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Festival 40: The Golden Ring

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on BBC Two England

A series of outstanding and memorable programmes to mark 40 years of BBC TV.
In this special edition of Workshop, film and television cameras went behind the scenes in Vienna during the recording sessions for Wagner's Gotterdammerung, described by Alec Robertson as 'the greatest achievement in the history of the gramophone.'
(first shown in May 1965)

Contributors

Narrator/producer:
Humphrey Burton
Film cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Brunhilde:
Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried:
Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen:
Gottleib Frick
Gunther:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gutrune:
Claire Watson
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Chorus-master:
Wilhelm Pitz
Record producer:
John Culshaw
Chorus:
The Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra:
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Source: Radio Times

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