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 ...

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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.

Andrea has sung with some of the greatest voices in the world from Luciano Pavarotti to Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman. But one alone changed his life, inspiring his lifelong love of opera. As a boy, ...

Franco Corelli, whose ringing tenor voice and matinee-idol looks made him one of the top opera stars of the 20th century, has died in Milan. By Billboard Staff Franco Corelli, whose ringing tenor ...

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 ...

Franco Corelli, who has died in Milan aged 82, could lay claim to be the most exciting tenor of the 20 years or so from 1955; his stentorian voice, first heard to arresting effect at Covent Garden in ...