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 ...

Keep up to date with the weekly Nestruck on Theatre newsletter. Sign up today. Now, a new Treemonisha, seven years in the making, is being presented in Toronto as part of this year’s Luminato Festival ...

Scott Joplin is best known for his jaunty piano rags, including "The Entertainer," "Solace" (works later featured on the soundtrack to the 1973 film "The Sting") and, above all, "The Maple Leaf Rag." ...

Now, you might be asking yourself a couple of questions, like “Who’s Scott Joplin?” or “Didn’t he only do ragtime?” To answer the former, he was a famous pianist and composer who wrote the famous ...

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of composer Scott Joplin’s death, OperaCréole, the Cripple Creek Theatre Company, New Orleans Airlift and the New Resonance Orchestra join forces to present his ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Treemonisha” — brilliant, flawed and unfinished — is ripe for creative reimagining at a time when opera houses are looking to diversify the canon. By ...

Current interest in historical works by black composers has led to numerous contemporary performances. This spring brought two new versions of Scott Joplin’s opera “Treemonisha,” offering new context ...

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 ...

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The New Jersey Symphony just announced the appointment of a new Music Director. Neeme Jarvi takes over the orchestra formally in 2005. He'll continue in his current post at the Detroit Symphony until ...