Zubin Beckmesser

Zubin Beckmesser is leader of New York City's Metropolitan Opera who features in a Muppet Newsflash segment from episode 513 of The Muppet Show. The Newsman reports that he had been electrocuted when he absent-mindedly inserted his baton into an electrical outlet. According to doctors, he would have died instantly had he not been such a poor conductor.

Trivia

 * His name is an amalgamation of famous conductor Zubin Mehta and the Sixtus Beckmesser character from Richard Wagner's opera, The Master Singers of Nuremberg.
 * Muppet Show guest Beverly Sills made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, and held close ties throughout most of her career.