Hawaii Opera Theatre

I might be a little biased since my son is a supernumerary at this Opera but here is my take the music and singing was great. My sons and I have performed in a few operas and we know good music when we hear it performed!!!

It was great! Amazing decoration, wonderful voices!

I wish I had known about their first concert last year because I would have loved to have seen them then and will like to see them again when they come back.

I saw Sol3 Mio last year. Their first concert was amazing, entertaining and magnificent! This year they topped last year. The musical selections, the guys' audience connection and the pure quality of their voices, made for the best concert EVER!!! Even my friends were astounded!!!

These 3 guys were unbelievable singing the traditional opera stuff to much more modern songs. Their voices are simply beautiful!!!

Beautiful voices. Anyone who wants an intense musical experience will be very frustrated by the lame and continuous slapstick--even during beautiful pieces. The objective seems to make the audience laugh to somehow prove opera isn't highbrow. These talented singers should have more faith in themselves and the audience.

A girlfriend and I bought tickets to experience the opera. We enjoyed it much more than we thought we would. The cast was excellent, the content was entertaining and light, and the singing was amazing! What a good time - uncomplicated, enjoyable and enlightening!

I've always listen to operas, but never had the pleasure of actually watching one. la Boheme was my first and I'm happy to say, that it had me in tears. Tears of sadness and tears of joy. It was amazing. The music and singers phenomenal. The story tragically awesome. All in all a fantastic time

We totally loved the show... while it wasn't exactly as spectacular as other performances.. the music was just as wonderful and cast just as talented. I would go again!

Extremely well played out and HSO was perfect! I gotta admit that I loved Wagner's music for the opera more then the opera itself . Maybe I am just not used to watching operas but certain parts was a bit confusing (the ending) and some parts was a little slow/kind of boring (the wheel spinning section). Also the acoustics for the seats I was in was decent but not the greatest, and as an audiophile who is picky with sound it made it hard for me to focus on everything. **Seats: Since that silly box has a character limit.... View was GREAT, you could see everything and the performer's voices reached me very well. But HSO's sounds were not the greatest due to the acoustics of the spot. I am thinking that it is because of the balcony overhang. Highs are pretty drowned out, the Mids become very prominant, and the lows get very booming in this spot. The sound becomes very leveled at the lower end compared to the high ends. But if you aren't an audiophile and/or picky as I am, you folks should be alright :) HOWEVER, despite all this, everyone and everything was amazing and great!! The actors and actresses were astounding and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra was in time and playing PERFECTLY to match with the singers' voice volumes!! The acoustics of my seats wont knock off a star from the overall rating :)

the show was wonderful and the voices were projected fabulously

Just when I thought the Hawaii Opera Theater couldn't do any better than last year's I Pagliacci / Carmina Burana (I am still humming O Fortuna), they surprised the audience with high drama by Wagner! The principals, chorus, dancers and rest of the cast and crew were astounding and the audience showed their appreciation with a resounding 'standing ovation' at the end. The maestro and orchestra did their job admirably and we left feeling energized and fully sated with this company's presentation. The sets, costumes and lighting added credence to the dramatic staging. Bravo Hawaii Opera Theater!!

A good performance, good ambience. orchestra was excellent.

This was a great opera. Love, heartache, drama and a smashing production.

It was interesting for a first timer. Didn't expect to be reading subtitles. Next time I would sit above level. Hard to read then watch the show. Also the ending was not what I expected. Was puzzled if I had to applause or was there something else that will continue the play.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Cast was very versed, sang well. Would recommend.

So much talent! I loved every minute of this very clever and very funny opera.

This version of The Mikado is delightful with the colorful costumes, funny references to Hawai'i things, fast paced story line, excellent comedy. The actors and musicians including the singers were always right on the beat with Gilbert and Sullivan humor.

Went early but unable find parking anywhere at all---venue was completely oversold and no overflow parking available, no valet parking offered. Traffic was in major gridlock. Apparently an event at the arena was full as parking lot was closed more than an hour before showtime. Could not find parking even by the intermission mark so forced to go home. Would love to be able to rate the performance, but since our tickets were for the last showing I am cheated out of the experience.

I was disappointed in this opera. I didn't like the voice of the main female character and there was very little movement by the actors on stage. At one point there were around 50 people on the stage for 30 minutes just standing or sitting there singing. I thought it was a great story and was very interested in seeing it, but I felt that the opera itself was slow and boring - they could have done so much more with it!

Couldn't have been better!. Staging, music, singers, 3 hrs flew by.

our seats were great! the cast and crew did a wonderful job bringing Tosca to the stage for Hawaii! You must have great strength and stamina to sing Puccini, and this cast did not disappoint! The principals were amazing as were the choir and rest of the cast. My favorite? Scarpia - always the bad guy! Michael Chioldi got under his skin and brought him to life! BRAVO!

This was our first opera so I have no other opera to compare it to. My friend said he liked the ballet better. But for initial thoughts, I loved the live orchestra but at times the music was louder than singers. However, they did have captions above the stage. It was just irritating at times trying to read the caption quickly and then try to see the action on stage. I will go to another opera maybe one with more drama, comedy, etc. I was not on the edge of my seat with this one. I would not recommend this to someone as their first opera.

Orchestra and costumes were great. Principal actors had terrific voices.

Great afternoon entertainment. Honolulu should have many more performances of the fine art. It is kind of scarce with the classic culture here on the island.