To the modern listener,the failure of the Paris critics to acknowledge the memorability of this most tuneful of operas,its brilliant orchestration and striking originality,suggests ignorance,malevolence or both.

• 对于现代人来说，巴黎批评界对这部旋律优美、配器出色、创意惊人的歌剧的大肆贬低说明了他们的无知和恶意。