Rossini Cat Duet Pauline Tinsley Elizabeth Vaughan

[fiddler927]

Brava!



[ekvk120608luv]

BRAVO! This is awesome!

[butterflygirl134]

well at least i knew what they're talking about :P

[CelloVoice]

I'm curious about the arrangement.. Who is the creator? :) And I'm speaking about the arrangement, not about the composer! :)

[valioprea18]

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAUUUU !!!!!

[gcampa]

ahora veo que Freddie no innovó tanto como creía, con su Delilah...

[guitarsami]

meow

[missnino0220]

Wonderful!!

[pug1gun]

haha bravo

[realzoomy]

Hahaha, brilliant!

[AminaBellini]

wow.... fantastic!!! both of them!!!!

[Daphnegirl93]

Lolz! I thought they'd scratch each others' eyes out at the end! :D

[Strav9]

can somebody tell me the lyrics?

[Ilovemyoldguitar]

@Strav9 ROFL

meow, meow etc, or italian, miaow, miaow or miaou, miaou if your cat is French

[AllDaySingers]

and wikipedia is NEVER wrong.

[AllDaySingers]

and wikipedia is NEVER wrong.

[AllDaySingers]

and wikipedia is NEVER wrong. I

[SuperBagpus]

Fantastic, ...xx Pauline you are my idol.. xx happy belated birthday.!

[pingpinglhuillier]

wow!!!

[AlexeyNAN]

бляяяяяяя

[AlexeyNAN]

бляяяяяяя

[LionsOfMercy]

This clip was in '96, when she was "only" 68--but . . . damn. So much for losing your voice when you get older. Rock it, babe!

[civilsavage]

i like the part where they went "meow".

[Zaida2036]

Cats are very expressive and can tell you what they want without resorting to words. For instance, sitting next to the cupboard which holds her dishes will tell you she wants cream, if she already has food in her bowl.

Lying next to you when you are ill will act as a tonic (cat-a-tonic?)

They are very expressive.

[deezynar]

I love Ms. Tinsley's voice. 

[Zaida2036]

First time I have understood the words in an opera.

[deezynar]

@Zaida2036

Really?

I never can figure out what my stupid cat wants...

[carlaismm]

F*ck singing like that at 80. I want to LOOK like that when (or if) i'm (ever) going to be 80. Great performance too. :)

[tjgodls]

Oh my goodness

[sandruki]

Me encanta ver cómo cantantes líricas ya mayores cantan esta canción, porque puedes ver a la persona detrás de la voz, con su sentido del humor. Suelen aparecer tan serias cantando esas cosas tan complicadas y tan formales que un poco de humor y de risas y las caras que ponen son muy divertidas.

[kikijohnji13]

I love it, I love it, I love it!

[cocoakissprettybrown]

white people are a little weird sometimes. nice voices though...

[betenoireindustries]

@cocoakissprettybrown a brown italian wrote this, genius.

[cocoakissprettybrown]

@betenoireindustries my comment still stands; non-genius

[betenoireindustries]

@cocoakissprettybrown sure. white people are weird. and you're shit-ignorant, and kind of a racist asshole. have fun with that, sugar.

[ztifitztif]

@betenoireindustries this is not actually written by rossini.. its by G. Berthold.. from wikipedia..

[jetamz7]

hahaha nice

[UpiorOpery]

Wow! 80 y.o. and high C ^^ beautiful ;D

[penny0102]

they are real GOOD~ i see the quality of it~ wow!

[LaMostraESopra]

DIS A OLD ASS WOMAN

[Tenortalker]

What fun to cast these two very distinguished dramatic singers in this duet and how they seem to enjoy it! Elizabeth Vaughan had an excellent career as firstly a soprano ( a worldwide success in 'Butterfly') and then mezzo roles. Pauline Tinsley was one of the most underrated artists in Britain, but her international career was second to none! They are both greatly missed by the opera going public.

[littlearmel]

Sorry....I'm confused...She was born in 1928,so if she turned 80, this should be in 2008 , not 1996 ,right? Anyway, great performance for someone whos 80 !

[polish109]

@littlearmel The person posted the video as CELEBRATION of her "recent" 80th birthday, they then stated when it was filmed (1996)...

[littlearmel]

@polish109 Oh ! Thanks ! Didn't get it right ! Thanks for the comment ! Now it's all clear ! Is she still singing at 80? That would be amazing !

[zusjeszijnstom]

OMG DIT IS TE ERG VOOR WOORDEN

LELIJK DUS.. MENSEN

[GBIMIFABA]

In women over the last part scare!

[Thefunkyferret1]

My ferret was affraid.

[LaMostraESopra]

DAMN!!!!!!!! I have no idea who Pauline Tinsley is, but she is AMAZING!!

[Tenorbravo]

FANTASTICA...interpretation of the "Duetto due di gatti"

[evanylistic]

heart attack!

[nicashi]

i agree. but which of the other versions you prefer?

[greeneyedgeek]

I can't stop watching this cat duet videos!!

[xAntipop]

Terrible, just terrible. Ugly manner of singing. Search for other versions to see how it should be sing properly.

[classicalgal14]

@xAntipop This is how cats sing hun?

[littlearmel]

@xAntipop ...how it should be SUNG properly...If you wanna diss someone,do it in proper English !

[xAntipop]

@littlearmel thanks for correcting my English. As for allowing me to diss someone only in proper English... well... ROTFL!

[littlearmel]

@xAntipop You're most welcome ! Always happy to help !

[Greatfan2011]

I guess Miss Tinsley was not 80 in this video. The Wikipedia says she was born in 1928 so if this concert took place in 1996 she was 68 which shows a prodigious vocal accomplishment ANYHOW !!!! Could anyone tell me what age was Miss. Tinsley here ? Many thanks !!!!

[midlandsop]

Wish I had been there.Recall EV as a terrific Butterfly and PT stunning as Elektra,

Elizabeth I(Mary Stuart) and Kostelnicka...also many years back in a concert of early Verdi at Birmingham Town Hall.

Great!

[MERYESTUARDO]

EXCELENTE, BELLISIMO.

[MinaBabo94]

miiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaooouu

[mcmolgog]

wonderful! absolutly wonderful! my goal is to be able to still sing a freakin' high C when i'm 80, let alone whatever note the marvellous soprano was singing! BRAVO!

[MasochisticLion42]

I saw this with Kiri Te Kanawa and Frederic Von Stade tonight. It was HILARIOUS, and yet, beautiful all at the same time. :] I adore it.

[lhrlyc]

I sawTinsley several times and I have to say that KOSTELNICKA in JENUFA was utrterly breathtaking [abigaile in nabucco was pretty hot too]

[hotvampangel]

love it i gotta sing it as primo soprano...ooow god...i love it and i have a very short time to learn it :-( love it love it love it

[senripiano]

Can anyone tell if this is the original version? I've heard so many... @.@

[lhrlyc]

a long way distant from "original", but funny in it's own way

[HisSheepMI]

I've never seen or heard anything like this! How clever and cute! My thanks to Paul Potts for alerting me to this! :)

[pronkisass]

Wow!!!!! I adored it! hehehe

[melbapatti]

She's 68 here, she was born in 1928. She sang a SMOKIN' Lady Macbeth in Philadelphia in the early '90s. This voice was huge and filled the Academy of Music with gorgeous, never-edgy, never-squally sound. As you turn 82, Miss Tinsley, your fans from America wish you all the best.

[TheSuperaniki]

Pues yo creo que es "payaseando" como mejor queda. Al fin y al cabo Rossini tenía un gran sentido del humor. En cambio lo que no me pega son esos niños cantando esto como si fuera algo más serio. Ya dicen que para gustos, colores. :)

[remitopcat]

me gusto esta versión......pero sigo prefiriendo a los niños franceses; creo que estas mujeres tiene unas grandes voces pero "payasean" bastante su actuación

[edyhing]

Fantastic..!

[meriotc]

La plus intéressante interprétation que j'ai jamais vue..

Passionnant.

[lantis323f]

ma chi son ste du pazze!!!!

[nornsnornsnorns]

Thank you so much. Two fabulous artists who have given me so much operatic pleasure over the years

[skitzo429]

i havent head a high C out of an 80 year old woman in a while haha

[mazzone1]

Hinge & Bracket did this number the best

[lhrlyc]

no - lesley garrett and lily savage

[1Andiedrums]

Thanks. I'll tell her you said so!

[webdiva369]

How disappointing: Lovely voices, but NO comedy whatsoever from the singers. Ehhhhh ... If you've heard several versions of this number, as I have, you hope for some wit and imagination in the performance. For that, try either the Karen Callan & Gail Wilder rendition (the BEST!!! I couldn't stop laughing) or the one by Felicity Lott and Anne Murray at The Proms -- now *those* will show you how it's done! And both are to be found on YouTube, so you have no excuse. ;)

[tamerlano]

I disagree. Tinsley is a hoot, in a very British way.

[jessiezsings]

That was amazing!!! We're singing this in choir and I am so excited!!!

[xmyponyrory4everx]

Pauline Tinsley is my granny!

[owenboi66]

Is she really? That's fantastic! One of the first singers I remember hearing live. The Carmelites. Covent Garden. She was terrific!!!!

[TheTristan1954]

Really? I was with her in Amsterdam 1972 in Aida

[saintsaens21]

80? Amazing!

[robertdonkers]

She was not 80 when she was singing this. But I am sure she could still do it.

[erriy0404]

this is great... thanks for posting...

[phiastardust]

aah, i love this song, my choir are singing it at the moment, and its just so fun!!!

[shadowfaxw]

BRAVO!!!!

[dimme67]

If I could sing like that on my 80th, i'd die happy :)

[magicmonkichi]

@dimme67

I couldn't agree more~!

[Thilthe]

lol, my teacher did this in the classroom because we wouldn't shut up:P

[BethanyNeighbour]

Pauline Tinsley Is My Granny Too..=D

^^ Heyyaa Andiee??

[1Andiedrums]

Rosebud!!!

[1Andiedrums]

That's my Granny!!!

[SINGINGOPERAFAN]

please.........MORE Pauline Tinsley,...I saw so many splendid performances of her as Abigaille/ Lady Macbeth....it would be great to hear her again!!