Παραδείγματα από το σώμα κειμένου για Ulrica
1. The Royal Opera was unable to say whether it had actively sought a black actor for the role of Ulrica.
2. Chris Millard, its director of publicity, said: ‘The character of Ulrica will not be in any form of blacking up.
3. We didn‘t feel comfortable with it, so it has gone.‘ The portrayal of Ulrica by a white woman comes despite opera–goers‘ programmes listing her as a ‘negro fortune teller‘ and Martone‘s setting of Un Ballo in Maschera in the racially charged era of pre–Civil War America, complete with black servants.
4. The ban on blacking up marks a symbolic shift in an artform that has been the last bastion of a practice otherwise seen as at best quaint, at worst offensive, evoking uncomfortable memories of The Black and White Minstrel Show Martone‘s interpretation of Un Ballo in Maschera was first performed at the Royal Opera House earlier this year and featured a white singer blacked up in the role of the fortune teller, Ulrica.
5. Then last week the Royal Opera was attacked by Philip Hensher, the novelist, who had attended a rehearsal and seen Blythe wearing black make–up as Ulrica. ‘To see a revival of "blacking up" in the opera house in 2005 is just beyond belief,‘ he wrote in a newspaper column, adding: ‘We couldn‘t stop laughing at the ludicrous sight.‘ Within 24 hours of being questioned on the issue by The Observer, the Royal Opera announced its change of plan.