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

A clip from the 1982 BBC program 'Call Me Kiri'

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[therealAZLN]

when you're happy you enjoy the melody
when you're sad you understand the lyrics

[bilge]

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

[petir]

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

[adriad]

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...

[David-sjfk]

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

[aminahsarahefe]

As an intellectual, I only listen to this MASTERPIECE

[darialinderssen]

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

[adaptwt]

Jokes aside, this is actually really good! You can feel the cats disscontempt for each other and can kind of see their personalities

[kathleen]

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

[noviarahmawati]

Cats: *meow*
Rossini: *YOU'RE MASTERPIECE. YOU'RE BE THE PART OF MY AMAZING SONG WROTE BY ME*

[George_vv]

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.

[realgptv]

Imagine hearin' this next door while tryin' to sleep

[Gunkis]

This song is so inspiring and you can tell they are very passionate about the message.

[ЕленаСол-дъ]

Прекрасные голоса! И на любом языке понятно! Браво!!!

[yulianikolaeva]

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

[flamelily]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 how long did they have to practise this before they could sing it without cracking up with laughter?

[dawnhanwell]

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

[patrickhart]

Kiri and Norma: meow
Cat: Am I joke to you?

[akhilanarayanan]

Dear God I cannot believe two grown women actually did this 😂😂 I love it

[GuilhermeCarvalhoComposer]

I can watch this a million times and never tire of Norma Burrows mischievously going into "beautiful voice" mode at 1:18. Best version of this duet that I've seen online.