Humorous Duet For Two Cats

Lyrics are easy here... just miau or miow.


I saw this on TV. This guy was singing this duet in his countertenor voice together with a soprano. They were good but I don't have that video. I did a search and below are what I could find. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Cat Duet ~ 

Duet For 2 Cats ~ 

Humorous Duet For Two Cats ~ 

Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti

Rossini Cat duet

A Duet for Two Cats done by guys

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Duetto buffo di due gatti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duetto_buffo_di_due_gatti

The Duetto buffo di due gatti ("humorous duet for two cats") is a popular performance piece for sopranos. It is often performed as a concert encore.

Composition

While the piece is typically attributed to Gioachino Rossini, it was not actually written by him, but is instead a compilation written in 1825 that draws principally on his 1816 opera, Otello. The compiler was likely the English composer Robert Lucas de Pearsall, who for this purpose used the pseudonym "G. Berthold".[1]

Music and lyrics

The music consists, in order of appearance, of:

the "Katte-Cavatine" by the Danish composer C.E.F. Weyse[2]

part of the duet for Otello and Iago in Act 2 of Otello

part of the cabaletta to the aria "Ah, come mai non senti", sung by Rodrigo in the same act

The lyrics are uncharacteristic, consisting entirely of the repeated word "miau" ("meow").

Recordings

• A Tribute to Gerald Moore, EMI Classics: Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), released 2003 (expanded reissue of 1969 release), also known as "Le Duo des Chats"
• Sweet Power of Song, EMI Classics: Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), released 1990
• Duets for Two Sopranos, BIS: Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) and Kerstin Meyer (mezzo-soprano), Jan Eyron (piano), released 1992
• Wir Schwestern Zwei, Wie Schönen, Nightingale: Edita Gruberova (soprano), Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo soprano), and Friedrich Haider (piano). Last track, also identified as "Katzen-Duett"
• Von ganzem Herzen, Catalyst: Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martí, released 1998

See also

"Duo miaulé" in L'enfant et les sortilèges

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Here below are some samples...

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Countertenor Voice

Gerard Lesne - Rossini - cats duet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsEYeII9sJI

Countertenor in Acappella Male Sextet

Affabre Concinui - Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2m41N7TC0

A Duet for Two Cats...done by guys!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3VgtiQhHQ

First Song (Duet for Two Cats)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFmvMR5mLqk

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Male & Female Voices

Cat duet - Duetto buffo di due gatti (Rossini)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgfPqRp_3I

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2 Female Voices

Duet for Two Cats by Rossini

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAa-g_7PRM

Rossini Cat Duet Pauline Tinsley Elizabeth Vaughan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sluzi-QGtyA

Rosa D'Imperio & Gabriela Garcia: The Cat Duet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tAVyTn_EdU

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Others:

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Gerard Lesne (Part One)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqdvDiZX5w

A french special about the French Countertenor Gerard Lesne. 

*****Please note that the commentary is in French**** 

Personally I don't speak a word of french but enjoyed listening to him singing the various arias from the Baroque era as well as the Rossini Cat duet.

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