Kiri Te Kanawa & Norma Burrows | Rossini's Cat Duet 

The lyric is so deep, make me cry everytime i listen to this

When you're a great opera composer and this amazing music flows from your pen, but you have writer's block on the lyrics. Suddenly, your cat jumps up on your desk and walks across your manuscript (as cats always do) and you are inspired...

Showed this to my cat, now he won't stop writing symphonies.

My cat listened this Now she wants to be a opera singer

My cat was awake by the first meow. As a sensible music lover she listened to the whole masterpiece with 100% attention.

Next to the choir boys who sing this, these two women are absolutely purrrfect. My opinion.

The tension between them is so nerve-wracking I felt they were both about to snap. They pretend they're over it after one lashes out but you can still feel that something's about to happen. It really ends before the true horror leaving what happens next only to the imagination. Meow.

My cat came out of hiding to listen to their performance !

Thank you twosetviolin for introducing this gem

I love it. The singing, the facial mimics. I've watched it so many times and I enjoy it every single time.

Imagine hearin' this next door while tryin' to sleep

dYING at the amount of sass in this!

My last two brain cells

My favorite part was when the girl in the purple dress sings”Meow”It was so good!😂😂

Bravo ladies I could not do this with a straight face if I tried hysterical and brilliant

My cat just left the room.

Великолепно! Эта песня ко мне прилипла, пою, не могу остановиться.))

Отлично!!! Слова забыть или перепутать невозможно! 😊

Oh My GOD the shade and the side eye!!!!

*This is pure art.*

Kiri's voice is still superior even in this comic setting.

Волшебные !!!! Смешеные !!! Восхитительно талантливые !!!!! Браво !!!!

I sang this with a fellow classmate at Saint Michael's Catholic School long ago. The memories.

Это надо обязательно не только слушать, но и смотреть. Такие кошки

Какое актер'ская иг'ра, какая эксп'рессия! И главное, на доступном любому языке😋

That is hysterical!!!I never heard this before!!!😺😺😺

Indiscutibles cantantes con una calidad interpretativa. Se evidencia la intervención de un excelente director. ¡¡¡Bravo!!!

I love Kiri. Blessed voice. Brasil 2019

Where can I find the lyrics to this??

Très amusant ! Bravo !

Érdekes, milyen sokféle jelentést lehet adni egy műnek! BRAVISSIMO!

A second cousin of mine, Frederica von Stade, performed this piece with Laurie Rubin. She also recorded a whole CD of cats songs with Garrison Keillor. 😺

Браво!!!!!😃

My cat Olaf went to the hospital this afternoon. He's 11 years old but he has a hart problem. He allways loved this duet. I really hope he'll recover and be my friend for many years to come. ❤

They are fantastic !!! Bravissime !!!!!

Loved it! The same opera song was done in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Never thought I would watch a video of it being performed on stage

Замечательно!! Получилось настолько правдоподобно, что моя кошка ушла с кровати ко мне колени и спросила- что случилось?

Великолепно!!! Бравоооо!!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Кошечки бесподобны.

Un capolavoro! Sembrerebbe una cosa facile, ma è davvero una pagina estremamente impegnativa!

This is one of the funniest duets in opera, think it's by Rossini.

Очаровательно🌹🌹🌹

Divina interpretación grandiosas !

To which my cat would say (if he was still alive)- "Mow-wow!"

don't you just love these looks of loathing?!

Perfect version!!!

This still makes me lmao every time...my mother and I used to perform this when we were drunk at Xmas.... family very heavily invested in the opera.

w.o.w....bravissimi...excellente..complimenti.....super...

Lol...love it, specially that measure where they sang MEOW, ahhh Rossini you were on a good one.

And the pianist tries not to crack up.

This is adorable!😺

Does anyone know the lyrics??? Lol

Rossini is a true master of words.

I love the part when they say Meow

Kiri would scratch your eyes out if she knew you posted this!!😍😁

bravo cent pour cent PURE CONNERIE 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Super vocalizzacione😁👏👏👏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Beautiful 👏

I wonder if the cats duet has ever being recorded

Adoráveis!!!

This song is a perfect tribute to all the cats.

I came here out of curiosity thanks to "Two Set Violin" 😂

Almost as good as Beverly Sills and Danny Kaye when they did the Meow Mix commercial

I sang this song to my cat Wilhelm, he seemed a bit confused by it.

I think those two boys killed it

Fabulous! I love it! 🤣🤩

I died laughing while watching this. I just had to!

Gioachino Rossini 1792-1868 Duo des chats Dans la musique classique, les airs sont chantés en italien, français, allemand, anglais, russe et autres langues de qualité. Cet air, « Duetto buffo di due gatti », que l’on peut traduire par « duo humoristique pour deux chats » va vous étonner : il est interprété en langue des chats. En effet, un seul mot dans ce duo : "Miaou". Belle plaisanterie musicale ! Les Aristochats peuvent bien se tenir ... Il est en général en "bis" d'un récital. Ce duo est souvent attribué à Rossini, mais en fait fut écrit, en 1825, par un certain Berthold, pseudonyme du compositeur Robert Lucas de Pearsall sur des airs de Gioachino Rossini : en quelque sorte une compilation, qui utilise des passages de son opéra « Otello ».

Умнички, хорошо исполнили ❤

Cats the musical looks different from what I imagined

Purrfect!

I am trying to teach my cats! *It is not going well

Love it 😹

My cats love this

Bravo!

This made me cry 😅

They're so catty to each other. I'll see myself out.

Hilarious.....and cut short at the end by a cat food advert!

This piece was perfect 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Danke! Thank you! It is awesome 🥰

Special cats!😀

I love when that one girl says meow, it feels like that could be the hole song

These comments are hilarious. They make a great accompaniment with the duet. Lol

Really lovely to see the ever vivacious Norma Burrowes in what must have been a rare TV performance this late in her all too short career. thank you for posting.

I own the libretto for this piece. It really helps.

Friends : what type of music do you listen to ? Me : uhh...it's complicated

Brilliant!!! 😀🙃🤣

Love it 😀

Love it!

Отлично!

Only aweesomeeeeeee

A lyrical masterpiece

Inspiring

Maravilloso 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍🦋🦋🦋🌠🌠🌠

Superbe !!!regardez bien les visages , c'est trop drôle !!!!!!

Those dresses! :(

Чудесно! Браво! Всё понятно!

My cat sings just like this. At 4:00 in the morning!

Милота!🤩👍

My cat is glaring at me, i think hes gonna pounce and attack😂