Derrick Wang Explained

Derrick Wang
Website:https://www.derrickwang.com

Derrick Wang is an American composer and writer.

Education

Wang graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, Harvard University, where he composed works including two musicals for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.[1] [2] He received a master's degree from the Yale School of Music.

Work

Wang came to international attention as the composer and librettist of Scalia/Ginsburg, the opera about United States Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[3] [4] [5] Both justices wrote forewords to Wang's libretto.[6] One chapter of Ginsburg's 2016 book My Own Words consists of excerpts from the libretto,[7] [8] narrated and performed by Wang in the audiobook. In 2022, Justice Ginsburg's copy of the Scalia/Ginsburg libretto with a one-page autograph manuscript of her handwritten notes was sold at auction for over US$10,000.[9] [10]

In 2024, Opera Delaware premiered Wang's new completion of the opera Turandot, praised as "adept," "respectful," and "seamless."[11] [12] [13]

Wang, a musical dramatist and forensic musicologist, teaches music and law at Johns Hopkins University.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Rosen . Jeffrey . 2014-09-28 . Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero . The New Republic . 2023-05-19 . 0028-6583.
  2. News: Bravin . Jess . 2015-07-13 . Justice Ginsburg's Spin on a Supreme Opera, 'Scalia/Ginsburg' . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2023-05-19 . 0099-9660.
  3. News: Langer . Emily . 2013-10-04 . Derrick Wang Discusses 'Scalia/Ginsburg,' His Opera about the Supreme Court Justices . Washington Post . E5 . 0190-8286.
  4. Web site: 2020-02-05 . Composing the Law: An Interview with Derrick Wang, Creator of the Scalia/Ginsburg Opera . 2023-05-19 . American Bar Association.
  5. News: Heil . Emily . 2015-07-20 . 'Scalia/Ginsburg' opera draws VIPs of the legal world . Washington Post . 0190-8286.
  6. Scalia . Antonin . Ginsburg . Ruth Bader . 2015 . Prefaces to Scalia/Ginsburg: A (Gentle) Parody of Operatic Proportions . The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts . en . 38 . 2 . 237 . 10.7916/jla.v38i2.2118 . 2161-9271.
  7. Book: Ginsburg, Ruth Bader . My Own Words . Simon & Schuster . Hartnett, Mary; Williams, Wendy W. . 2016 . 978-1-5011-4524-7 . 1st . New York, NY . 43–55, 341–350 . 946693458.
  8. Web site: Chemerinsky . Erwin . 2016-11-08 . Book Review: My Own Words . 2020-11-02 . Washington Independent Review of Books.
  9. Web site: Tarmy . James . 2022-01-04 . Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Private Library Is Coming to Auction . 2022-01-31 . Bloomberg.
  10. Web site: 2022-01-27 . The Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Autograph Notes on Opera and Law . 2022-01-31 . Bonhams . en.
  11. Web site: Obenreder . Gail . 2024-05-21 . OperaDelaware presents Puccini’s Turandot . 2024-06-05 . Broad Street Review . en.
  12. Web site: Silverman . Mike . 2024-05-08 . Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work . 2024-06-05 . AP News . en.
  13. News: Brodeur . Michael Andor . 2024-05-13 . Washington National Opera’s new ‘Turandot’ gets a refreshing finale . 2024-05-29 . The Washington Post.
  14. Web site: 2017-06-27 . Derrick Wang Joins Peabody Faculty . 2023-05-19 . Peabody Magazine . en-US.
  15. Web site: Cruickshank . Saralyn . 2020-11-06 . Forging friendships across political divides . 2020-11-06 . The Hub . en-US.

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