Everyone knows about his rags, but so few people know about his syncopated concert waltzes, his beautiful opera rendered in accurate Black English called "Treemonisha." His life is the life of ...

Opera Orlando’s 2024-25 season includes the classic fairy tale Cinderella, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and a new work for Christmas.

Despite receiving a concert performance with piano in 1915 Scott Joplin's Treemonisha (1910) remains unstaged until 1972. Hailed as the first great opera of the Soviet era and intended as the ...

The snarky spirits who inhabit CBS comedy “Ghosts” are appreciated not only for their silly antics and sometimes-wise observations, but also for their distinctive characterizations. The motley ...

Prelude from Treemonisha; Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Maple Leaf Rag; The Chrysanthemum; Bethena; The Entertainer; Reflection Rag; Magnetic Rag; A Picture of Her ...

His best known works include The Entertainer, Solace and The Maple Leaf Rag for piano while his opera, Treemonisha is thought to pre-figure George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in its ambition and ...