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.

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 ...

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. If ...

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 ...

We peer into the formerly hidden, behind-the-scenes aspects of the life and personality of Franco Corelli, who was the world’s Number-One-Tenor during the 1960’s and 70’s. An intensly private man, he ...

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 ...

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 ...