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The Tabernacle Choir has announced that Sesame Street's Muppets will join Broadway star Santino Fontana, the choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square for their annual Christmas Concert Dec. 11, 12, 13 and for Music and the Spoken Word Dec. 14. Elmo made the announcement and will continue to announcement a muppet each week that will also join him at the concerts. Find out who is coming at www.mormontabernaclechoir.org

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The Tabernacle Choir has announced that Sesame Street's Muppets will join Broadway star Santino Fontana, the choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square for their annual Christmas Concert Dec. 11, 12, 13 and for Music and the Spoken Word Dec. 14. Elmo made the announcement and will continue to announcement a muppet each week that will also join him at the concerts. Find out who is coming at www.mormontabernaclechoir.org

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PROVO – After wowing audiences at this summer’s Pioneer Day concert, Broadway star Santino Fontana will have an encore performance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra this holiday season.

Fontana and the Sesame Street Muppets will join the choir and orchestra for their annual Christmas concerts at 7 p.m. Dec. 11-13 in the LDS Church Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

The guest artists will also participate in the church’s weekly Music and the Spoken Word broadcast and a mini-concert on Dec. 14.

“This year’s concert is going to be unlike any other,” said Ron Jarrett, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, in a press release. “Joining Santino’s talents with the residents of Sesame Street will bring the childlike wonder of Christmas into our hearts and remind us of the true meaning of the season.”

Thursday’s announcement was made by Elmo himself, but exactly which Muppets will be joining him and the choir will be revealed weekly on www.mormontablernaclechoir.org.

“Everyone has their favorite Sesame Street character,” said Jarrett in the press release. “And many of them will be participating in the concert.

“We recognize that the impact Sesame Street has had on many of our lives as young children is incalculable.”

The free Christmas concert performances are annually one of the hottest tickets in town. Because “Sesame Street” is joining the show, a third day of performances has been added, and seating this year is available for those 5 years of age or older.

“We are always delighted by the response of the community to these concerts,” said music director Mack Wilberg in a press release. “It’s the reason why we make this extraordinary event available year after year.”

“Music has been a part of the fabric of Sesame Street since the very beginning,” said Carol-Lynn Parente, senior vice president of content and executive producer of Sesame Street, in a press release. “We are thrilled to be a part of this annual PBS holiday tradition and excited to sing with the world-renowned choir.”

Fontana is known to many for his recent roles voicing Prince Hans in Disney’s hit movie “Frozen” and his Broadway performance as Prince Topher in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” which garnered him a Tony Award nomination.

He also received the 2010 Drama Desk Award for his role in “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and received accolades for originating the role of Tony in the Broadway production of “Billy Elliot.”

“I’m thrilled to get to sing with the amazing Mack Wilberg and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir again, and to share the stage with my childhood heroes,” said Fontana in the official announcement.

Complimentary tickets (limit of four per household) are required and will be distributed through a random selection process. Those interested in attending may register online at lds.org/events beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Online registration will continue through 11:59 p.m. Oct. 27.

Phone registration is also available at (801) 570-0080 or 1 (866) LDS-TIKS from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All registrations received during the 10-day period will have an equal chance at receiving tickets in the random selection process. Not all registrations will be selected, and only one registration per household can be accepted.

Patrons will be notified by email about the results of the random selection process. Tickets will be mailed to those selected shortly after the registration process closes.