'Nobody has one button': Steve Jobs opera sings Apple founder's praises – and flaws

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, which premieres at the Sante Fe Opera this weekend, dramatizes Jobs's life in a unique way. We spoke with one of its co-creators to find out how the idea was born

When San Francisco bay area-based composer and electronic music DJ Mason Bates recently visited the childhood home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Jobs, he was in awe.

"It all started in that garage," Bates said in a hushed, reverent voice, as we pulled up in the composer's 1970s Alfa Romeo outside the nondescript bungalow at 2066 Crist Drive in Los Altos. Located on an un-trafficked suburban street, the building's only distinguishing feature was the "no trespassing" sign on the austere patch of lawn out front.