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Quinn Kelsey

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published July 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM HST

Baritone Quinn Kelsey with staff of Hawai`i Public Radio

Back home in Hawaii after performing Verdiʻs Rigoletto with the Los Angeles Opera, baritone superstar Quinn Kelsey visits HPR to talk about the first opera in `Ōlelo Hawai`i, The Sheltering Tree by Herb Mahelona. In their upcoming season, Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre will premiere the work about the life of Timoteo Ha`alilio, Royal Secretary to King Kamehameha III.
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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.

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