Hvem daterede Maria Callas?

Maria Callas (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina ("The Divine One").

Born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York City, to Greek immigrant parents, she was raised by an overbearing mother who had wanted a son. Maria received her musical education in Greece at age 13 and later established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of 1940s wartime poverty and with near-sightedness that left her nearly blind on stage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She underwent a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career.

The press exulted in publicizing Callas's temperamental behavior, the alleged Callas–Tebaldi rivalry, and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Onassis's wife, Athina "Tina" Onassis Niarchos, divorced him when she discovered that he was having an affair with Callas.

Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera", and her influence so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."

Her ashes were scattered over the Aegean Sea on 3 June 1979, fulfilling one of her last wishes.

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Aristoteles „Ari“ Sokrates Onassis græsk: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης) (født 15. januar 1906 i Smyrna (nu Izmir), død 15. marts 1975 i Neuilly-sur-Seine ved Paris) var en græsk skibsreder, der grundlagde et skibsfartsimperium samt flyselskabet Olympic Airways.

Han flygtede til Argentina i 1923 da Smyrna blev generobret af tyrkiske tropper efter den græske invasion af Osmannerriget i efterdønningerne på Første Verdenskrig.

Havde et særdeles farverigt liv med mange intriger, og blev bl.a. efterforsket af FBI for svindel.

Blev skilt fra sin første hustru Athina Livanou, med hvem han havde to børn, og indledte en affære, uden at blive gift, med den græske opera-diva Maria Callas, med hvem han fik en søn der dog døde.

Blev efterfølgende gift med enken efter John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, der tog navnet Jacqueline Onassis.

Aristoteles Onassis søn, Alexander Onassis var pilot og blev dræbt i et flystyrt, og Onassis kom sig aldrig over sin søns død.

Eneste tilbageværende slægtninge er Athina Onassis Roussel som er datter af Aristoteles Onassis datter Christina Onassis der døde i 1988. Athina har arvet en formue af ukendt størrelse, men den estimeres at ligge på mellem 1 og 2 milliarder US Dollars.

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