Continuing Bryan’s stream of Sesame Street posts last month, we present for your edification a priceless video featuring bass Samuel Ramey, a fan favorite at the Metropolitan Opera. Here Ramey sings about his love for the letter L.

Ramey appeared earlier this season in the Met’s production of Puccini’s Turandot and can be seen this spring as Don Basilio in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviliglia (on February 26, March 1, or March 4).