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. https://www.hawaiiopera.org

The winners of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestraʻs 2025 Na Hōkū ʻŌpio Music Competition, Iris Yun, harp and Lei Yao Chang, cello share their Tuesday Student Takeover. The ʻIolani graduates were both cellists and featured soloists in ʻIolani Schoolʻs Orchestra 5. They will share the stage again next week with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra as Yun performs Gliereʻs Harp Concerto in E-flat Major, mvt I & Chang performs Dvorakʻs Cello Concerto in B minor, mvt. I. https://www.myhso.org

Actress and comedian Dulcé Sloan will be on stage at the Blue Note Hawaii on Thursday June 26th. The author and former senior correspondent for The Daily Show shares advice and lessons learned, and a peek into her life as a touring stand up comic.https://www.bluenotejazz.com/hawaii/

A regular panelist on NPRʻs "Wait, Wait...Donʻt Tell Me," comedian Alonzo Bodden speaks to Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba about travel, career and his upcoming appearance at Blue Note Hawaii in Waikiki on Wednesday, June 25th.https://www.bluenotejazz.com/hawaii/shows/?eid=13714404

Neil Abercrombie is a former Governor of the State of Hawaii, he serves on the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaiʻi, and is music lover with an appreciation for a wide variety of genres. Hear Gov. Abercrombieʻs playlist- curated for Classical Pacific listeners!

Composer Nan Avant was devasted to see the destruction of Lahaina. When asked by Parma Recordings in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra to write a piece about the environment for the album Symphonic Stradivarius, she chose the wind and the fire for Nani Lahaina - Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra.https://nanavant.com