Puccini in Context

Contents

• Part I . Formative Influences:
• 1. Forefathers and teachers Alexandra Wilson;
• 2. Contemporaries and competitors Richard Erkens;
• 3. Puccini's women Helen M. Greenwald;
• Part II . Puccini's Places:
• 4. Puccini's Tuscany Axel Körner;
• 5. Puccini in Milan Ditlev Rindom;
• 6. Puccini's travels: western Europe Flora Willson;
• 7. Puccini's travels: central Europe Richard Erkens;
• 8. Puccini the long-distance traveller Ellen Lockhart;
• Part III . Influences and Interests:
• 9. Musical influences, parallels and borrowings Nigel Simeone;
• 10. Italian literature of Puccini's day Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg;
• 11. Drama and acting in Puccini's Italy Ditlev Rindom;
• 12. Puccini and early film Christy Thomas Adams;
• 13. Puccini and technology Nigel Simeone;
• Part IV . Bringing Puccini to the Stage:
• 14. Puccini's librettists Helen M. Greenwald;
• 15. Music publishing in Puccini's Italy Christy Thomas Adams;
• 16. Puccini's theatrical vision Helen M. Greenwald;
• 17. Puccini's singers Hilary Poriss;
• 18. Puccini's conductors;
• Part V . Image and Reputation:
• 19. Puccini in pictures Alessandra Palidda;
• 20. Puccini's Italian critics Jane Sylvester;
• 21. Memorialisation and biography Arnold Jacobshagen;
• Part VI . Puccini through a political lens:
• 22. Puccini and religion Andrew Holden;
• 23. Puccini and politics Ben Earle;
• 24. Gender politics in Puccini's operas Flora Willson;
• 25. The racial politics of Madama Butterfly and Turandot Kunio Hara;
• Part VII . Interpreting Puccini:
• 26. Editing Puccini Ditlev Rindom;
• 27. Puccini on video Emanuele Senici;
• 28. Interpreting Puccini on stage and on disc Hugo Shirley;
• 29. Producing Puccini today David Levin;
• Part VIII . Legacy:
• 30. Puccini's Legacy, influence and meaning Leon Botstein;
• 31. Puccini in popular culture John Snelson;
• 32. Puccini and the canon Alexandra Wilson; Bibliography; Index.