tracks

Act One
Overture
The Bag Of Luck
The Corn-Huskers
We’re Goin’ Around
The Wreath
The Sacred Tree
Surprised
Treemonisha’s Bringing Up
Good Advice
Confusion
Act Two
Superstition
Treemonisha In Peril
Frolic Of The Bears
The Wasp-Nest
The Rescue
We Will Rest Awhile
Going Home
Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn
Act Three
Prelude to Act 3
I Want to See My Child
Treemonisha’s Return
Wrong Is Never Right
Abuse
When Villains Ramble Far and Near
Conjurers Forgiven
We Will Trust You as Our Leader
A Real Slow Drag
Appendix
Bowing Muisc: Themes from the Opera in One-Step Tempo (2003)
Libretto Preface (Read by Scoyy Joplin's closest Living Relative, Grandniece Mrs. LaErma White of Texarkana, Arkansas)

notes

Recorded: May 31 and June 1-2, 2011 at the American Academy of Arts & Letters, N.Y.

Includes 114 pages book with libretto.

credits

Baritone Vocals [Zodzetrick] – Edward Pleasant
Bass Vocals [Luddud] – Frederick Jackson (2)
Bass Vocals [Simon] – Todd Payne (2)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Ned] – Frank Ward, Jr.
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Parson Alltalk] – Darren Stokes (2)
Chorus – The Paragon Singers
Composed By – Scott Joplin
Conductor – Rick Benjamin
Edited By [Assistance] – Jeanne Velonis
Engineer – Jim Weaver (5) (tracks: 2-11), Judith Sherman
Engineer [Assistance] – Jeanne Velonis
Libretto By – Scott Joplin
Liner Notes – Rick Benjamin
Mastered By – Paul Zinman
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Monisha] – AnnMarie Sandy
Orchestra – Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Orchestrated By – Rick Benjamin
Producer – Judith Sherman
Soprano Vocals [Lucy] – Janinah Burnett
Soprano Vocals [Treemonisha] – Anita Johnson
Tenor Vocals – Robert Mack (4)
Tenor Vocals [Remus] – Chauncey Packer
Vocals [Cephus] – Phumzile Sojola

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