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Fred

Meet Fred the fourth tenor! The amazing opera singing dog who just can't resist joining in when Pavarotti is on TV

PUBLISHED: 22:27 GMT, 30 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:11 GMT, 31 March 2013

Opera may not be for everyone, but Fred the bulldog is clearly a huge fan.

The plump pooch took the internet by storm recently with his soulful performance of a song alongside the late great tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing on TV.

The short clip, both touching and amusing, was uploaded onto YouTube back in December 2007, but for some unknown reason, it went viral now drawing more than 165,000 views.

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Furry tenor: Fred the bulldog took the internet by storm with his emotional performance of alongside the late Luciano Pavarotti singing on TV

ca. 1979, Italy --- Luciano Pavarotti. --- Image by David Lees/Corbis

Hopeless romantic: Fred, right, joined in when Pavarotti, right, was singing on TV Rondine al nido, a romance by the Italian composer Vincenzo de Crescenzo

VIDEO See him perform. Fred the bulldog as The Fourth Tenor

The fourth tenor! Fred the bulldog sings along with Pavarotti

The footage shot by Fred's owners, Kirsty McCall, a makeup artist from UK, and her husband, Dan, begins with the adorable English bulldog staring longingly out the window and emitting sounds that could best be described as mournful lowing.

Raising his bulky, wrinkled head to the sky and flattening his small ears, the little canine tenor begins to howl and wail along with Pavarotti singing the romance Rondine al nido on a television set behind him.

He's got the blues: Raising his bulky, wrinkled head to the sky and flattening his small ears, the little canine tenor begins to howl and wail along with Pavarotti

Inspired performance: The Italian song dealing with lost love appears to tug on Fred's heartstrings

Despite being a dog, the Italian song dealing with lost love appears to tug on Fred's heartstrings as he wails and moans to the sad tune, casting sad glances about him.

Online users were charmed by Fred's vocal abilities, praising his impeccable taste in music,.

'This dog sings with more emotion and vocal accuracy than all the mainstream pop stars combined,' a commenter by the user name LogicDefect gushed.

But as it turns out, opera is not the only type of music that Fred enjoys. Another video uploaded by his owners shows the romantic pup howling to pop singer Leona Lewis' recent hit Bleeding Love.