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features opera’s greatest hits. era “And come as you are,” he OTadds.
Morgan’s sentiment is that opera truly is for everyone, of- fering a little bit of something to please each preference, style and imagination.
and sounds, and get swept up in the production.
husband, King Kamehameha IV, served as stage manager.
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“You don’t even have to know anything about what’s going on,” he adds, chuckling.
Basically, anyone can enjoy opera however they’ d like, and Hawai‘i has been appre- ciating such productions for quite some time now. It has a long and fascinating history in the islands dating back to the 1800s. During that century, traveling operas would vis- it, and Queen Emma is even known to have sung in Ver- di’s opera choruses for Il Tro- vatore and Martha while her
“Opera can tell stories, even contemporary cultural stories of Hawai‘i and the melting pot that is this state,” adds Mor- gan. “It has all art combined: acting, chorus, singing, dance, set design; it really is the best art form — but I’m biased, of course.”
Often sung in Italian, Ger- man and French, operas staged through HOT feature English translations on screens above the stage. Though, as Morgan notes, some audience mem- bers are die-hard fans who take in the ambiance of sights
To see the full schedule, purchase tickets and check out updated safety protocols, visit hawaiiopera.org.
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(Clockwise from top left) Performers rehearse during an Orvis Young Voices Studio dance workshop; The Marriage of Figaro (2019-20 season); Mark Morash teaches virtually from Hawai‘i Opera Theatre’s Mae Z. Orvis Opera Studio; Cinderella was part of the 2019 Opera Express, which brings smaller-scale family-friendly productions to schools and other venues.
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