SCOTT JOPLIN’S Treemonisha - News and Online Articles

July 27, 2023

The New York Times: Has Scott Joplin’s ‘Thoroughly American Opera’ Found Its Moment?

 

Neema Bickersteth as Treemonisha at the Luminato Festival in Toronto. The vastly revised plot had new words (by the playwright Leah-Simone Bowen, with Cheryl L. Davis) adroitly matched to the original rhythms and melodies.Credit...Dahlia Katz

 
 

photo by Dahlia Katz