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, ...

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 ...

Jewelry formerly belonging to Maria Callas -- most of it given to the opera star by her husband, Italian industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini -- fetched $1.86 million at an auction in Geneva.

Perhaps most famously—after a difficult childhood and tumultuous first marriage to business tycoon Giovanni Battista Meneghini, whom she accused of stealing from her—Callas began a decades ...

Maria Callas memorabilia, including 63 of her love letters, goes on the block ...

Sotheby’s Milan auctioned more than 2,000 items Wednesday from the estate of Callas’ husband of 10 years, Giovanni Battista Meneghini. He was by Callas’ side during her rise to operatic fame ...

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, ...

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, ...

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, ...