Washington National Opera's excellent production of Scott Joplin's historic and only surviving opera plays its last performance at Lisner Auditorium on Sunday, March 15 To honor the country’s 250th ...

Scott Joplin's Treemonisha has been produced just eight times in over 100 years. The Washington Informer sat down with four ...

A vibrant new production of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha at Washington National Opera underscores the opera’s enduring message of education, community and social justice.

Scott Joplin composed the music and wrote the libretto for the opera "Treemonisha," which he published in 1911. According to vocalist and professor Darian Clonts, "'Treemonisha' has the honor of being ...

Washington National Opera managed to resume performances within two months of its abrupt departure. But there are still challenges ahead.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ new version of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha tells the story of a love that surpasses death. On June 14, 1904, Joplin, the future “King of Ragtime,” married Freddie ...

Scott Joplin was not what anyone today would call an activist. Still, the composer made subtle political statements that reflected on the social and political milieu of his time, the late 19th and ...

When “Treemonisha” takes the stage at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, it represents more than an evening’s entertainment. Opera Orlando is presenting the Florida premiere of this ...

Opera Orlando presents the Florida premiere of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha, a significant work in American opera history. Set in the Reconstruction Era, the story follows a young woman who leads her ...

Treemonisha (1911) is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera", though Joplin did not refer to it as such and it encompasses a wide range of ...

Toe-tapping and head-bobbing are inevitable when listening to the "King of Ragtime’s" songs. They’re so compelling and familiar that one is even a famous ice cream truck jingle. But the music that ...