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Classical Music Conversations

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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