Scott Joplin's Treemonisha: A Musical Reimagining
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A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING ORIGINAL. A TRIUMPHANT ADAPTATION OF JOPLIN'S GROUNDBREAKING OPERA, REIMAGINED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
The Story
It is the late 1880s in the Deep South. A people are divided against themselves. A group of upwardly mobile Freedmen are now running a plantation near Texarkana. They are striving to become an essential part of an emerging new America.
In the surrounding forest, a group of Maroons are rebuilding a nearly lost connection to their African ancestry. They do not value a country that has so recently seen them as nothing but property.
Their coexistence is fragile but functional, until it is shattered by an act of violence. Into this conflict comes a young woman who discovers she has roots in both communities. At this crucial moment in history her choices will determine the future.
Her name is Treemonisha.
The Story
It is the late 1880s in the Deep South. A people are divided against themselves. A group of upwardly mobile Freedmen are now running a plantation near Texarkana. They are striving to become an essential part of an emerging new America.
In the surrounding forest, a group of Maroons are rebuilding a nearly lost connection to their African ancestry. They do not value a country that has so recently seen them as nothing but property.
Their coexistence is fragile but functional, until it is shattered by an act of violence. Into this conflict comes a young woman who discovers she has roots in both communities. At this crucial moment in history her choices will determine the future.
Her name is Treemonisha.
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Where is it happening?
Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main St,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Host or PublisherManitoba Opera
