America's first indigenous opera: TREEMONISHA by Scott Joplin, arranged and orchestrated by TJ Anderson

Treemonisha performance: courtesy of Trilogy, An Opera Company, 2009Scott Joplin's TREEMONISHA
Feb 19-21, 26-28; Mar 5-7

The Washington Savoyards brings Scott Joplin’s 1910 opera Treemonisha back to Washington for the first time since it was performed during the Kennedy Center’s celebration of the Bicentennial in 1976. This rarely performed opera—which was never performed during Joplin’s lifetime—is a superb piece of American operatic literature which draws on African American traditions for both its story and its music, but is also deeply influenced by classical opera. Joplin posthumously received the Pulitzer Prize 1976 for his contributions to American music .

Washington's professional Light Opera company,

the Washington Savoyards performs at the
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002

box office 202. 399.7993