Our monthly outing for November is another visit to the opera, thanks to the generosity of Manitoba Opera for donating tickets!
The opera is Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha". From the Manitoba Opera website, "A Pulitzer Prize-winning original. A Triumphant adaptation of Joplin's groundbreaking opera, reimagined for the 21st century.
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 production is sung in English and there will be projected subtitles.
Tickets are limited! Please register to secure your ticket. Details for attendance will be emailed closer to November 27th.
Friday, November 27
555 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
