Trinidad & Tobago's Marionettes Chorale, one of the nation's foremost performing arts groups, announced the schedules for its two award-winning casts for the premiere one of the world's most beloved operas: Bizet's Carmen!

In just 10 days, due to an overwhelming public response, tickets for the Marionettes Chorale’s July premiere of Bizet’s CARMEN are already flying. Some performances are already half sold. Set for a July 9th premiere at Queen’s Hall, the bpTT-sponsored production is already becoming one of the most anticipated shows of the year.

Caribbean Beat celebrates Indian arrival in its May/June issue (#109), as historian Professor Bridget Brereton retraces the 1845 voyage of the good ship Fatel Rozack that brought the first Indian indentured labourers to the region. Meanwhile, our food writer Franka Philip marks the occasion too, as she talks to the experts about what makes Caribbean Indian food special. Still on the topic of food, Jonathan Ali samples the premium chocolate made from world-class cocoa grown in Tobago.

Port-of-Spain -- May 6, 2011 - The Marionettes Chorale has completed casting for its landmark production of Bizet’s iconic opera, CARMEN! Set for a July premiere at Queen’s Hall in Trinidad & Tobago, the bpTT-sponsored production is already becoming one of the most anticipated shows of the year.

The latest issue of Caribbean Beat magazine is now on Caribbean Airlines planes; in the mail to our subscribers; and online at caribbean-beat.com! Caribbean Beat regularly covers travel, entertainment, culture, personalities, food, business, environment, and history.

The Marionettes Chorale and Renegades Steel Orchestra partner with bpTT to raise funds for the new Robert Riley Foundation for at-risk youth, and to bring holiday cheer to senior citizens and childrens at institutions across Trinidad and Tobago.

Nov. 20, 2010 -- The latest issue (#106: November/December) of Caribbean Beat, the inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines, is all new for the Caribbean's festive season! As always, it's packed with stories about the people, places and experiences that make the Caribbean so special.

The beauty and bustle of the holiday season seems to start earlier and earlier each year, but some traditions remain true: Christmas begins with the Marionettes!

Fresh off the exciting launch off Thurin Atelier's new salon in exclusive Princeton, New Jersey, Haitian-American designer Jean-Ralph Thurin has just unveiled a brand new line of Evening Couture for the sophisticated modern woman.

Port-of=Spain -- June 16, 2010 -- This July, the Marionettes Chorale of Trinidad & Tobago is working with local community groups and national NGOs to present a mid-year concert series with a difference.

The current Caribbean Beat magazine (March/April, issue #102) contains some tasty morsels—this issue is dedicated to food, some familiar, and some fresh and surprising!

April 17, 2008 -- As the world focuses on the rising costs of energy, wind power as an alternative to fuel oil and diesel is explored in the new issue of ENERGY Caribbean. 

March 13, 2008 --Caribbean Beat is covering the hottest issue of the day—in fact the hottest issue of the century: global warming. James Fuller takes a look at the threat to the region in the March–April issue of Beat, the inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines, out now.