Talk:The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Original production and subsequent performances[edit]

I'm uncomfortable with the language I've used surrounding "production" and "performance".

It's obvious to me, having seen a Seattle performance, that the 2017 Santa Fe production is shared by the four sponsoring companies and is being re-used in all remaining cities. The depth and detail of the projections on the moving scene pieces is convincing. But I can't find any citable reference that says this is the case.

When I think of an opera "production", I think of new sets, lights, costumes. So IU/SO/SFO's presentations are not (IMO) new "productions", even though some performers were different. So what's the right word? Santa Fe/Indiana/Seattle/San Francisco shared the same production. But they were in different runs, under different artistic control, with differences in performers.

I think there must be better words but I don't have them. Hopefully someone else does.

Halmueller (talk) 10:38, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think the term "same production" or similar is appropriate, and the wording in the article "other presentations of the original Santa Fe production" is correct. Some famous productions have travelled across continents and have been performed over decades. The production (costumes, set, direction) are the same, performers obviously not.

I'd like to point out that opera articles never list performers for subsequent performances, except if there were substantially different versions (e.g. Don Carlos) where the subsequent performance can also be called a premiere. This is not the case here, so I those aditional columns in "Roles" ought to be removed. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:54, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! After a spot-check of other new operas I concur, and have removed them, but added some material to the city bullets. Halmueller (talk) 20:09, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]