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How to listen to ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ online: Sat Nov. 7, ≈ 1:30 p.m. EST

How to listen to ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ online: Sat Nov. 7, ≈ 1:30 p.m. EST

Listen to Scalia/Ginsburg online:
Saturday, November 7, 2020, ≈ 1:30 p.m. EST.

  • Schedule for WFMT-FM 98.7, Chicago, IL (and other affiliated stations):

    • ≈ 1:00 p.m. EST | Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan

    • ≈ 1:35 p.m. EST | Interview with Derrick Wang

    • ≈ 1:40 p.m. EST | Scalia/Ginsburg by Derrick Wang


On Saturday, November 7, 2020, here are two ways to enjoy the WFMT Radio Network broadcast of Trial by Jury and Scalia/Ginsburg on the Internet:

Option A: Go to OperaDelaware’s radio webpage and follow the instructions there:

Option B: Stay here, and follow the instructions below!


1.  To turn on the music, click/tap the Play button below.

(You may hear a commercial before the radio station starts playing.)

Backup plan 1: If the Play button above doesn’t start the music, then you can go to the WFMT website (which opens in a new window), click/tap the Play button there, and then come back here!

Backup plan 2: If the music still won’t play for you, then go old-school and turn on your (physical) radio to one of the following local stations listed at the bottom of this page.* Then come back here!


2.  (Optional but recommended):
To follow along with the lyrics, see the instructions for the silent videos below.

≈ 1:00 p.m. EST | Trial by Jury

  • ≈ 1:03pm EST:
    After the announcer introduces the cast, you will hear, “Here now is Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury from OperaDelaware,” followed by brief applause.

  • When the music (overture) begins, PRESS PLAY on the video.

≈ 1:35 p.m. EST | Interview with Derrick Wang

≈ 1:40 p.m. EST | Scalia/Ginsburg

  • ≈ 1:42 p.m. EST:
    After the announcer introduces the cast, you will hear, “Here now is Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg from OperaDelaware,” followed by brief applause.

  • When the music (overture) begins, PRESS PLAY on the video.

Subtitle videos courtesy of OperaDelaware.


3.  Directly following the broadcast (≈ 3pm–4pm EST), join composer-librettist Derrick Wang for a live Zoom Q&A session, hosted by the SNF Agora Institute and Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.

Register (for free!) to receive the Zoom link by email:


*List of WFMT Radio Network opera affiliates

If the music’s not playing online for you, tune your physical radio (the one that looks like a box!) to one of the following local stations (listed by state).

NOTE: List courtesy of WFMT; accuracy not guaranteed.

• FL: WFSQ-FM 91.5
• GA: WABE-FM 90.1
• HI: KHPR-FM 88.1 (HPR2)
• IL: WFMT-FM 98.7 | WILL-FM 90.9 | WDBX-FM 91.1
• IN: WFIU-FM 103.7 (WFIU1) | WBNI-FM | WSND-FM
• IA: WOI-FM Classical 90.1
• KY: WKYL-FM 88.9; WUOL-FM 90.5
• MD: WBJC-FM 91.5
• MA: WHRB 95.3FM
• MO: KWJC-FM 91.9; KSMU-FM 91.1; KIHT-FM2 96.3
• NE: KVNO-FM 90.7
• NV: KNCJ-FM 89.5
• NH: WCNH-FM 91.5
• NM: KHFM-FM 95.5; KENW-FM
• NY: WNED-FM 94.5; WQXR-FM 105.9; WXXI-FM 91.5; WCNY-FM 91.3
• NC: WHQR-FM 91.3 (HD2)
• OH: WMRT-FM 88.3; WDPR-FM 88.1; WGTE-FM 91.3
• OK: KUCO-FM 90.1; KWTU-FM 88.7
• OR: KWAX-FM 91.1; KSOR-FM 90.1
• PA: WRTI-FM 90.1; WQED-FM 89.3; WVIA-FM 89.9
• RI: WCRI-FM 95.9
• TN: WUOT-FM 91.9; WKNO-FM 91.1
• TX: KAMU-FM 90.9; KEDT-FM 90.3; KTTZ-FM 89.1
• VT: WNCH-FM 88.1
• VA: WHRO-FM 90.3; WWLB-FM 93.1

Listen to ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ (DC): Sat Nov. 14, ≈ 1:30 p.m. EST

Listen to ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ (DC): Sat Nov. 14, ≈ 1:30 p.m. EST

OperaWire: Scalia/Ginsburg ‘is the kind of opera that should be everywhere’

OperaWire: Scalia/Ginsburg ‘is the kind of opera that should be everywhere’