# Washington National Opera’s “Treemonisha”: Behind the Scenes

Washington National Opera’s new production of Scott Joplin’s groundbreaking 1910 opera “Treemonisha” is the focus of a special event featuring performers from the WNO’s Cafritz Young Artists program, plus a panel discussion with director Denyce Graves, composer Damien Sneed, and Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Associate Director for the Humanities, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 h 14 min
- By: Sneed, Damien
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11700/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-11700?play=1)