This issue will be thematically related to the Lyric Canada conference taking place at Brock University October 21-23, 2010. For more information on that event, see the conference website: www.lyriccanada.ca Possible topics for this issue might include:

• An enquiry into the possibility of a uniquely Canadian lyric theatre
• The aesthetic/political/societal significance of Canadian lyric theatre in our time
• Charting the development of lyric theatre in Canada: examining roots and influences from diverse ethnicities, language communities, and orientations
• Contributions of specific nations that populate the idea of Canada (for example, la Francophonie, First Nations): How have they written/been written into the idiom, and is there anything Canadian about it?
• Lyric theatre: synthesizing art and popular culture into hybrid performance
• The intersection of opera and the musical: challenges and opportunities
• Visual, spatial, and intermedia expressions of lyric theatre: new trends in creation, production, and the performing venue. Lyric theatre on the digital screen.
• The absence of lyric expression on the stages and shelves of the Canadian Academy: whither the examining eye?
• The reinvention of lyric theatre in 21st century explorations of the sung text • Diverse approaches to a sustainable practice: how do composers and librettists prosper in commercial and marginal spheres of activity?
• The challenge of creating and maintaining the lyric theatre audience

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