The (r)evolution of Steve Jobs
Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist
- Resource Type:
- Music CD
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 2017
- Publication:
- [Baarn, The Netherlands] : Pentatone Classics, [2018]
- Copyright:
- ℗2018
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- Table of Contents:
- Disc 1. Prologue: The garage of the Jobs family home, Los Altos (Paul): "I built the table" (3:16)
- Overture (1:19)
- Scene 1: Product Launch, the stage of a convention center, San Francisco (Steve and Ensemble): "One device" (7:41)
- Scene 2: Corporate Offices, Cupertino (3:09)
- Meditative Interlude (1:33)
- Scene 3: The hills around Cupertino (2:31)
- Scene 4: A calligraphy class, Reed College (1:05)
- Scene 5: The garage of the Jobs family home, Los Altos (Steve and Woz): "Ma Bell" (4:04)
- Scene 6: An apple orchard near Los Altos (Chrisann): "I could learn to be like you" (5:45)
- Scene 7: The Los Altos Zen Center (Kōbun) (6:23)
- Scene 8: A lecture hall, Stanford University (2:14)
- Scene 9: The garage of the Jobs family home, Los Altos (4:42)
- Scene 9: The garage of the Jobs family home, Los Altos (Steve Jobs): "Something we play" (3:44)
- Disc 2. Scene 10: Steve Jobs' home, Palo Alto (2:54)
- Scene 11: Corporate Offices, Cupertino (Steve, Chrisann, and Woz): "Losing it" (3:52)
- Interlude: The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs (3:03)
- Scene 12: Corporate Offices, Cupertino (Steve): "Wrong" (5:54)
- Scene 12: Corporate Offices, Cupertino (Woz): "Goliath" (3:04)
- Scene 12: Corporate Offices, Cupertino (Coda) (2:54)
- Dark Interlude (1:46)
- Scenes 13-14-15: Flashbacks (3:00)
- Scene 16: Steve Jobs' home Palo Alto (Laurene): "Humans are messy" (7:41)
- Lyrical Interlude (0:51)
- Scene 17: The wedding, Yosemite National Park (3:38)
- Scene 18: The memorial service, Stanford University Chapel (3:23)
- Scene 18 and Epilogue: The memorial service, Stanford University Chapel and the garage (Laurene): "Look up, look out, look around" (4:32).
- Author/Creator:
- Bates, Mason , composer
- Contributors:
- Campbell, Mark, 1953- , librettistMarkgraf, Kelly , singerParks, Edward (Baritone) , singerCooke, Sasha , singerWu, Wei (Bass) , singerKaganskaya, Mariya , singerSorenson, Garrett , singerJones, Jessica E. , singerChristie, Michael, 1974- , conductor
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Sung in English.
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- System Details:
- Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD): CD audio-encoded stereo playable on regular CD player; requires SACD player and playback equipment with analog inputs for DSD (Direct Stream Digital) stereo or multichannel surround sound to audition SACD-encoded layers.
- Performers:
- Cast: Kelly Markgraf (Paul Jobs) ; Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) ; Sasha Cooke (Laurene Powell Jobs) ; Wei Wu (Kōbun Chino Otogawa) ; Mariya Kaganskaya (Teacher) ; Garrett Sorenson (Steve "Woz" Wozniak) ; Jessica E. Jones (Chrisann Brennan) ; Johan Sorenson (young Steve Jobs (silent)) ; ensemble soloists (Adelaide Boedecker, Adam Bonanni, Kristen Choi, Thaddeus Ennen, Andrew Maughan, Corrie Stallings, Tyler Zimmerman) ; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra ; Michael Christie, conductor.
- Production Credits:
- Producer, Elizabeth Ostrow.
- Performance Medium:
- Singer; orchestra
- General Notes:
- Opera in 18 scenes with prologue and epilogue.
World premiere.
"The production of The (r)evolution of Steve Jobs underwritten by a deeply appreciated gift from David Henry Jacobs."--Program notes.
Program notes by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell, biographical information about the composer and the librettist, synopsis, and libretto in English (86 pages ; color illustrations, color portraits) laid in container.
Recorded live 2017 July 22 The Santa Fe Opera, The Crosby Theatre.
Title from disc label. - Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs (1 hr., 34 min., 15 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; stereo; surround
- Digital Characteristics:
- audio file; CD audio; SACD
- Call Numbers:
- LPCD 160,340- 160,341
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 827949069062
Publisher Number, Pentatone: 5186 690 (container)
Publisher Number, Pentatone: 5186 691 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Pentatone: 5186 692 (disc 2)
Publisher Number, Pentatone: PTC5186 690 (container)
Publisher Number, Pentatone: PTC 5186 691 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Pentatone: PTC 5186 692 (disc 2) - OCLC Numbers:
- 1041915681