“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” doesn’t so much begin as start up. When the first flourish of composer Mason Bates’s score rings out — a wobbly, synthetic chime of sorts — you’d swear someone had ...
“I had the original toaster-like Macintosh in 1984,” says Mark Campbell. “And I have been a devotee of Apple since.” Good thing, then, that he was asked to write the libretto for The [R]evolution of ...
Opera's Edward Parks III brought his rich baritone voice to The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs in its 2017 premiere. Photo: Dario Acosta/Santa Fe Opera The San Francisco Opera company said Tuesday that it ...
ALBUQUERQUE — Since his death in 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been the subject of documentaries, books, a film and even a graphic novel. Now the technology pioneer will be the focus of an ...
It’s not so strange, really, that there’s a serious opera about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. His life’s work is usually invoked before every production of the last decade or more, when audiences are ...
Like Jobs himself, technology and its good and bad effects are a contradiction. I had my reservations about whether or not Steve Jobs would make a compelling character in an opera. Did I really need ...