Word: ulrica
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...with Italian censors, the libretto of Masked Ball was given a U. S. background. Its hero was "Riccardo, Count of Warwick, Governor of Boston" in the 17th Century. He tenoriously fell in love with the soprano wife of his "Creole" secretary. After everyone had consulted a blackface sorceress named Ulrica, the Creole joined a conspiracy headed by two ha-ha-ing bassos, also in blackface, named Samuel and Tom. At a masked ball, the Creole killed his boss...