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From November 17–26, 2023, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive six performances by Los Angeles-based Pacific Opera Project. Single tickets are to be available in late summer 2023 here.
On September 23, 2023 at 7pm ET, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg inaugurates Cornell University’s Biennial Cornell Brooks School Program in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Martin Ginsburg, in a new production by Opera Ithaca.
“Glorious”, “riveting” and “lusciously funny”: At the 2022 Princeton Festival, Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg “creates a fabulous evening of entertainment that appeals to the brain, sense of justice, and funny bone while eventually touching the heart.”
“There is such hope and love in it”: The Houston Press reports, “It is a cleansing blast of air to hear Opera in the Heights’ production of Derrick Wang’s beguiling…opera Scalia/Ginsburg…. This is ecumenical non-partisanship with intelligence, wit, verve, style, and an utter sweetness of purpose.”
On June 11, 12, and 18, 2022, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will be the centerpiece of the 2022 Princeton Festival with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are available here.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s handwritten notes about Derrick Wang’s work have come to auction online at Bonhams, January 19–27, 2022.
Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg, the centerpiece of the Chautauqua Institution’s summer opera season, opened to a sold-out audience on July 9, 2021 and runs through August 6, 2021.
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.
On June 1, 2021, Derrick Wang spoke with WREG-TV Memphis about his Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg,
On June 12, 2021, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive an outdoor production by Opera Memphis.
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.”
