performing arts venue in Taichung, Taiwan, celebrated for its innovative, organic architectural design by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.
E. Shenzhen Concert Hall
Shenzhen Concert Hall is a major modern performance venue in Shenzhen, China, known for its distinctive architecture and hosting a wide range of classical and contemporary music events.
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: Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House
Target entity description: Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House is a major contemporary performing arts venue in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, renowned for its innovative architecture and large-scale opera and theater productions.

A. Guangzhou Opera House
Guangzhou Opera House is a landmark performing arts venue in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its futuristic, fluid architectural design by Zaha Hadid Architects.
B. West Kowloon Cultural District
West Kowloon Cultural District is a major arts and cultural hub in Hong Kong featuring museums, performance venues, and public spaces along the city’s waterfront.
C. Chan Shun Concert Hall
Chan Shun Concert Hall is the main performance auditorium within the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia, renowned for its excellent acoustics and hosting of major concerts and events.
D. Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House is a landmark performing arts venue in Taichung, Taiwan, celebrated for its innovative, organic architectural design by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.
E. Shenzhen Concert Hall
Shenzhen Concert Hall is a major modern performance venue in Shenzhen, China, known for its distinctive architecture and hosting a wide range of classical and contemporary music events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera house ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ
architect	Francine Houben ⓘ Mecanoo ⓘ
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ organic architecture ⓘ
category	Concert halls in Taiwan ⓘ Cultural infrastructure completed in 2018 ⓘ Opera houses in Taiwan ⓘ Theatres in Kaohsiung ⓘ
country	Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China
formerSiteOf	military training base ⓘ
hasFeature	large public plaza under the roof ⓘ multiple interconnected performance spaces ⓘ undulating façade ⓘ
hasPart	concert hall ⓘ opera house ⓘ outdoor theater ⓘ playhouse ⓘ recital hall ⓘ
inception	2018 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialWebsite	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Fengshan District ⓘ Kaohsiung ⓘ
locatedInPark	Weiwuying Metropolitan Park ⓘ
materialUsed	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Weiwuying ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	zh ⓘ
notableFor	innovative architecture ⓘ large-scale opera productions ⓘ large-scale theater productions ⓘ
openingDate	2018-10-13 ⓘ
operator	National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts ⓘ linked to: Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
ownedBy	Ministry of Culture of Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)
partOf	National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts ⓘ linked to: Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
publicTransitAccess	Fongshan West–Weiwuying metro station ⓘ linked to: Fongshan West–Weiwuying station
region	southern Taiwan ⓘ
roofShape	flowing canopy ⓘ
seatingCapacity	approximately 6000 ⓘ
seatingCapacityOfConcertHall	about 1981 ⓘ
seatingCapacityOfOperaHouse	about 2236 ⓘ
seatingCapacityOfPlayhouse	about 1210 ⓘ
seatingCapacityOfRecitalHall	about 434 ⓘ
significance	one of the largest performing arts complexes in the world under a single roof ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Opera House (Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts) → alsoKnownAs → Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House ⓘ

subject linked to: Opera House

Opera House (Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts) → alsoKnownAs → Weiwuying Opera House ⓘ

subject linked to: Opera House

linked to: Wei-Wu-Ying Opera House

Weiwuying area of Kaohsiung → hasEventVenue → Weiwuying Opera House ⓘ