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 ...

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 ...

“Don’t you know that a tenor is a being apart, who holds the power of life and death over the works he sings, over the composers and consequently over poor devils of players . . . He is not a denizen ...