Harry Secombe is well remembered in English speaking countries as one of the Goons, star of film musicals, and here in the UK, for presenting religious choral programmes on television. His tenor voice is well remembered, and he recorded extensively, including an LP of operatic arias and duets.
Harry Secombe sings operatic arias Bizet - Carmen - Flower song Puccini - Tosca - Strange harmony of contrasts Verdi - Rigoletto - La donna e mobile Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci - On with the motley Verdi - La Traviata - The Drinking Song (Brindisi) Flotow - Martha - M'appari Meyerbeer - L'Africaine - O paradiso Puccini - Turandot - None shall sleep Puccini - Tosca - When the stars were brightly shining Verdi - Il Trovatore - Miserere
Orchestra, Emmanuel Young Orchestra, Wally Stott (Strange harmony and On with the motley) Adele Leigh, soprano (in Brindisi and Miserere) Harry Secombe, tenor
Wing (Philips) WL1220 Matrices WL 1220 1L, 2L Recorded 1957 (solos) and 1958 (duets)