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KAMALEHUA: The Sheltering Tree

Coming to Oʻahu in 2026!

World premiere opera | Patrick Makuakāne, Director and Choreographer

The true story of Timoteo Haʻalilio, Royal Secretary and lifelong friend to King Kamehameha III. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the opera reveals the little-known history of the Hawaiian Kingdom and its early struggles to maintain independence. The focus is Haʻalilio’s 1842-45 mission to the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, and France to secure treaties recognizing Hawaiʻi as a sovereign nation with the goal of protecting the kingdom from annexation by foreigners.

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Earlier Event: May 1
KAMALEHUA: The Sheltering Tree
Later Event: May 5
KAMALEHUA: The Sheltering Tree