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The "Duetto buffo di due gatti" (humorous duet for two cats) is a performance piece for two sopranos and piano. Often performed as a comical concert encore, it consists entirely of the repeated word miau ("meow") sung by the singers. It is sometimes performed by a soprano and a tenor, or a soprano and a bass.
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 Rossini's 1816 opera Otello. Hubert Hunt claims that the compiler was Robert Lucas Pearsall, who for this purpose adopted the pseudonym "G. Berthold".[1]
Structure
[edit]In order of appearance, the piece consists of:
- the "Katte-Cavatine" by the Danish composer C. E. F. Weyse.[2]
- part of the duet "No, non temer, serena" for Rodrigo and Iago in act 1 of Otello, there belonging to the words "Se uniti negli affanni noi fummo un tempo insieme" etc.[3]
- part of the cabaletta to the aria "Ah, come mai non senti", sung by Rodrigo in the second act of the same opera.[4]
See also
[edit]- "Duo miaulé" in L'enfant et les sortilèges
- Duett: "Nun, liebes Weibchen ... Miau! Miau!" (Lubano, Lubanara), in Der Stein der Weisen (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart et al.)
References
[edit]- ↑ Hunt, Hubert; Hunt, Edgar (1977). Bois, Chesham; Woodstra, Chris (eds.). Robert Lucas Pearsall: The compleat gentleman and his music, 1795–1856 (illustrated ed.). Hubert & Edgar Hunt / Amersham (published 2005). p. 1126. ISBN 978-0-9505-8310-5 – via Google.
- ↑ Osborne, Richard (1986). Rossini. London, UK: Dent. p. 179.
- ↑ Otello ossia L'Africano in Venezia, tragische Oper in drey Aufzügen von J. Rossini [sic], Klavierauszug (PDF). Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. p. 29.
- ↑ Otello ossia L'Africano in Venezia, tragische Oper in drey Aufzügen von J. Rossini [sic], Klavierauszug (PDF). Leipzig, DE: Breitkopf und Härtel. p. 102.
Further reading
[edit]- Cooper, Andrew (8 November 1995). Cat duet – all is revealed (Rossini's cat duet). Subscribers' corner e‑mail lists. Opera-L Archives. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
External links
[edit]- "Duetto buffo di due gatti": Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- James Manheim. Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet), for 2 voices & piano at AllMusic
- Rossini, G. Due gatti (PDF). el-atril.com (musical score).
- Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Davis (piano) (1996). Duetto buffo di due gatti (music video). BBC Proms. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
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