Organization

Singer

Soprano

Lauren Cook

Justice Ginsburg

Tenor

Brian Cheney

Justice Scalia

Bass

Jonathan Moots

The Commentator

Stage director

Rob Glaubitz

Painted Sky Opera

English

Scalia/Ginsburg

Scalia/Ginsburg Wang,D

Public

Approved

Hailed as “a dream come true” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), a “perfect…jewel” (Opera Today), and “the kind of opera that should be everywhere” (OperaWire), Scalia/Ginsburg is a one-act operatic comedy by composer-librettist Derrick Wang about the unlikely friendship between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Inspired by the Justices’ own words, this “buoyant show with a deeply serious core” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) was first introduced at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013, ushering in the era of Supreme Court-themed art. 

Premiered in 2015 at noted conductor Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival and revised for its 2017 production at The Glimmerglass Festival, Scalia/Ginsburg continues to be produced across the United States and abroad, receiving its Australian premiere in 2021 by Orchestra Victoria. OperaDelaware’s 2019 mainstage production of Scalia/Ginsburg, the best-selling show in the company’s 76-year history, has been broadcast on national radio and featured on Live with Carnegie Hall.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast