Washington National Opera
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Opera House
The Grammy®–winning opera explores the life, death, and obsession of an innovator.
May 2 - 10, 2025
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His products changed the world and put instant connection at our fingertips. But behind tech mogul Steve Jobs was a life shaped by triumphs, trials, and contradictions.
Step into the orbit of the Apple co-founder who rose from garage genius to tech titan. With a Grammy®–winning score by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence emeritus Mason Bates and libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Mark Campbell, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs offers an operatic journey through the interior workings and spiritual journey of an innovator. Bates merges an electronic soundscape with Campbell’s classical lyricism to immerse audiences in the world of Silicon Valley in the 1980s.
Across his life, Jobs played husband, father, spiritual seeker, and industry leader. He was also protagonist and antagonist, cycling between destruction and redemption, disillusion and reality. As Jobs comes face-to-face with his mortality, audiences will see that some things can’t be programmed—including humanity.
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Music by Mason Bates / Libretto by Mark Campbell
In English with Projected English Titles
Composed 2017
This production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is jointly owned by The Atlanta Opera, Austin Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Utah Symphony & Opera, and Calgary Opera Association.
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May 9: Our talented Cafritz Young Artists take on leading roles! Casting to be announced at a later date.
John Moore, Steve Jobs
Winona Martin, Laurene Powell Jobs
Jonathan Burton, Steve Wozniak (“Woz”)
Wei Wu, K艒bun Chino Otogawa
Justin Burgess, Paul Jobs
Lidiya Yankovskaya, Conductor
Original Production and Staging, Tomer Zvulun
Rebecca Herman, Revival Stage Director
Jacob Climer, Original Scenery & Costume Designer
Robert Wierzel, Original Lighting Designer
S. Katy Tucker, Projections Designer
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