Bernard Dickerson

Princess Ida and Prince Hilarion were betrothed when the Prince was two years old and the Princess just one year old. Twenty years have now passed, and the time has come for Hilarion to claim his bride. The Princess, however, has other ideas. She has set up a women's-only University - and men are not allowed. Hilarion and his friends, Cyril and Florian, disguise themselves as women to gain entrance to the University. All goes well until Cyril's unmaidenly conduct compromises their disguise - and reveals the three friends as intruding men.

クヌート・スクラム、イレアナ・コトルバシュら名歌手たちが出演した、1973年のグラインドボーン音楽祭での「フィガロの結婚」を収録。彼らの若かりし頃の名唱と、ピーター・ホールの奇をてらわない正統的な演出が楽しめる。