More of Mozart's compositions are still in active use todaythan the works of any other composers in history—with thepossible exception of J.S. Bach . But some of Mozart's mostimportant works—by today's standard— have suffered longperiods of neglect.For example， for twenty－three years，beginning in 1917， the Metropolitan Opera did not give a singleperformance of The Marriage of Figaro.
今天仍被经常演奏的莫扎特的作品，比历史上任何一个作曲家的作品都多——也许J.S.巴赫除外。但莫扎特的有些重要作品，按今天的标准来看曾有很长时间遭到冷落。例如从1917年起的23年里，大都会歌剧院没有上演过一次《费加罗的婚礼》。