Music by Mason
Bates / Libretto by Mark Campbell
June 20 – July 3, 2020
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera and Seattle Opera with support from Cal
Performances and co-produced with Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
With “one device,” Steve Jobs indisputably changed our world. Yet as he tried to make the world more connected, he struggled to truly connect with the people in his own life — his friends, business partners, and family. Behind all the disruption and the drive for perfection, what did it all mean?
Conductor: Michael Christie
August 2017
Interlude: Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
Laurene’s aria: Sasha Cooke
“One Device”: Edwards Parks
Audio excerpts are from 2017 performances of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera, recorded by Pentatone. Provided courtesy of Santa Fe Opera, Pentatone, and Naxos of America.