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Cruise ships entering Honolulu Harbor may not be a welcome sight right now, but in the 1950s and 1960s, Boat Days were a cause for celebration. Many of…
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Singer, songwriter Maryanne Ito is a single mother of two, and she was serious about her full time insurance career, when her debut album reached #4 on…
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A year ago, Hawai‘i Opera Theatre was adjusting to the abrupt departure of its executive director, and a debt of about $2 million. It cancelled one…
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Baritone Quinn Kelsey is in demand in New York, Rome, London, Paris, and more. He’s known for the rich quality of his voice, and a magnetic stage…
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Traditional grand opera is comically characterized by big violent scenes and jumping from great heights, but more recently especially, introspective,…
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Quinn Kelsey left Hawai‘i thirteen years ago to tackle a winding and often treacherous road to success in the rarified world of international opera. Last…
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Jimmy Borges has spent a lifetime singing his way from Kalihi valley through many of the top venues in America, from San Francisco’s Hungry I to New…
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There’s a young singer in town who’s being picked up in South America, South Africa, Japan, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. HPR’sNoeTanigawa caught up…