Changes: Placido Flamingo

PERFORMER	Richard Hunt
DESIGN	Richard Termine designer & builder

Revision as of 19:57, 6 January 2016

F8c7f01d-a588-42d6-bca9-4d6fbe81bc7c — Placido Flamingo's "cameo" in episode 4195.

Placido Flamingo is an operatic flamingo from Sesame Street whose performances at the Nestropolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, Plácido Domingo. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in Season 18, and helped to introduce classical music into the series.

Though retired in 1992, along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the Bugs Bunny short What's Opera Doc? (1957).

Sketches

"The Bathtub of Seville"
"The Bugs in Your Neighborhood"
"The Dentist of Seville"
"Don't Forget to Watch the Movie"
"Italian Street Song": Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa leads a symphony of animals, and soloist Placido Flamingo, in the "Italian Street Song" from Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta (about a princess who trades places with her maid in order to avoid an arranged marriage).
"Look Through the Window" with Placido Domingo in Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting.
"Lost Toy Opera"
"Naughty Door Opera"
"Peligro"
"The Perfect Thing"
"The Spider's Feelings": An operatic retelling of "The Eency Weency Spider." (First: Episode 2587)
"The Telephone of Brazil"
"Up and Down Opera" with Ernie
"Two Owls and One Pink Flamingo Blues"

Book appearances

Big Bird Presents the Nutcracker (1990)
Grover's Overtures (1991)
What Do You Do? (1992 edition)

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+[[File:F8c7f01d-a588-42d6-bca9-4d6fbe81bc7c.jpg|thumb|300px|Placido Flamingo's "[[Season 40 Hidden Gems|cameo]]" in [[Episode 4195|episode 4195]].]]
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+'''Placido Flamingo''' is an operatic flamingo from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' whose performances at the Nestropolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, [[Plácido Domingo]]. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in [[Season 18 (1986-1987)|Season 18]], and helped to introduce classical music into the series.
-{{designer1|[[Richard Termine]]|designer & builder}}
-'''Placido Flamingo''' is an operatic flamingo from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' whose performances at the Nestopolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, [[Placido Domingo]]. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in [[Season 18 (1986-1987)|Season 18]], and helped to introduce classical music into the series.
-Though retired in [[1992]], along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''What's Opera Doc?'' (1957).
+Though retired in 1992, along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''What's Opera Doc?'' (1957).
 ==Sketches==
+* "[[The Bathtub of Seville]]"
-* [[Peligro]].
+* "[[The People in Your Neighborhood (song)#Variations|The Bugs in Your Neighborhood]]"
-* Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor [[Seiji Ozawa]] leads a symphony of animals, and soloist Placido Flamingo, in the [[Italian Street Song]] from Victor Herbert's ''Naughty Marietta'' (about a princess who trades places with her maid in order to avoid an arranged marriage).
-* [[Up and Down Opera]] with [[Ernie]].
+* "[[Dentist of Seville|The Dentist of Seville]]"
+* "[[Don't Forget to Watch the Movie]]"
-* "The Telephone of Brazil."
+* "[[Italian Street Song]]": Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor [[Seiji Ozawa]] leads a symphony of animals, and soloist Placido Flamingo, in the "Italian Street Song" from Victor Herbert's ''Naughty Marietta'' (about a princess who trades places with her maid in order to avoid an arranged marriage).
-* "The Dentist of Seville."
+* "[[Look Through the Window]]" with [[Placido Domingo]] in ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]''.
-* "The Perfect Thing."
-* "Naughty Door."
+* "[[Lost Toy Opera]]"
+* "[[Naughty Door Opera]]"
-* Performed an opera with [[Grungetta]].
+* "[[Peligro]]"
-* With [[Placido Domingo]] in ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]''.
+* "[[The Perfect Thing]]"
+* "The Spider's Feelings": An operatic retelling of "[[The Itsy Bitsy Spider|The Eency Weency Spider]]." {{first|2587}}
+* "[[The Telephone Opera|The Telephone of Brazil]]"
+* "[[Up and Down Opera]]" with [[Ernie]]
+* "[[Two Owls and One Pink Flamingo Blues]]"
+==Book appearances==
+*''[[Big Bird Presents the Nutcracker]]'' (1990)
+*''[[Grover's Overtures]]'' (1991)
+*''[[What Do You Do?]]'' (1992 edition)
 [[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
 [[Category:Sesame Street Classical]]