| Description |
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Features: audio highlights (69 min.) from the original recording in Dolby digital 5.1, includes the special German version of the programme "Hinter den Kulissen der Götterdämmerung" with German narration and with the Solti interviews conducted in German, booklet with sung texts in English and German and program notes in English, French, and German in container. |
| Performer |
Birgit Nilsson, soprano ; Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Gottlob Frick, bass ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. |
| Event |
Filmed at the Sofiensaal, Vienna during the recording of Götterdämmerung and broadcast on the BBC in 1965. |
| Summary |
Documents the recording and behind-the-scenes production of the first-ever audio recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen conducted by Sir Georg Solti. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, all regions, aspect ratio 4:3, Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
English or German soundtrack. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Television adaptations.
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Opera -- Production and direction.
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed operas
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Documentary films
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| Added Author |
Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
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Nilsson, Birgit
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Windgassen, Wolfgang
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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012-
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Frick, Gottlob, 1906-1994
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Solti, Georg, 1912-1997
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. English
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Wiener Philharmoniker
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| Standard No. |
044007431962 |
| Music No. |
074 3196 Decca |
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