Samuel Ramey on Sesame Street – “L Toreador”

Bigman240 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



He was so handsome…and the hair was just right back then…and the voice was beauuuuuuuutiful!!!!

Chiliarches on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



Votre Toast?

Arashi110 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



Toreador’s Song, from “Carmen”.

bbbartolo on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



great fun. thank gawd for Sesame Street – the best thing on NET. Perlman, YoYo–who didn’t help out?

evilsushix on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



I’ll admit it… I sang along.

camkik on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



lmao.. the L as the bull was so cute

wotan20 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



It’s from Bizet:Carmen The toreador aria.
You Tube is actually a good place to enjoy some good rendition.
Try Gino Becchi’s version for a full blooded, classic interpretation in both sound and spectacle.

dtpac on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



you gotta love those LOW LOW LOW notes.

LifeJuice90 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



That is one of his best performances sadly its on sesame street, But I am glad of SS and Looney Toons for introducing children to classical music. Hell my dad only knew classical music cause it was on looney toons as a kid.

adnanrefolhaif on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



Samuel rules!
Great idea to bring opera fror the kids!

LaMostraESopra on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



I KNOW! As much as I wish it could, L really can’t help me go low, low, low.

martinglassford on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



you know the phrase greatest thing on the planet gets thrown around a little too much these days… but im pretty sure that this truly is the greatest thing ever. DONE

operamudflower on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



How horrible that even on sesame street the man is sexy.

ilduce565 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



i thought that the “L” pretending to be the bull was probably the funniest thing i have seen in a long time

bigvideos23 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



This is so awesome!!!

swordofisis on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



Thumbs up G!

solisef on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



oh dear, those pants! He’s so young! I love it!

prasadsuper on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



no not sexy at all sorry

blaquebarbee08 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



what is the name of the piece of music he is singing to …..i love it magnificant

candidnt on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



We need to beam this video continuously into outer space. If aliens knew we had Sesame Street *and* Samuel Ramey they would recognize us as gods.

aplantage1 on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



I wish there were a Muppet Show with this man as guest star … imagine Miss Piggy all over him. :-O

HMW on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



his hair he is so much more normal. what happened? haha…

winnienoodlez on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



My sister met him!!!

soulierinvestments on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



I do hope the producers of Sesame Street have preserved all those videotapes. What a historical document of who’s who in this time period.

Of course, the kiddies don’t realize the quality of the guest stars. I remember one time viewing a Sesame Street broadcast that featured Big Bird, guest star poet Maya Angelou and a bunch of kiddies playing ring around the rosy. I wondered if the kids had any concept who they were rosying with?

soulierinvestments on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 5:13 am 



Worship us as gods.

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