John: OPERA KANIKAPILA
HAWAII OPERA THEATER LATEST
DIGITAL SERIES.
Tannya: SO EXCITED TO HAVE
A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE IT WILL BRING TOGETHER
TWO WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS FOR
ONE BIG SHOW.
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Tannya: WE ARE FINDING OUT
OPERA THEATER.
INAUGURAL EVENT.
COMING JANUARY 29.
JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR ANDREW
MORGAN SWEL AS WELL AS AND QUINN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
BRINGING TASTE OF OPERA TO
LIVING808.
HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU.
Tannya: TELL ME ABOUT
THIS.
SOMETHING THAT MAYBE PEOPLE
WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF FOR A
THEATER, WORKING WITH SOMEONE
LIKE TAIMANE, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO EXPERIENCE WITH THE
LIVESTREAM?
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
YOU KNOW, MIGHT DREAM MY DREAM WAS BRING
OPERA SINGER TOGETHER LOCAL
MUSICIAN IN SOME WAY.
TAIMANE PERFECT FIT, ALREADY
DOING CLASSICAL MUSIC IN OTHER
JAM SESSION.
HEAR QUINN SING SOME THINGS
AND TIE MANNY PLAY SOME THINGS
AND -- TAIMANE PLAY SOME
THINGS AND SING SOME THINGS.
GREW UP SEVERAL PIECES.
MIXED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
A LOT OF FUN.
LOVE IT.
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Tannya: QUINN, FIRST OF
ALL, I NEED TO HEAR YOU SING A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
BEFORE THAT, I WANT TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THIS COLLABORATION.
BEING ABLE TO DO IT IN DAY WAY
THAT IS GOING TO REACH NEW
AUDIENCE AS AS WELL.
BRAND NEW PROJECT.
SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE HAS
WHEN ANDREW FIRST REACHED OUT
ME, I WAS REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE I AM BORN AND RAISED
NEVER REALLY HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM
ANYTHING SOLO.
AND SO IMMEDIATELY, THIS WAS A
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ABLE TO DIP MY FEET IN THE
WATER.
Tannya: I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT STEPPING ON THE STAGE.
WITH HAWAII OPERA THEATER.
CAREER OVERALL.
WHAT AWE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AS
A HAWAIIAN.
MY PARENTS WERE MEMBERS OF
THE OPERA CHORUS FROM AS FAR
BACK AS MID 80s.
MY SISTER AND I WERE VERY MUCH
BORN INTO MUSIC AND SINGING
PERFORMANCE.
FAST FORWARD TO 19 81, MY
FOLKS FI FINAGLED A WAY FOR ME TO
JOIN THEM IN A PRODUCTION OF
VERDE'S.
AIDA.
I WAS BIT BY THE BUG FOR
SURE*.
DECIDED HAWAII STAY HOME.
REGISTER AT U.H. MANOA.
AND JUST START TO GO TO
SCHOOL, START TO GET RID OF
SOME CREDITS, SO THAT IF
SOMETHING BETTER CAME AA LONG,
THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE WASTED
ANY TIME.
IF I HAD GONE AWAY TO SCHOOL
SOMEWHERE, SURE, I WOULD
HAVE -- I COULD VERY WELL HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD
ATTENTION, BUT JUST THE
STRAIGHT EXPOSURE TO THESE TOP
TIER ARTISTS IN THE FIELD, AND
ALL OF THESE REALLY IMPORTANT
MUSIC PROGRAMS PEOPLE, IN THE
BUSINESS, IF STREAMLINED MY
LAST FEW YEARS OF SCHOOL INTO
A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD
PROGRAMS.
I WAS SO BLESSED WITHIN THAT
TIME BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS
JUST A NICE STEP UP FROM WHERE
I'D BEEN.
NEVER TOOK A STEP BACK.
NEVER TOOK STEPS DOWN.
AND HERE AM I TODAY.
LOVE FOR YOU TOLL TOUR TELL
AUDIENCE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
EXPERIENCE.
FIRST OF ITS TIME FEATURING
QUINN WITH TAIMANE.
WHAT IS THIS PRODUCTION GOING
TO BE LIKE?
IT'S FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, LITTLE BIT OF OPERA.
LITTLE BIT OF FOLK MUSIC.
LITTLE BIT OF SAMOAN PIECE.
HAWAIIAN PIECE.
JUST A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN
IT.
HEAR RIGHT BAT, QUINN AND
TAIMANE PERFORMING TOGETHER
MOZART AREA FROM DON JOVANI.
TAIMANE.
SCRARBOROUGH FAIR.
ALOHA.
GREAT PROGRAM.
Tannya: I'M EXCITED VIEW
THIS BECAUSE TAIMANE ONE OF
THE MOST EXCITING PERFORMER
WES HAVE RIGHT NOW.
QUINN, YOUR VOICE IS GOING TO
BLOW US AWAY.
WHEN CAN PEOPLE TUNE IN AND
THEATER?
THIS LAUNCH IS ON DEMAND.
ON VIMEO OTT PLATFORM.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 AT 1:00
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
FOR STREAMING -- 1:00 P.M.
STREAMING WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY TO GO.
UP THERE AS LONG AS WE HAVE IT
UP THERE.
SEVERAL MONTHS AT LEAST.
JUST JOIN US.
HOT DIGITAL.VHX.TV.
Tannya: WE'LL POST THAT ON
LINE.
NOT BE DOING MY JOB, FAN OF
THE OFF RAY AND GREAT
MUSICIANS, FAN THES OF OPERA.
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
COULD YOU PLEASE SING
LITTLE BIT OF OBSCURE
ITALIAN OPERA CALLED SA IT.
A.
DID-SATA I WILL PROBABLY TAKE
I HOPE YOU CAN STILL PICK IT
UP.
SHORT PIECE.
LITTLE PARTY PIECE.
Tannya: QUINN PERFORMING
FOR US.
LIVING808.
LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT YOU'LL
EXPERIENCE.
WITH HAWAII OPERA THEATER.
MAHALO.
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