Rating: - Expensive & Amateur "Princess Ida"
When I was a lad it was the custom of high schools and junior high schools to record their annual musicals and produce privately pressed records for the principals and their families. The results were ... Read More
Rating: - Missed opportunities with the "String of Pearls"
This is the first ever recording of PRINCESS IDA to include the complete dialogue and the first modern recording to include Lady Blanche's song "Come mighty must".
Rating: - Fresh recording of a rarely recorded opera
This was my first IDA recording and I wasn't disappointed. The music is adequate, if a little less crisp than most professional modern G&S recordings. I don't find the singing in this performance to be ... Read More
Rating: - If it's worth the price to you . . .
"Princess Ida" is rarely performed or recorded. The reason it's rarely performed is because of Gilbert's foolishness of blank verse in the libretto. It also offends some tender sensibilities of p.c. minds. ... Read More
Rating: - Disappointing!
The main claim this recording has to fame is its presentation of the dialogue; therefore, it probably can claim to be the first complete recording. However, as in past CD issues, Ohio Light Opera have done it ... Read More
- Expensive & Amateur "Princess Ida"
- Fresh recording of a rarely recorded opera
- If it's worth the price to you . . .
- Disappointing!