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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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The soprano was the daughter of a Negro carpenter from Laurel, Miss. The tenor was the son of a naval engineer from Ancona, Italy. Together on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera last week, Leontyne ...

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 ...

In the opera world, certain singers define their eras, particularly tenors: Enrico Caruso in the years through World War I; Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli and the matchless Lauritz Melchior ...