Chang was interested in putting together a program related to the performance of gender. Sunday plus, Fiesta de las Americas and more.
If I had to come up with a case study of a curator or arts presenter exemplifying the maverick creative streak that keeps San Francisco’s creative scene thrumming Michelle Chang would definitely be a contender. Since launching her SF Salon Music series at the Verdi Club last year she’s put together a series of singular programs that juxtapose performers and writers versed in representing disparate art forms in a quest to see what they might have to say to each other.
Hardly immune to the zeitgeist, Chang was interested in putting together a program related to the performance of gender, “and it took months to come up with this pairing,” she said. “When I met a countertenor, I thought this is actually a great start for Italian castrati history. That gave me a boost to continue with this journey.”
Composers have written for countertenors, male baritones or tenors who sing in falsetto, since at least the 17 century, but as interest in Baroque opera surged in recent decades there’s been more work than ever for countertenors to cover roles written for castrati. The question for Chang was what to pair it with, “maybe some paintings or sculptures in Italy,” she mused. and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.
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