Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is subject of new opera by Mason Bates, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, releasing late Feb 2019.
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs won a Grammy this week, for Best Opera recording.
Opera tells the iconic story of late Steve Jobs, founder/CEO of Apple. It’s a one-act opera that follows 19 most significant moments in Jobs’ life, career.
Storyline narrates Jobs’ strong devotion to Buddhism, his marriage, monumental technological advances in his lifetime. Musical numbers – ‘One Button, Turn It On’, ‘The Rise/Fall of Steve Jobs’, ‘And Now He Is Gone’, with occasional orchestral interlude.