Princess Ida

About the show

Prince Hilarion travels to Castle Adamant with friends Cyril and Florian to claim Princess Ida, to whom he was betrothed in infancy. Ida has founded a women’s university and rejects men. The three men disguise themselves as female students, but Cyril’s drunken song exposes them. After Hilarion rescues Ida from a stream, she still refuses him. King Hildebrand arrives and threatens war unless Ida marries Hilarion. Ida’s students are too frightened to fight, so she agrees to a contest between Hilarion and his friends and her three brothers. The princes win, and Ida accepts Hilarion, acknowledging that she loves him.