The Opening: The Circus Is Coming

1 Silvio and Nedda's Duet
2 The denouement
3 Canio (Pagliaccio) Returns Early
4 The Play-Within-The Play-Opens
5 Intermezzo: Act I to Act II
6 Introduction
7 Background to Leoncavallo and Libretti
8 Commedia Dell'arte
9 Pantaloon, the Doctor, the Bragging Captain
10 The Lovers and Harlequin
11 The Story's Structure; the Prologue
12 The Opening: The Circus Is Coming
13 Nedda's Infidelity
14 Silvio and Nedda
15 Canio: 'Vesti la Giubba'