
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
1999-01-22 · 56 min · ★ 7.0
With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, Wagner's "Ring Cycle" is a daunting undertaking for any opera company. Jon Else goes backstage to show this rare event entirely from the point of view of union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.
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