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 Wed… ...

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 ...

Franco Corelli was born on April 8 1921. Originally, he intended to follow in his father's footsteps as a naval engineer, but he was encouraged by a friend, who had heard him sing, to take lessons ...

But with due respect to such postwar Italians as Mario del Monaco, and the princely Carlo Bergonzi, the 1960s belonged to the magnificent Franco Corelli, who died at 82 in Rome last week.

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 ...

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.

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli was among hundreds of mourners paying homage Friday to tenor Franco Corelli, one of the top opera stars of the 20th century, at his funeral in a Milan church.

Franco Corelli, opera singer: born Ancona, Italy 8 April 1921; married 1958 Loretta di Lelio; died Milan 29 October 2003. Italian tenors are traditionally thought to be short, fat and not very ...

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 ...

Franco Corelli, one of the most prodigiously gifted tenors of the 20th century, died Wednesday in his native Italy at the age of 82. He was hospitalized in August after having an apparent stroke. I… ...