Steve Jobs becomes focus of upcoming opera

PanARMENIAN.Net - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be the focus of an upcoming opera, the Associated Press reports.

Since his death in 2011, the technology pioneer has been the subject of documentaries, books, a film and even a graphic novel.

The Santa Fe Opera announced Wednesday, Aug 5, that its latest commission will be based on the man who helped revolutionize personal computers, the music business and, of course, brought the world the iPhone.

The Revolution of Steve Jobs will premiere during the company’s 2017 season and will be written by composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell. According to the opera, the production will examine Jobs facing his own mortality and circles back to the events and people in his past that shaped and inspired him.

Bates said the story of Jobs is a great intersection of creativity, innovation and human communication. His relationship with those who helped him along that journey also will help tell the story in the opera, Bates said.

“Each character will have (his or her) own music. When they collide, that's when it gets interesting,” Bates said according to the AP.