From July 9 to August 6, 2021, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will be the centerpiece of the Chautauqua Institution’s summer opera season.
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From July 9 to August 6, 2021, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will be the centerpiece of the Chautauqua Institution’s summer opera season.
Watch Derrick Wang discuss how Justice Ginsburg inspired his own creative work in this video of the U.S. Copyright Office’s special online event, “The Enduring Copyright Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
Video (at 48:40): Watch the central duet from Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg (“We are different, we are one”) on Live with Carnegie Hall: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg, introduced by Metropolitan Opera star Isabel Leonard.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg describes Derrick Wang’s comic opera Scalia/Ginsburg, which ushered in an era of RBG-themed books, films, and art.
‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ is featured three times (!) in New York radio station WQXR’s list of top Ruth Bader Ginsburg opera videos.
The Los Angeles Times writes: “Could we please make it a constitutional requirement that no one can be sworn into office in the White House or Congress without first having seen ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’?”
VIDEO: David Savage of the Los Angeles Times describes Derrick Wang's opera 'Scalia/Ginsburg' in a panel discussion with fellow Supreme Court correspondents Robert Barnes (The Washington Post), Joan Biskupic (Reuters), Adam Liptak (The New York Times), and Tony Mauro (National Law Journal), moderated by Arthur Spitzer (Legal Director, ACLU of the National Capital Area).
Wish you had a ticket to the sold-out opening night of Scalia/Ginsburg? Now you can watch the livestream on Saturday, July 11!
VIDEO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces the world premiere production of Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg to the 2015 National Opera Conference. Watch the video and read the transcript here!
(via OPERA America)
In a March 12, 2015 talk at the 92nd Street Y in New York, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer weighed in on Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg. Watch the video here.
