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.
Direction
Else lets stagehands steal the show from Wagner himself.
Editing
Compresses months of epic opera into 56 tight minutes.
Production
Backstage access most opera snobs will never get.
Director
Jon Else
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jon Else filmed this during the San Francisco Opera's 1990 production, the first Ring Cycle in the company's history.
The title comes from a stagehand's actual plea during a slow scene change—Wagner's tempo be damned.
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