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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.

To sync with your radio stream, listen for the host to say "Here now is TRIAL BY JURY from OPERADELAWARE." after introducing the cast. You will then hear a s...

≈ 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.

How to sync supertitles with the radio broadcast:After the announcer introduces the cast, you will hear, "Here now is Derrick Wang's Scalia/Ginsburg from OperaD...

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’