亨利·普莱桑茨在他所着《世界著名歌唱家》(原名《伟大的歌者们》)一书的“尾声”(当代的问题与未来的展望)中、曾经写过以下的几段话:“……正如十九世纪后半叶的歌唱方式与成就,反映出伟大的作曲家们对于曲目的影响,今天的歌唱,也反映出自普契尼死后曲目陷入停滞不前的状态。曲目停滞不前的状态似乎导致了表演上的停滞不 Henry Pleisant wrote the following passages in the “End” (Contemporary Problems and Future Prospects) of his book The World’s Famous Singers (formerly known as “The Great Songs”) : "... Just as the singing styles and achievements of the latter half of the nineteenth century reflect the influence of great composers on the tracks, today’s singing reflects the stagnation of the tracks since Puccini’s death. The stagnant state seems to have caused stagnation in performance