Even snakes have to audition for the opera at the Met. Princess the boa constrictor got the part

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera in New York requires auditions for everyone on stage. Even the snake in its adaptation of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Zoe Ziegfeld is the snake handler in the performance. The carnival performer-turned-opera actor auditions each snake to ensure they’re comfortable on stage. A boa constrictor named Princess won the role, and another named Nala was chosen as understudy. This is Ziegfeld’s third time as the snake charmer in this production. The Met’s version of Mozart’s opera about love, fidelity and deception is set at a 1950s Coney Island carnival instead of Naples, Italy.