When the opera was first presented in London in 1970, in a student production by the Royal Academy of Music, Peter Heyworth wrote, "A score that offers rich rewards to an attentive ear can none the less fail to cut much ice in the theatre. ...
Cando se presentou a ópera por primeira vez en Londres en 1970, nunha produción da Royal Academy of Music, Peter Heyworth escribiu, «unha partitura que ofrece grandes recompensas para un oído atento pode, con todo, non contribuír a desconxelar o teatro ...