Scott Joplin is featured at AfriClassical.com
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
Voicing Joplin Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30,
Thalia Mara Hall
Selby and Richard McRae Foundation
Joplin’s uplifting opera featuring full orchestra on stage, a
star-studded cast of national/local singers, and the choirs of Jackson
State University, Mississippi College and Tougaloo College.
In African American composer Scott Joplin’s opera, Treemonisha,
the libretto (written by Joplin), portrays a young woman on a former
slave plantation who, educated during her youth, rallies her community
against superstition and ignorance. Although she faces hostility for
it, she is successful in helping them understand that education is the
key to success and they ultimately choose her to lead them on this
path.
In celebration of the Mississippi Bicentennial, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will presents this concert performance of Treemonisha as an offering that looks forward through the lens of our shared history.
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