Airs Saturday, November 7, 2020, at 12:00 noon. This week the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series presents OperaDelaware in a Double-Bill beginning with Derrick Wang's Scalia & Ginsburg. Then they will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury.
FIRST BILL: Scalia/Ginsburg (in English)
Composer: Derrick Wang
Libretto: Derrick Wang
Director: Fenlon Lamb
Cast:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Justice Antonin Scalia Brian Cheney, tenor
Commentator Ben Wager, bass-baritone
SECOND BILL: Trial by Jury (in English)
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Libretto: William Schwenck Gilbert
Director: Cynthia du Pont Tobias
CAST:
The Learned Judge Ben Lowe, baritone
Angelina (the Plaintiff) Anaïs Naharro-Murphy, soprano
Edwin (the Defendant) Colin Doyle, tenor
Bridesmaid (1) Chelsea Duval-Major, mezzo-soprano
Bridesmaid (2) Dana Macintosh, soprano
Counsel for the Plaintiff Orin Strunk, tenor
Usher Cody Müller, bass
Enesemble: OperaDelaware Orchestra Conductor: Sara Jobin