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Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg is cited in the foreword (pp. x–xi) to the new book Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived, released by Crown Forum on October 3, 2017.
Scalia/Ginsburg is “engaging” and possessed of “musical wit,” says The Wall Street Journal. “Enchanting” and “a perfect…jewel,” writes Opera Today.
Derrick Wang joins the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, where he will teach new interdisciplinary courses on law and music.
Want to be the first to see Scalia/Ginsburg’s new production at the 2017 Glimmerglass Festival? Here’s how.
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.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s new book My Own Words was released this week. Guess which opera is an entire chapter in it?
The Center for Italian Studies Conference Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia concluded with Derrick Wang’s presentation The Aesthetic Influence of Justices Scalia and Ginsburg.
Retired Polish Constitutional Justice Eva Łętowska writes a two-page article on the relevance of Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg to both American and Polish law.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg, starring acclaimed tenor William Burden, on August 4 & 13, 2017.
Audio: Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Scalia/Ginsburg composer Derrick Wang, in an interview featuring audio clips from the opera.
In her official statement from the Supreme Court regarding the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began with a quote from the opera Scalia/Ginsburg.
“NEW YORK (AP) — Most speakers at large conferences hope they have something topical to add when it's their turn to talk. Derrick Wang has nothing to worry about.”
