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California-based conductor Ben Makino is on a quest to find a decent pair of shoes in Hawaiʻi. Find out why in his conversation with Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva. Makino is in Hawaiʻi to conduct Hawaiʻi Opera Theater’s concert stage production of Bizet’s opera Carmen. He talks about what drew him to the opera for the first time and why Carmen has been captivating audiences for the past 150 years.

The Hawai‘i Department of Education is celebrating Fine Arts in Our Schools Month in March. Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba visited Waikele Elementary School’s third-grade class, which participated in Hawai‘i Opera Theatre’s (HOT) in-school residency program.

Soprano Leslie Goldman opens her heart and voice to sing some of her favorite torch songs in a one-woman Valentine’s show. “Get Your Heart on with Leslie G.” is the latest in Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre's Studio 101 concerts this Friday, Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Hawaiʻi Opera Theater Plaza.

Artist Director of Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Aunty Nola Nahulu shares her love of culture and music with her students. Originally started to train youth for the children cast in Operas, the chorus has grown to serve keiki K-12, with choirs, piano instruction and hula. With a busy concert calendar ahead, hear HYOC on Dec. 14 at Kawaihaʻo Church for their annual concert.

Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre’s Marketing Director Elizabeth Wilson and Director of Development Regi Lammers dropped by Evening Concert to discuss HOT’s cabaret show “I’ll be Seeing You” on Dec. 6 and 8. It’s part of HOT’s STUDIO101 series at the Hawaiʻi Opera Plaza. The show will feature holiday classics and the greatest hits from a bygone era sung by crooners and vocal pop divas.

Based on a true story of an undocumented immigrant, Stuck Elevator makes its Hawaii debut with Hawaii Opera Theatre on October 18th & 20th. Meet composer Byron Au Yong, General Director and CEO of HOT, Andrew Morgan, and hear some of the beautiful music that is sung in English, Chinese and Spanish. https://www.hawaiiopera.org

Conductor Dean Williamson and composer Byron Au Yong join Morning Café to discuss “Stuck Elevator,” an opera based on the true story of a Chinese food deliveryman who survived 81 hours in a Bronx elevator.

As Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus prepares for their 63rd Annual Spring Concert, "Aloha E Na Pua O Hawaiʻi," seniors Lily Carlson and Drew Yos visit Classical Pacific to share music they love and memories of growing up in the choirs of HYOC.

HOTʻs General Director, Andrew Morgan and soprano Emily Michiko Jensen talk about La Boheme. Hawaii Opera Theatreʻs production this weekend stars an all-Asian cast including Emily Michiko Jensen as Mimi. Jensen shares her experience growing up in opera, as Morgan shares his vision of making opera inclusive, welcoming and relevant.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz addresses top-of-mind issues in candid sit-down; the State's Digital Equity Coordinator highlights a draft 'digital equity' plan"; this week's Manu Minute highlights the often overlooked rock pigeon; and the contemporary opera An American Dream inspired by real histories