Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
Infidelity, Lies, Betrayal. And that's just what's happening on stage.
56 mins
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.
Michael Chin
Director of Photography
Lori Shinseki
Additional Editor
Kecia Benvenuto
Production Assistant
Jon Halperin
Production Assistant
Megan Mylan
Production Assistant
Doug Dunderdale
Additional Production Assistant
Rueben Goldberg
Additional Production Assistant
Jay Boekelheide
Sound Designer
Marcarena Hernandez
Production Assistant
Inez Robinson
Additional Production Assistant
Philippe Roques
Additional Editor
Todd Leong
Production Assistant
Stephen Longstreth
Additional Production Assistant
David Davis
Executive Producer
Steve Wessells
Production Assistant
Andy Gilbert
Production Assistant
Jazib Hasan
Production Assistant
Cort Worthington
Production Assistant
Robin Chin
Additional Editor
Jay Boekelheide
Editor