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Scalia/Ginsburg is a comic opera written by lawyer  Derrick Wang that explores the lively, unexpected friendship between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When Scalia’s fiery dissents land him in a cosmic “prison,” his unlikely ally Ginsburg arrives to help him out (and, of course, debate along the way). Through musical sparring, legal philosophy, and wit, Scalia/Ginsburg celebrates two brilliant minds finding common ground—one opera aria at a time.

Scalia/Ginsburg

Marquette University

Florentine Opera at Summerfest

Aurora Pavilion 

Join us for an evening of arias featuring the Florentine Opera’s Summer Studio Ensemble. These emerging voices bring classics to a gorgeous home in Whitefish Bay!

Al Fresco: Summer Studio Ensemble

Whitefish Bay

Long before Gounod’s famous Faust, a 26-year-old French composer named Louise Bertin took on Goethe’s epic drama and created something entirely her own. Fausto, receiving its American premiere with Opera Neo, is an astonishingly rare work, seen only at its 1831 Paris premiere, its modern revival in Essen, Germany, and now here in San Diego. Bertin’s score is raw, visceral, and unfiltered, blending Mozartian classicism, Italian opera, German magic opera, and emerging French Romanticism into a strikingly eclectic yet deeply personal musical voice. The opera follows an aging and disillusioned scientist’s desperate bargain with the Devil to reclaim youth and pleasure, posing eternal questions about the value of knowledge and the price of love. Both bold and deeply human, Fausto invites audiences to rediscover a forgotten masterpiece and encounter a uniquely youthful female perspective on one of Western culture’s most enduring stories.

Mezzo-soprano

Grace Ryan

Events

Upcoming events

26 - 27 Jun, 2026

Fausto · Opera Neo

Past events

18 - 20 Jul, 2025

Scalia/Ginsburg · The Florentine Opera

Jul 5, 2025

Florentine Opera at Summerfest · The Florentine Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Fausto (cover) Ensemble in Fausto by Bertin

Opera Neo

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