By the time of his death, Massenet was regarded by many critics as old-fashioned and unadventurous although his two best-known operas remained popular in France and abroad.
在他去世的时候，马斯内被许多评论家认为是老式的，没有冒险精神，尽管他的两部最着名的歌剧在法国和海外仍然流行。