They are the heroes of opera. When tenors hit the high C, the audience is enthralled. But what is their secret? How do they manage to sing in this high register and what happens in their body? With ...

“He was a real natural, but he didn’t work hard; he was confident in Italian repertoire, the bel canto, early verismo; but tragically he didn’t learn to read music and tended to rely on the prompt.

Franco Corelli, whose ringing tenor voice and matinee-idol looks made him one of the top opera stars of the 20th century, has died in Milan. By Billboard Staff Franco Corelli, whose ringing tenor ...

In the opera world, when it comes to male singers, the tenor is the big star — think Pavarotti and Domingo. They get to play kings, heroes, swashbuckling lovers and high-maintenance romantics. They ...