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 ...

Angela Meade as Turandot and Michael Fabiano as Calàf in Puccini's Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera. (Ken Howard / Met ...

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 ...

Pippo Zeffirelli called the lawsuit filed against Paramount Pictures last month "embarrassing" and maintained that the nude scene at the center of the complaint was "far from pornographic." He said in ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME —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 miniseries ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, celebrated for his extravagant opera productions and popular film versions of some of Shakespeare’s most beloved works, died at his home in Rome on Saturday morning ...