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.
Cast
- Birgit Nilsson - Herself - Singer (Brunhilde)
- Wolfgang Windgassen - Himself - Singer (Siegfried)
- Gottlob Frick - Himself - Singer (Hagen)
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Himself - Singer (Gunther)
- Claire Watson - Herself - Singer (Gertrune)
- Georg Solti - Himself - The Conductor
- John Culshaw - Himself - The Recording Team
- Gordon Parry - Himself - The Recording Team
- James Brown - Himself - The Recording Team
- Christopher Raeburn - Himself - The Recording Team
Keywords
music documentary
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Golden Ring about?
- 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.
- Who directed The Golden Ring?
- The Golden Ring was directed by Humphrey Burton.
- Who stars in The Golden Ring?
- The Golden Ring stars Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Claire Watson, Georg Solti.
- How long is The Golden Ring?
- The Golden Ring has a runtime of 1h 27m (87 minutes).
- What genre is The Golden Ring?
- The Golden Ring is a Documentary, Music film.
- Where was The Golden Ring produced?
- The Golden Ring was produced in Austria, United Kingdom.