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Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King
Composer: Paul Moravec • Librettist: Mark Campbell
Co-production by Opera Parallèle (San Francisco), Portland Opera, and Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre
Run-time: approximately 2 hours with 1 intermission.
Sung in English with English supertitles
In this chilling tale, the Torrance family arrives at the remote Overlook Hotel as the off-season, winter caretakers, hoping for time to rest, write, and reconnect. But as the snow starts to fall, malevolent forces awaken within their new home and their son Danny, gifted with a sixth sense, starts experiencing terrifying visions. The pressure builds as his father Jack is consumed by the demons of his past, and the more dangerous ghosts of the Overlook.
Experience an unnerving journey through madness and the supernatural in this gripping adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic novel. With a score by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winners, this opera thrills while also including sweeping melodic moments. This stunning co-production set in 1977 includes rich scenic design and vivid projections.
Get tickets now!Based on the play, Tea, by Velina Hasu Houston
Composer: Carla Lucero • Librettist: Velina Hasu Houston
HOT Commission • World Premiere
Run-time: approximately 90 minutes with no intermission
The play TEA by Velina Hasu Houston has become iconic in the American theatre, performed across the US as well as Japan. Set in Junction City, Kansas in the late 1960s, the story unfolds in the wake of a devastating loss. Five Japanese immigrant women, bound by friendship and circumstance, carry histories shaped by their varied experiences in the aftermath of World War II. When one of them unexpectedly takes her own life, the fragile fabric of their small community begins to unravel. As the remaining four gather to clean her home, grief gives way to confrontation — forcing each woman to face her own complexities of identity, displacement, and unspoken pain. The spirit of the deceased returns, guiding, provoking, and challenging them to reckon with what lies beneath the surface. What emerges is a haunting yet deeply human exploration of connection and release. In helping the living find common ground, the dead woman seeks her own passage onward — out of limbo and into peace — while illuminating a path forward for those she leaves behind.
Get tickets now!Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
Staged concert production
Run-time: approximately 2 hours 20 minutes with one intermission
Set in Rome in 1800, Puccini’s Tosca is a high-stakes melodrama of love, lust, and political intrigue. Opera singer Floria Tosca tries to save her lover, painter Mario Cavaradossi, from the sadistic police chief Scarpia, who lusts after her and manipulates her into revealing a hidden political prisoner.
She’s sacrificed everything for art. What is she willing to sacrifice for love?
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