Sponsors of the Jobs opera are counting on Bates and librettist Mark Campbell to deliver a 'deeply layered, moving portrayal of a man grappling with the complex priorities of life, family and work', in the words of San Francisco opera General Manager Matthew Shilvock. Jobs' life story, as the relentless technology pioneer who embraced Buddhism and simple vegetarian family dinners, has been the subject of documentaries, books, a feature film and a graphic novel since his death from cancer in 2011. As co-producers, the companies guarantee their right to performances beyond Santa Fe in California and Washington. The Seattle Opera and the San Francisco Opera are underwriting both the already completed artistic creation of the opera, led by composer and electronica DJ Mason Bates, and its physical stage production.

The partnerships were announced on Tuesday as the Santa Fe Opera prepared for its July world premiere of The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs at its open-air summer stage in the foothills of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - A techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has earned the financial backing of opera companies in San Francisco and Seattle, ensuring the musical meditation on the iconic entrepreneur will travel to the United States' high-tech enclave. Santa Fe Opera General Director Charles MacKay announces that a techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will eventually travel to San Francisco, Seattle and Indiana, at a news conference Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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