1. Stnopsis ... 1
2. Creating the libretto:verdi and boito in collaboration ... 21
3. The composition of the poera ... 48
4. Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: milan, venice and paris ... 76
5. Of singers and staging:verdi's ideas on performance ... 90
6. A brief performance history by william ashbrook ... 118
7. An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of act Ⅱ ... 139
8. Shakespeare reinterpreted ... 163
Notes ... 190
Bibliography ... 197
Discography by malcolm walker ... 203
Index ... 207
2. Creating the libretto:verdi and boito in collaboration ... 21
3. The composition of the poera ... 48
4. Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: milan, venice and paris ... 76
5. Of singers and staging:verdi's ideas on performance ... 90
6. A brief performance history by william ashbrook ... 118
7. An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of act Ⅱ ... 139
8. Shakespeare reinterpreted ... 163
Notes ... 190
Bibliography ... 197
Discography by malcolm walker ... 203
Index ... 207