From February 28–March 02, 2025, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive two performances by Fargo-Moorhead Opera.
Welcome to the website of composer and writer Derrick Wang.
Welcome to the website of composer and writer Derrick Wang.
From February 28–March 02, 2025, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive two performances by Fargo-Moorhead Opera.
On March 28 & 29, 2025, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg launches Charlottesville Opera’s new multi-year initiative for contemporary works, with two performances in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Lively and clever, ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ bravely asks why can’t we all get along”: The Orlando Sentinel reviews Derrick Wang’s opera ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’.
Derrick Wang’s new ending to the unfinished Puccini opera Turandot receives its world premiere May 17 & 19, 2024 by OperaDelaware at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware. Tickets are now available.
From March 15–17, 2024, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive three performances by Opera del Sol at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, FL. Tickets are available here.
From February 2–4, 2024, Derrick Wang’s Supreme Court opera Scalia/Ginsburg will receive three performances by Anchorage Opera at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are to be available September 01, 2023 via the CenterTix website.
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.
