Donal Henahan, writing in the New York Times, called the Houston Grand Opera world premiere of the work "worth a few giggles but hardly a strong candidate for the standard repertory" and "visually striking but coy and insubstantial."
Donal Henahan, anmelder for New York Times, kaldte Houston Grand Operas verdenspremiere et værk der var "worth a few giggles but hardly a strong candidate for the standard repertory" ("et par grin værd men ikke nogen stærk kandidat til indlemmelse i standardrepertoiret") og "visually striking but coy and insubstantial" ("et visuelt slående, men koket og uvæsentligt værk").