Placido Flamingo

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 1978, and helped to introduce classical music into the series. The character was created by writer Mark Saltzman who wrote the character's first three appearances. In 1986, Placido Flamingo had a niece named Pink Creamshine
Placido and Miss I made a rare guest appearance in the 1988 PBS pledge drive special, A Grand Night: The Performing Arts Salute Public Television, appearing onstage at the Chicago Theatre with the likes of Gerard Schwarz and Jerry Hadley.
After Hunt's death in 1992, the character died in 2003 episode.
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) and Sylvester Cat short Back Alley Oproar (1948).
== Sketches ==
* "The Bathtub of Seville"
* "The Bugs in Your Neighborhood"
* "The Dentist of Seville"
* "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).
* "Madame Grouchy-fly" from Episode 2326
* "Look Through the Window" with Placido Domingo in Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting.
* "Lost Toy Opera"
* "Naughty Door Opera"
* "Papageno" from Episode 2326
* "Peligro"
* "The Perfect Thing"
* "The Spider's Feelings": An operatic retelling of "The Eency Weency Spider."
* "The Telephone of Brazil"
* "Two Owls and One Pink Flamingo Blues" with Hoots the Owl and Athena
* "Up and Down Opera" with Ernie
* "Music Can Have Feelings"
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