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Selmo and his photo album, including a picture of him at the Metropolitan Monster Opera

The Metropolitan Opera of New York City was founded in April 1880, and is a major presenter of all types of opera. The Met is America's largest classical music organization, and annually presents some 220 opera performances.

References

Mr. Snuffleupagus is a big fan of opera music, and at one point attended daily rehearsals at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Selmo (Elmo's great-grandfather) was an opera singer with the Metropolitan Monster Opera.

Zubin Beckmesser was the leader of the Met in a Muppet News Flash segment in The Muppet Show episode 513.

Grover is assigned to play the cannon in the Monsterpolitan Opera performance of the "1812 Overture".

"The Telephone Opera" is sung by Placido Flamingo and the Monsterpolitan Opera Chorus.

Phil Harmonic is the host of the Nestropolitan Opera's "Live from the Nest" opera series.

Connections

Aage Haugland performed at the Met
Beverly Sills sat on the board of directors

External links

Official website

Wikipedia has an article related to:

The Metropolitan Opera

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 '''The Metropolitan Opera''' of [[New York City]] was founded in April 1880, and is a major presenter of all types of opera.  The Met is [[The United States of America|America's]] largest [[:Category:Classical Music|classical music]] organization, and annually presents some 220 opera performances.