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 ...

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.

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ROME — Franco Corelli, whose large, ringing voice and matinee-idol looks made him one of the leading tenors of the 20th century, has died, the ANSA news agency said. He was 82. Corelli had been ...

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 ...

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 ...