Franco Zeffirelli, left, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting attend a 1968 screening of "Romeo and Juliet" in Paris. (Eustache Cardenas / Associated Press) The son of "Romeo and Juliet" director Franco ...

The famed film, opera and theater director died on Saturday at the age of 96 Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest. She has been with the brand since 2017. Famed ...

IGS will also fete the 50th anniversary of Franco Zeffirelli's 'Jesus of Nazareth' and welcome Marti Noxon, producer of 'Grey ...

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 Her passionate ...

The Italian director staged sumptuously visualized operas, which often resembled Renaissance paintings brought to life. On film, he brought... Franco Zeffirelli, Creator Of Lavish Productions On ...

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 ...

Franco Zeffirelli, the famed film director and film, television and opera producer, died on June 15, 2019, in Rome at the age of 96. He was born out of wedlock near Florence, Italy, in 1923. His ...

Say the name Franco Zeffirelli and opera and movie sets of almost mind-numbing opulence come to mind—acres of plush fringed curtains, dense furniture arrangements, and jewel-box palettes so rich that ...

Franco Zeffirelli once said that when the curtain comes up "you have to give the audience a big thing to look at." The Italian filmmaker and opera director gave audiences plenty to look at — in his ...