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Franco Zeffirelli, the stylish and sometimes controversial theater, opera and film director, has died. He was 96. Zeffirelli, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died ...

Director Franco Zeffirelli has sometimes been criticized for over-the-top lavishness. But if ever there was an opera that needed visual opulence, it's "La Traviata." Zeffirelli's 1998 production of ...

The phrase "<I>E strano</I>..." recurs at key moments in "La Traviata," and the striking achievement of the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening revival of Verdi's opera was to make this familiar tale ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s production includes a lot of real food, even Oreos and bagels. And it’s Rex Marquez’s job to get it all on a shopping spree. By Adam Nagourney and Vincent Tullo Durante toda ...

His best films were either Shakespearean or operatic ones, including ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Alamy) Franco Zeffirelli, who described his style as “lavish in scale and ...

The first opera production I ever saw was a Franco Zeffirelli production. As was the one after that. And the The first opera production I ever saw was a Franco Zeffirelli production. As was the one ...

ROME (AP) — Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in “Romeo and Juliet” and the ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his 1968 big-screen version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died on Saturday at age 96.Zeffirelli’s son Luciano told the Associated ...