Cort Worthington

A returning businessman finds his wife in bed with another man and a smooth-talking demon saunters in looking for trouble. A guardian angel intervenes and the battle between earnest Good and snarky Evil is on in this darkly humorous fantasy-thriller.

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.