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The audio version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s new book My Own Words features a special segment on the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, narrated and performed by composer-librettist Derrick Wang and recorded at New York’s Steinway Hall.
Audio: Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Scalia/Ginsburg composer Derrick Wang, in an interview featuring audio clips from the opera.
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’?”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks to the Washington Post about Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg.
The Dallas Opera’s General Director & CEO writes: “One of the most intriguing concepts in this year’s season is an opera about Supreme Court justices (Scalia/Ginsburg) at the Castleton Festival.”
Wish you had a ticket to the sold-out opening night of Scalia/Ginsburg? Now you can watch the livestream on Saturday, July 11!
The Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany’s largest national subscription daily newspaper) presents a 3-page feature about Derrick Wang and his opera Scalia/Ginsburg: http://bit.ly/SZsgFB (in print Saturday, May 30, 2015, pp. 11–13).
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)
The July 11 opening night performance of Scalia/Ginsburg’s world premiere production at the Castleton Festival is SOLD OUT.
Get tickets for July 17 and 19 (the remaining two performances) while you still can! http://bit.ly/SG-Tix0
The New York Times reports that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will attend the world premiere of Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg.
Get tickets for Derrick Wang’s opera ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ (July 11, 17, 19) — and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s talk on law in opera (July 11)! — all at the Castleton Festival.
