We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Here, Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis's complete relationship timeline:. At the time, Callas was married to Giovanni Battista Meneghini. Their relationship, however, didn't begin in earnest until two years later. At the time, Onassis was married to Tina Livanos. Over the course of the cruise, however, it is believed that Livanos began to suspect that there were strong feelings between Onassis and Callas.
By the end of the cruise, Onassis could no longer hide his love for Callas, which caused his wife to hastily disembark the ship. By the time it ended, it was evident the Onassis and Meneghini marriages would also end. Yet, they soon begin to be pictured consistently together in public, fueling romance rumors. Days later, however, Callas confirmed her marriage to Meneghini was over.
On Septmeber [sic] 9th the temperamental diva confirmed that her year marriage to Italian millionaire Battista Meneghini is on the rocks. She said there would be a legal separation. She said her desire for a movie career caused the breakup and not her alleged romance with Onassis. Later that month, Callas vacationed on Onassis's yacht once again—this time sans Meneghini.
She never publicly spoke of Callas and her rumored relationship with Onassis. Callas and Meneghini had been married since He literally went to bed one night, believing himself a happily married man, and woke up the next morning a deceived husband.
The reasons were obvious to everyone but Meneghini. Now a beautiful woman at the height of her vocal powers and the toast of international society, Callas had clearly become bored to death by the drably unimaginative man at her side.
