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    Sing Different: Steve Jobs' Life Becomes An Opera

    The Apple co-founder's complicated story is the subject of The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs, by composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell. It premieres Saturday in Santa Fe.
    by Naomi Lewin Jul 22, 2017 2 minutes
    Edward Parks, who plays Steve Jobs, and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus in <em>The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.</em>

    Mark Campbell is one of the most prolific and celebrated librettists in contemporary American opera. But, as he recently told an audience at the Guggenheim Museum, not everyone thought his latest project was a good idea.

    "I've had a number of socialist friends of mine saying, 'Why would you write an opera about Steve Jobs? He was the worst capitalist!' " he said.

    Campbell's response to those naysayers?

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