Videos

Aria- Tenor: 'On Away, Awake! Beloved." Edward Cumberbatch. 'Chibiabos', the sweetest of all singers and the best of all musicians, serenades the wedding couple at the Feast. From 2nd to 4th October 2008, the stage of Queen's Hall was transformed into a Native American Village as the Lydians, with Steel, presented "Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha" a trilogy composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The Lydians dedicated its performance of this Opera to the First People's of Trinidad and Tobago and specifically, the Santa Rosa Carib Community (http://www.kacike.org/srcc/), whose culture and traditions have inspired the set pieces, design paintings and costumes. The Lydians production of Hiawatha at Queen's Hall Auditorium, St. Ann's, Trinidad and Tobago. 2nd - 4th October 2008 Musical Director: Pat Bishop Accompanists: Lindy-Ann Bodden-Ritch, Myrtle Cumberbatch Orchestra: The Lydians Steel Orchestra Dancers: Caribbean School of Dance & Members of the Lydians Lighting: Derek Gay Sound: Robin Foster Costumes: Claudette Edwards, Paulette Alfred, Gillian Bishop