Maazel conducted the music for three operatic films, "Don Giovanni" (1979), "Carmen" (1984) and "Otello" (1986). His own compositions included a poorly reviewed opera, "1984", based on the George Orwell novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four". He was depicted conducting Vienna's New Year concert on an Austrian postage stamp issued in 2005. Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban together operated a summer music festival called Castleton Festival at their Castleton, Virginia estate, Castleton Farms. Maazel arranged Wagner's "Ring Cycle" into a 70-minute suite, "The 'Ring' Without Words", which he recorded in 1987 with the Berlin Philharmonic.