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...most famous modern operatic husband is Giovanni Battista Meneghini, the building-materials millionaire who, legend has it, built Maria Callas. Even Meneghini has his critics, who claim that he stripped Callas of every cent she made and prodded her into her notorious tigress behavior. But whatever a husband's shortcomings, the care and feeding of a diva is no easy task. One veteran recalls his routine before each performance: "I keep all windows shut, even in summer. I also make sure my wife eats no soups, pasta or heavy foods. I avoid smoking and refrain from doing or saying...
...divorce grounds to invoke the untidy one of adultery, named one "Mrs. J.R." as corespondent. To Tycoon Onassis, Tina's legal blockbuster came as a "surprise." For Soprano Maria Callas, 36,, for weeks in print as a friend of Onassis, and separated from Italian Industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini, the suit triggered a quick conference with Onassis in Monte Carlo. Then Maria flew back to her villa in Milan, pleading innocence of any and all storm-brewing. But who was the shadowy Mrs. J.R., accused by Tina of being Onassis' great and good friend on a semi-global scale...
...traveling companion, groaned Onassis, was threatening to wreck his marriage (Wife Tina had gone to New York, reportedly to see her lawyer). Maria and I-"We love each other, but in God's name there is nothing of a sexual nature." Would he replace Callas' husband, Giovanni Meneghini, as the soprano's manager? "No," said the humble Midas. "My place is in the audience in a third-class seat. I am a mariner." With that, the sly, grizzled sea dog sailed off with his companion on a ten-day cruise through the islands of the Aegean...
...Created Callas." If it wasn't love, what did Onassis see in Callas? Perhaps what he saw was a way to add new luster to all that money. "Onassis has his billions and wants to polish up his tankers, using the name of a great star," explained Meneghini, who after years of silence, now kept delivering some of the best lines of the whole affair. "Perhaps the fault is all mine for deluding myself with hopes of immortal love. I was building a little masterpiece. Then I fell in love with my masterpiece and I married her. I created...
...climactic aria belonged to Mamma Callas, who works at the Manhattan jewelry shop of Mamma Gabor. Last week she recalled with gratitude how Meneghini once sent her $40, while Maria sent her nothing. Said Evangelia of her daughter: "Meneghini was a father and a mother to Maria. Now she no longer needs him. But Maria will never be happy; my soul says it. Women like Maria can never know real love...