Opera in a Multicultural World

Mary I. Ingraham is Professor of Musicology at the University of Alberta. Her research examines the socio-political context for cultural creation in Canada, particularly as it reflects intercultural encounters between European, indigenous, and immigrant cultures. She has published a catalogue of Canadian operas, on interculturality, and has written online educational materials for the Canadian Music Centre.Joseph K. So is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Trent University. A medical anthropologist, Professor So also specializes in the anthropology of race and racism, with a focus on the representation of race in the performing arts/opera. In addition to many articles and chapters in anthropology, he has had an eighteen-year history of writing articles on music and opera. He is Associate Editor of Opera Canada, Canadian correspondent for Opera (UK),?and Associate Editor of La Scena Musicale/ The Music Scene.?Roy Moodley is Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Research and publication interests include traditional and cultural healing; multicultural and diversity counseling; race, culture, and ethnicity in psychotherapy; and masculinities.