Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli (born Gianfranco Zeffirelli) was born in 1923 in an outskirt of Florence, Italy, the result of an affair between Alaide Garosi, a fashion designer, and Ottorino Corsi, a wool and silk dealer. Both of his parents were married at the time of his birth and so neither could give him their surname. As an alternative, his mother came up with "Zeffiretti," which are the "little breezes" mentioned in Mozart's opera Idomeneo, of which she was fond. However, it was misspelled in the...
