Franco Corelli, the Italian tenor whose powerhouse voice, charismatic presence and movie-star good looks earned him the adoration of opera fans from the 1950s until his retirement in 1976, died on ...

ROME (AP) -- Tenor Franco Corelli was remembered Thursday as one of the greatest opera stars of the 20th century, a singer whose ringing, versatile voice and strapping good looks thrilled audiences at ...

IT IS not for nothing that the term “prima donna” is borrowed from the world of opera. Yet the best examples are by no means always women. Tenors have an equal, some would say a better, claim.

“Franco Corelli and a Revolution in Singing” by Stefan Zucker is a Valentine’s Day gift to myself. Like the Energizer battery, it keeps on going. The photographs and illustrations are truly ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with author and music commentator William Berger, about the death of Franco Corelli. Corelli, who died Thursday, was an Italian opera singer who reached the height of his ...

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Tenor Franco Corelli was remembered Thursday as one of the greatest opera stars of the 20th century, a singer whose ringing, versatile voice and strapping good looks thrilled audiences at New York’s ...

Franco Corelli, 82, whose ringing tenor voice and matinee-idol looks made him one of the top opera stars of the 20th century, died Oct. 29 at a hospital in Milan. He had been hospitalized in August ...