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The Golden Ring (1965)

Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämmerung for Decca in the fall of 1964 provides a thousand lessons in the art of working under pressure. For this classic documentary, The Golden Ring, a BBC camera crew eavesdropped as producer John Culshaw guided his engineering team through tricky technical maneuvers far removed from the relative ease of modern digital editing. What utter concentration and focus Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau bring to their collective and individual singing! Solti, for his part, oozes energy and exactitude as he pleads for greater precision and frets over details in the car en route to the sessions.

  • Documentary
  • Music

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Birgit NilssonBirgit NilssonHerself - Singer (Brunhilde)
  • Photo of Wolfgang WindgassenWolfgang WindgassenHimself - Singer (Siegfried)
  • Photo of Gottlob FrickGottlob FrickHimself - Singer (Hagen)
  • Photo of Dietrich Fischer-DieskauDietrich Fischer-DieskauHimself - Singer (Gunther)
  • Photo of Claire WatsonClaire WatsonHerself - Singer (Gertrune)
  • Photo of Georg SoltiGeorg SoltiHimself - The Conductor
  • Photo of John CulshawJohn CulshawHimself - The Recording Team
  • Photo of Gordon ParryGordon ParryHimself - The Recording Team
  • Photo of James BrownJames BrownHimself - The Recording Team
  • Photo of Christopher RaeburnChristopher RaeburnHimself - The Recording Team

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