Feb 26 Blog Blackness in Opera: Treemonisha Although he concentrated on smaller pieces for piano, Scott Joplin wrote an opera. Joplin wrote Treemonisha in 1910 and had a vocal/piano score published the following year at his own expense. Joplin presented parts of the work to a Harlem audience, but it was met with little enthusiasm. Treemonisha wasn’t fully performed until 1975 by […] By Alan Brandt Feb 26 Blog Blackness in Opera: Treemonisha By Alan Brandt