Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century.

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

Washington National Opera's revival of 'Treemonisha' celebrates a 70-year legacy of empowerment with an all-Black cast and ...

Scott Joplin’s lost opera “Treemonisha” premieres in Florida at the Dr. Phillips Center Credit: Courtesy photo Legendary American jazz and ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s lost opera Treemonisha is ...

(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

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 ...

The Florida premiere of this work presented by Opera Orlando on May 16 through 18 at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. Treemonisha is often considered America's first opera and features a tuneful score ...

When Scott Joplin’s father left the North Carolina plantation where he had been born a slave, there was one thing he wanted to hold on to: the echoes of the Negro spirituals he had heard in the fields ...

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 ...