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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs points to a member of the audience during a Q&A session at the end of the iPhone OS4 special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California April 8, 2010.
"The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs" will focus on the late entrepreneur's life, as well as his relationship with his wife Laurene Powell Jobs, and his daughter who he rejected for much of her childhood.
Work on the opera will start this year, with the first workshop to be held in September.
Composer Mason Bates is behind the project. He's also a DJ, and previously created a piece of music, "Omnivorous Furniture," which combines an orchestra with electronica music.
Here's what Bates' previous work sounds like: