Riverside Theatre opens its 44th season with perhaps their most unique production, the operatic comedy “Scalia-Ginsburg.” It’s the tale of these two jurists, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, who came together over their love of opera.
Mary Jane Knight, who sings the Ginsburg role, says that wrapping her head and lips around various legal and judicial terms (composer Derrick Wang is also a constitutional lawyer, so he knows his Latin) was in its own way, almost as challenging as singing in a different language. But the opera is sung in English (except for the Latin legalese).
Sept. 5-15 at Riverside Theatre, with a talkback featuring the performers and scholar Miriam Gilbert on Sept. 8. Tickets and more info at riversidetheatre.org.
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