拉赫玛尼诺夫回忆当时情景说:“歌剧之所以获得成功,与其说全凭歌剧的优点,不如说是柴可夫斯基十分欣赏这个作品的缘故。”当时柴可夫斯基五十三岁,已经是闻名遐迩的作曲家,而拉赫玛尼诺夫只不过是二十一岁的新手罢了。俄罗斯著名歌唱家谢列平,有一次在雅尔塔举行音乐会,演出后一群崇拜者纷纷围住了他,向他表示祝贺,谁也没有去注意坐在一旁的年轻伴奏者。著名作 Rachmaninoff recalls the scene at that time saying: “The success of the opera is not so much the merit of the opera as Tchaikovsky really appreciates the work.” At that time, Tchaikovsky Fifty-three, already a famous composer, and Rachmaninoff is just a twenty-one year old rookie. The famous Russian singer Xie Lieping once held a concert in Yalta. After the performance, a group of worshipers encircled him and congratulated him. No one paid any attention to the young accomplice sitting aside. Famous