Gene Schiller joined HPR in September, 1993 as a board operator. His first break came when he was asked to fill in for Music Director Alan Bunin. Six months later, he became the new host of Evening Concert, a program that runs on HPR-2 from 6 to 8 p.m. on weeknights.
Conductor Lance Inouye and Andrew Morgan, General Director and CEO of Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre, joined Morning Café to discuss the upcoming world premiere of “Kamalehua: The Sheltering Tree,” an opera set in the early 1840s during King Kamehameha III's reign.
Composer Herb Mahelona joined Sharene Taba to share an in-depth look at the creation of “Kamalehua: The Sheltering Tree,” a new Hawaiian opera that makes its world premiere this weekend at Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre.