Kalihiwai

This is a workshop from the new opera/musical, RED WHITE & BLUE with Contemporary Opera Los Angeles on September 6, 2007, directed by Tom Villano.

RED WHITE & BLUE is a "Play within a Play" and has three acts: Act I: "The Audition." Act II: "The Rehearsal" Act III: "The Performance".

In this clip from Act III, Cherie (Oriana Inferera) is asked at the last minute to sight read the Hawaiian song "Ka Wailele 'o Kalihiwai" accompanied by guitar (John Doran) while the Hawaiian Dancer (Patty Brown) dances.

Music by Susan Asbjornson, lyrics by Jay Kauka. Orchestra conducted and music orchestrated by Pancho Burgos.

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"I laila i nä pali i `ike ai
Ka wailele 'o Kalihiwai
E ho`okahe pau `ole
He wai nö ia e iho ai

E ka`aka`a kou maka e `ike ai
Ke kahe nei ka wailele pahihi
`Ole mai nö
He kahe mau nö ia"

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