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Houdini the Great is not the first opera to give a singing voice to the famous magician and escape artist, but I doubt if other musical treatments have more charm or sheer zest -Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine

Pape fik salen til at hulke af grin over noget af det bedste instrumentalteater, jeg mindes at have set -Jan Jacoby, Politiken

“The soul smiles when buffoonery is art” (On Houdini the Gtreat at its premiere at the Royal Danish Opera) -Therese Waskovska, Politiken

Entertaining without being trivial, constantly energetic and resourceful in his pacing. -David Fanning, The Grammophone

Houdini den Store er nok ikke den første opera, som giver den berømte magiker og udbryderkonge en syngende stemme, men jeg tvivler på at andre musikalske bearbejdelser kunne have mere charme eller ren og skær veloplagthed -Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine

Utrolig dynamisk og organisk i sin opbygning og udformning. -Ivo Hedelund, Nutida Musik

Music one remembers -Jens Brinker, Berlingske Tidende

Kan man skrive seriøs musik uden dybe panderynker, med sjælen på vrangen og ryggen vendt mod publikum? – Det formår en komponist som Andy Pape -Jan Andersen. Politiken

Is it possible to write serious music without a furrowed brow, your soul turned inside-out and your back turned resolutely towards the audience? – A composer such as Andy Pape is capable of such a feat -Jan Andersen, Politiken

Pape made the audience laugh helplessly, while witnessing one of the best instrumental-theatre works, I have ever experienced -Jan Jacoby, Politiken