Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)
56m
Running Time
January 22, 1999Release Date
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)
56m
Running Time
January 22, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Kenneth 'Spike' Kirkland
Self

Jon Else
Director of Photography / Writer / Director / Producer

Michael Chin
Director of Photography

Mark Becker
Production Assistant

Deborah Hoffmann
Editor

Jay Boekelheide
Editor / Sound Designer

Robin Chin
Additional Editor

Lillian Benson
Additional Editor

Philippe Roques
Additional Editor

Lori Shinseki
Additional Editor

Doug Dunderdale
Additional Production Assistant

Rueben Goldberg
Additional Production Assistant

Stephen Longstreth
Additional Production Assistant

Inez Robinson
Additional Production Assistant

Kecia Benvenuto
Production Assistant

Andy Gilbert
Production Assistant

Jon Halperin
Production Assistant

Jazib Hasan
Production Assistant

Marcarena Hernandez
Production Assistant

Todd Leong
Production Assistant

Megan Mylan
Production Assistant

Steve Wessells
Production Assistant

Cort Worthington
Production Assistant

David Davis
Executive Producer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 22, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time56m
Filming LocationsSan Francisco Opera, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
opera
behind the scenes
theatre performance
Wiki.
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle is a 1999 documentary film directed by Jon H. Else, that explores the work β and leisure activities β of a crew of stagehands at the San Francisco Opera, as they prepare and rehearse for a production of Richard Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle). The cycle, a set of four operas with a combined performance time of seventeen hours, is regarded as the most ambitious production an opera company can mount. The film was distributed by the American Public Broadcast Service as part of its Independent Lens series.