Three of this country's female music celebrities—Calypso Rose (McCartha Sandy-Lewis), Heather Mac Intosh and Anne Fridal—are joining forces this month to present a concert series titled The Queen, the Princess & the Duchess.
The three-night concert will be held at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando, on Wednesday; Central Bank Auditorium, Port-of-Spain on Friday; and Mount Irvine Bay Hotel, Tobago, on September 27.
Calypso Rose, Calypso Queen of the World, has been thrilling audiences for more than 50 years. She has penned more than 800 songs and recorded more than 20 albums in her musical career. She won the Calypso Queen title from 1972-1976 and was also Road March champion in 1976 and 1977. Because of Rose’s dominance and musical prowess in the calypso world, the title of the annual calypso competition was changed from Calypso King to Calypso Monarch, a change that still holds today.
Known for her cutting calypso lyrics delivered with majestic flare and classic style, Princess Heather has been singing and winning from the age of five-and-a-half years. She has held the titles of National Junior Calypso Monarch, National Calypso Queen on two occasions, Social Commentary Monarch, Political Commentary Monarch, and has appeared in the National Calypso Monarch finals on nine occasions. Mac Intosh also has a musical alter ego that few have had the pleasure of experiencing. She also a competent jazz singer, and will showcase this talent at the upcoming concerts.
Completing the circle of excellence is the Grand Dame of Opera, the Duchess Anne Fridal. The renowned dramatic soprano has been amazing audiences around the world since 1966 with her sterling renditions of opera classics. Fridal has proudly flown the national flag wherever she has performed, proving to all that T&T has what it takes, not just to work in international opera as a support player, but to carry the lead with unique flair and style. Her love for the indigenous music of her homeland is well known, and in her own inimitable style will entertain audiences with a genre that she calls Calypsopera.
Caribbean Airlines Limited, the national airline, will fly the two foreign-based artistes home for the event, and along with the management of Trincity Mall, are partners in the production. Lending support will be a collaboration of pedigreed musicians, under the direction of rising musical star Natalia Dopwell.
The event is a Short Pants production—producer of the recent concert series We Three Strings.
