Background : Introduction (2:38) -- Background to Leoncavallo and libretti (3:09) -- Commedia dell'arte (1:28) -- Pantaloon, the doctor, the bragging captain (3:34) -- The lovers and Harlequin (4:07) -- Pagliacci: The story's structure; the prologue (7:15) -- The opening: the circus is coming (4:59) -- Nedda's infidelity (3:12) -- Silvio and Nedda (5:05) -- Canio: 'Vesti la giubba' (4:00) -- Intermezzo: Act I to Act II (5:40) -- The play-within-the-play opens (4:35) -- Canio (Pagliaccio) returns early (3:54) -- The dénouement (3:53) -- Silvio and Nedda's duet (3:56) -- Turiddu says goodbye before the duel (6:40).