Derrick Wang

Opera Company of Middlebury Reveals 2024�"2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2024

Opera Company of Middlebury’s 2024–2025 Youth Opera Season will involve over 170 teen singers and instrumentalists in 2024–2025 season productions. Learn more about the season here!

PETER PAN & More Lead Florida's Spring 2024 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - Mar 1, 2024

Florida is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Spring 2024 include Peter Pan​​​​​​​ and more.

Central Florida Vocal Arts And Opera Del Sol Present SCALIA/GINSBURG
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 19, 2024

Central Florida Vocal Arts presents the Southeast regional premiere of Scalia/Ginsburg, a contemporary opera based on the opinions of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Double Bill of SCALIA/GINSBURG and TRIAL BY JURY Comes to Pacific Opera Project
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2023

 Pacific Opera Project presents the LA premiere performances of Scalia/Ginsburg in a double bill with Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Pacific Opera Project to Present Los Angeles Premiere of SCALIA/GINSBURG in Double Bill with TRIAL BY JURY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2023

Don't miss the LA premiere performances of Scalia/Ginsburg and Trial by Jury, presented as a double bill by Pacific Opera Project.

Opera Ithaca Welcomes Gretchen Van Valen as Managing Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 14, 2023

Opera Ithaca announces the appointment of Gretchen Van Valen as its first Managing Director. Learn more about Opera Ithaca's upcoming season and Van Valen's role in this exciting new chapter.

Experience a Modern Twist on Rossini's BARBER OF SEVILLE at Pacific Opera Project
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2023

Experience the magic of Pacific Opera Project's modern-day spin on Rossini's beloved comedic classic, The Barber of Seville. Join us for a one-night-only performance at The Ford on August 25. Don't miss this accessible and entertaining twist on a timeless masterpiece. Secure your tickets now!

Pacific Opera Project to Present HANSEL AND GRETEL, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, and More in 2023-2024 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 27, 2023

Pacific Opera Project (POP) has announced its 2023-2024 season of performances, marking a season of growth and expansion with pop-up performances and events around Los Angeles as well as in POP's new headquarters, POP HQ AKA “The POPera Shop” in Highland Park.

Opera In The Heights Presents ELIXIR OF LOVE
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2022

 Opera in the Heights (OH!) is officially staying in Lambert Hall long-term with their new landlord, the Houston Saengerbund. OH! will present a full season of offerings that begins with Donizetti's Elixir of Love running December 3-11.

Center for Contemporary Opera and National Sawdust to Present WE, THE INNUMERABLE Workshop
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 14, 2022

The Center for Contemporary Opera's (CCO) Fortieth Season will continue with We, The Innumerable by the Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh and the librettist Lisa Flanagan.  The workshop premiere of this one-act opera in concert form, takes place on Friday, October 21 at 7:30pm at National Sawdust.

Opening Weekend of the Princeton Festival Features Storm Large, Operas By Derrick Wang, and Mozart
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2022

Versatile chanteuse Storm Large opens the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)'s all-new Princeton Festival on Friday, June 10 at 7:30pm. She sings the dual Anna role in Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins in a concert performance of the work with the PSO.

May Princeton Festival Library Talks Explore Operatic Works
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022

Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Festival Director Gregory Jon Geehern delves into Derrick Wang's contemporary opera Scalia/Ginsburg, Benjamin Britten's comic opera Albert Herring, and Kurt Weill's sensual The Seven Deadly Sins at talks held at area libraries this month.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Announces Princeton Festival Poetry Workshop With Nicole Homer
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2022

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) invites poets of all ages to be a part of a free poetry workshop to be held Saturday, June 18 at 12:30pm during the 2022 Princeton Festival. Guest poet Nicole Homer will lead the “Just Poetry” workshop and talk about how what we see onstage can move us to be creative.

2022 Princeton Festival Tickets are Now Available
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 29, 2022

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra announced that tickets are now available for the 18th Princeton Festival, June 10-25, 2022.

All-New, Outdoor Princeton Festival In The Works For June 10-25, 2022
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 27, 2022

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) promises to deliver an all-new, outdoor Princeton Festival June 10-25, 2022 with a cohesive campus plan, community cooperation, and exciting artists.

Opera In The Heights to Presents IL TROVATORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2021

Opera in the Heights, after a year and a half of alternative programming online and outdoors, has announced its return to fully-staged productions in its home venue, Lambert Hall. Headlining the season will be original productions of Verdi's Il Trovatore (November 13, 14, 19, 21, 2021) and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (April 2, 3, 8, 10, 2022).

Opera Memphis Presents SCALIA/GINSBURG
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2021

Opera Memphis will present Derrick Wang's comic opera Scalia/Ginsburg for ONE NIGHT ONLY at the Germantown Performing Arts Center.

Opera Las Vegas Will Present a Production of SCALIA/GINSBURG Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2020

Opera Las Vegas will present Scalia/Ginsburg next year. The opera tells the story of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her lifelong friend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Explains The History Of SCALIA/GINSBURG Opera
by Alan Henry - Oct 2, 2019

Watch as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explains the origins and plot of the opera Scalia/Ginsburg! Scalia/Ginsburg is the American opera by composer-librettist Derrick Wang that ushered in the era of Supreme Court-themed books, films, and art.

Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert Of Arias 2019 Winners and Appoints Ana Maria Martinez As Artistic Advisor
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2019

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announced today the winners of the 31st annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias, which took place in the Cullen Theater of the Wortham Theater Center. This is the third year the Concert of Arias was streamed live on Facebook, and the second for livestreaming on YouTube. The livestream was hosted by HGO Studio alumna Andrea Carroll. She is currently performing in The Pearl Fishers as Le la and placed first in the 2012 Concert of Arias. The winners were announced during the second portion of the program.