The BBC Princess Ida (1966)
| King Hildebrand | Donald Francis (music) Jack May (dialogue) |
| Hilarion | John Wakefield (music) Barrie Ingham (dialogue) |
| Cyril | John Fryatt (music) John Baddeley (dialogue) |
| Florian | Denis Quilley |
| King Gama | George Baker (music) Timothy West (dialogue) |
| Arac | Forbes Robinson |
| Guron | Leslie Fyson |
| Scynthius | John Noble |
| Princess Ida | Jeanette Sinclair (music) Prunella Scales (dialogue) |
| Lady Blanche | Monica Sinclair (music) Mary Wimbush (dialogue) |
| Lady Psyche | Patricia Kern (music) Dorit Welles (dialogue) |
| Melissa | Patricia Routledge |
| Sacharissa | Pamela Binns |
| Chloe | Karen Ford |
The John McCarthy Singers
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Stanford Robinson
Producer: Michael Moores
Originally Broadcast on 17 April 1966
This recording is part of a series broadcast by the BBC in 1966. It has never been released commercially but is included here for its historical importance, and because many fans own pirated tapes. Notable cast members include George Baker, an octogenarian, in his fifth decade of G&S recordings; and Prunella Scales, who would later star with John Cleese in Fawlty Towers.
See the historical tour for further discussion.
