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Ruth Bader Ginsberg evidently liked opera and wanted to be an opera singer when she was young. There has been an opera written about her and fellow Justice Antonin Scalia.
It is called Scalia Vs. Ginsberg. It premiered in 2015. It has only three characters: Ginsberg, Scalia and The Commentator. Both the music and the libretto are written by Derrick Wang who I can't find any information about. I have done a google search of this work. According to Wikipedia "It mixes Verdi Puccini, Christmas Carols, The Star Spangle Banner and Jazz". There is one CD of this work listed on Arkiv.com. There is an opera about Nixon in China : The Chairmen Dances by John Adams (1927- ). Adams is a contemporary American composer.
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