Puccini and The Girl

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part I - Setting the Stage
Chapter 1. New Documents, New Approaches
Chapter 2. The Opera's Story: Texts and Subtexts
Part II - Creating the Opera
Chapter 3. Puccini and La fanciulla, 1903-7
Chapter 4. Minnie Returns
Chapter 5. Puccini, Publicity, and the 1910 Premiere
Part III - Critical Perspectives
Chapter 6. Operatizing America
Chapter 7. Redemption and Other Critical Orthodoxies
Chapter 8. Staging La fanciulla del West in 2010
Appendixes
A. Puccini's Letters to Zangarini: Table and Italian Texts
B. Italian Texts of Quotations
C. Zangarini's Libretti: Table and Commentary
D. Metropolitan Opera Performance History
E. Discography and Videography
Bibliography
Index