Scott Joplin’s opera

You’re probably familiar with Scott Joplin’s ragtime music, like The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag, but did you know he also wrote an opera?

As a kid, I was obsessed with Scott Joplin’s music. I played the piano and I had a book of his complete works, which I constantly practiced. I also discovered that we share a birthday, although his was 100 years before mine.