While the bulk of the new film Maria focuses on the very end of the iconic soprano's life, glimpses of Maria Callas's earlier life and career are shown—including scenes with her first husband ...

At the time, Callas was married to Giovanni Battista Meneghini. When they met, Onassis commented, there was a “natural curiosity” between them. “We were the most famous Greeks alive in the ...

But who was Giovanni Battista Meneghini? Meneghini, born in October 1895, was an Italian entrepreneur and brick manufacturer. He met Callas in 1947, at the very start of her career, when she was ...

While the bulk of the new film Maria focuses on the very end of the iconic soprano's life, glimpses of Maria Callas's earlier life and career are shown—including scenes with her first husband, ...