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Franco Zeffirelli: The 9 films and operas that defined a director

Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director known for his sumptuous films and stage productions, died Saturday at 96. If there is a signature Zeffirelli opera, it may well be Puccini’s “La Bohème.” His ...
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Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director with taste for excess, dies at 96

Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director renowned for his extravagantly romantic opera productions, popular film versions of Shakespeare and supercharged social life, died Saturday at his home in Rome.
The Arts Desk

Franco Zeffirelli: 'I had this feeling that I was special'

It was a warm Roman evening in Casa Zeffirelli in September 2009. The grandest old man of the arts — who worked with Callas and von Karajan, Tennessee Williams and Toscanini, Burton and Taylor and ...
Variety

Franco Zeffirelli, Director of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Dies at 96

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 ...