Operetta in which Hilarion, awaiting the arrival of Princess Ida, who was betrothed to him twenty years earlier at the age of one, learns that she has renounced men and formed a women's university from which males of all species are strictly barred.
British television recording of 1982 London stage performance of the operetta.
Special features: an introduction by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ; "Making of" featurette ; Gilbert & Sullivan profile ; Princess Ida libretto.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Composer, Arthur Sullivan ; libretto, W.S. Gilbert ; choreographer, Terry Gilbert ; senior cameraman, Derek Chason ; videotape editor, Barry Stevens.
Participant or Performer Note:
Hosted by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Frank Gorshin, Neil Howlett, Nan Christie, Laurence Dale, Anne Collins, Bernard Dickerson, Richard Jackson ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Faris, conductor ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; John McCarthy, chorus master.