Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a Bibliography and comprehensive Works List for by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
Grace Gilday and Syrina Gudnitz perform a selection from Mozart's "The
Marriage of Figaro" at Opera Nova's annual fundraising brunch, held
Sept. 29, 2013, at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
conference center in Ballston
Posted: Monday, September 7, 2015 2:00 pm
Get young people excited about music early, and the attachment will carry through for a lifetime.
That’s the mantra
underlying OperaNova, which has announced an ambitious effort for the
2015-16 season to connect youth with not simply a classic Italian opera,
but one from the African-American experience, as well.
The Arlington-based organization
next spring will present a production of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha,”
first performed in 1910 but then largely forgotten by succeeding
generations before being resurrected six decades later.
The production – described as the
first uniquely American opera and representing something of a departure
from Joplin’s roots in ragtime music – follows a group of freed slaves
in 1880s Arkansas, as a young woman (the title character) urges the
others to embrace education and cast away the superstitions of previous
times.
“It’s quite moving,” said Mike
Doan, a member of the OperaNova board, who said that given the subject
matter, “it is especially meaningful to young people.”
The production is slated for
March 2016, with a number of shows for local students and one community
offering. But if the production finds success, it may take on a life of
its own.
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For information, see the Web site at www.operanova.org.
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