Which Mister Rogers opera first aired in 1982?

The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood opera that first aired in 1982 was “Spoon Mountain.”

It appeared during the program’s twelfth season, in a five-episode Make-Believe story arc broadcast in late June and early July 1982. The opera itself aired on July 2, 1982, after King Friday asks the neighbors to organize a performance on the mountain beside the castle.

The story features the villainous Wicked Knife and Fork, who kidnaps a baton-twirling cat and takes the cat to Spoon Mountain. Like the show’s other operas, it extended the Neighborhood of Make-Believe’s story beyond a brief visit, incorporating songs, costumes, and an adventure that filled the episode.

Viewers sometimes confuse Spoon Mountain with “Windstorm in Bubbleland,” which aired in 1980, or “A Granddad for Daniel,” which followed in 1984. “All in the Laundry” was an earlier 1974 opera.