{"id":81700,"date":"2019-02-11T17:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/11\/the-revolution-of-steve-jobs-wins-grammy-for-best-opera-recording"},"modified":"2019-02-11T17:30:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:30:35","slug":"the-revolution-of-steve-jobs-wins-grammy-for-best-opera-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/11\/the-revolution-of-steve-jobs-wins-grammy-for-best-opera-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs&#8217; wins Grammy for Best Opera Recording"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- font size selector, BEGIN --> <span class=\"cfix\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\"> By <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#80f2e6e9eee7e1f3c0e7ede1e9ecaee3efed\">Roger Fingas<\/a> <br \/><span class=\"gray\">Monday, February 11, 2019, 09:30 am PT (12:30 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span><span class=\"article-leader\">One Grammy winner that flew under the radar Sunday night was &#8220;The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,&#8221; which won for Best Opera Recording despite some high-profile competition.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/the-revolution-of-steve-jobs-wins-grammy-for-best-opera-recording.jpg\" alt=\"The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs\" height=\"413\" class=\"lazy\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/the-revolution-of-steve-jobs-wins-grammy-for-best-opera-recording-1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Steve Jobs&#8221; was composed by Mason Bates, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/bates-the-r-evolution-of-steve-jobs\/1388100437\">recorded<\/a> by the Sante Fe Opera Orchestra. It takes place within a single act but jumps around in time, depicting milestones like the founding of Apple and the launch of the iPhone, mixed in with personal events and Jobs&#8217; interest in Zen Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the opera&#8217;s competition included a recording of Richard Strauss&#8217; &#8220;Der Rosenkavalier&#8221; starring Renee Fleming, and a BBC production of John Adams&#8217; &#8220;Doctor Atomic,&#8221; about the testing of the first nuclear warhead in 1945.<\/p>\n<p>Apple hasn&#8217;t called any attention to the win, presumably because it wasn&#8217;t directly involved and the opera is sometimes critical. The company has been careful about shaping public opinion of its co-founder \u2014 while it&#8217;s quick to praise his intellect, it has sidestepped issues like child custody fights and questionable business decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been using the Grammys to call attention to Apple Music, for instance <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/11\/ariana-grande-breaks-apple-music-records-with-thank-u-next\">pointing out the success<\/a> of Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Thank U, Next,&#8221; and running memoji-themed <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/05\/apple-music-memoji-themed-billboards-pop-up-ahead-of-grammy-awards\">billboards<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/08\/apple-takes-memoji-themed-apple-music-ads-to-youtube-ahead-of-grammy-awards\">TV ads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Roger Fingas Monday, February 11, 2019, 09:30 am PT (12:30 pm ET) One Grammy winner that flew under the radar Sunday night was &#8220;The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,&#8221; which won for Best Opera Recording despite some high-profile competition. &#8220;Steve Jobs&#8221; was composed by Mason Bates, and recorded by the Sante Fe Opera Orchestra. 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