Storyline
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
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
Jack Law
Himself - The Recording Team
Erik Smith
Himself - The Recording Team
Frequently Asked Questions
The Golden Ring was released on December 26, 1965.
The runtime of The Golden Ring is 1h 27m.
The Golden Ring is a Documentary, Music movie.
The Golden Ring has a rating of 7.0 out of 10 on TMDB.
The Golden Ring is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
The Golden Ring was directed by Humphrey Burton.
The main cast of The Golden Ring includes Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick.
The Golden Ring is originally in English.