Princess Ida

My friend Philipp Raeke and I went to see an operetta at McGill! So much fun!!! This was my first operetta ever, and I am not sure that I would be a regular...but it was HILARIOUS!!!

Princess Ida has been promised to Prince Hilarion at age one, and when the time comes for them to marry, she secludes herself in an women's university and will hear nothing of it! Hilarion and his 2 friends dress up as ladies and enter the university to win her over and woo her...

When the prince asks her father how he can win her heart, he answers this
"P'raps if you address the lady
Most politely, most politely –
Flatter and impress the lady,
Most politely, most politely, –
Humbly beg and humbly sue –
She may deign to look on you,
But your doing you must do
Most politely, most politely, most politely!"

How true today still! I met some of the cast at my job- that is how I decided it would be fun to go...and I was right! Thanks for being such good company, Philipp!