The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Audio excerpts are from 2017 performances of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera, recorded by Pentatone, Catalogue No.  PTC5186690, featuring the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra conducted by Michael Christie.  Provided courtesy of Santa Fe Opera, Pentatone, and Naxos of America.

“Only one device”/Edward Parks (Steve Jobs); Interlude/Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Laurene’s Aria/Sasha Cooke (Laurene Powell Jobs)

Pre-Opera Talk

• Only one device

  
  Steve Jobs publicly launches his revolutionary new product: “One device does it all, in one hand, all you need.”

   

• Interlude

   

   

• Laurene’s Aria

   

  Steve’s wife Laurene confronts him about his unwillingness to admit how ill he is, assuring him that she loves him and wants him to find help.