Elsa Maxwell
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Maria CallasIn 1957, while still married to husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Callas was introduced to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis at a party given in her honour by Elsa Maxwell after a performance in Donizetti's Anna Bolena. The... In this article: Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Elvira de Hidalgo, La Scala, Aristotle Onassis, Michael Scott, and Pasta |
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Wikipedia | July 24, 2009
Elsa Maxwell
...less than receptive. From 1912 until 1963, Maxwell's lover was Scottish socialite and singer Dorothy "Dickie" Fellowes-Gordon, who over the years had affairs with British nobleman Napier Alington and the Duke of Alba. Fellowes-Gordon was...
In this article: Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, Prince Aly Khan, Carl Van Vechten, and Stage Door Canteen
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Aristotle Onassis
...both married, Onassis and opera diva Maria Callas embarked on a notorious affair. They met each other in 1957 during a party in Venice promoted by Elsa Maxwell. After this first encounter, Ari said to Spyros Skouras: "There wa just a natural...
In this article: Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, Alexander Onassis, Smyrna, Tax, Andreas Michalakopoulos, and George Papadopoulos
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Amazon.com: Maria Callas: An Intimate Biography: Anne ... Maria Callas. Elsa Maxwell. Ticket to the Opera by Phil G. Goulding. Discusses: dramatic soprano ...
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Facts and figures about Elsa Maxwell, taken from Freebase, the world's database. ... Anne Edwards' biography of Maria Callas (Callas, 2001) and Peter Evans biography ...
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Elsa Maxwell: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned ... both claim that Maxwell introduced Callas to Onassis. ...
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EMI Music | Artists | Discography | Maria Callas
Now calling herself Maria Callas she failed to achieve anything until Giovanni ... In September 1957 Elsa Maxwell, the American society hostess, introduced the ...
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Brooks Peters " Elsa Maxwell and the Sash Boys
One might be surprised by the extent of Elsa Maxwell's oeuvre. ... of Maria Callas, but Elsa Maxwell was her own worst enemy, a deeply conflicted ...
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She, Maria Callas, was the "Divina"; she was the greatest singer of the century ... Maria Callas with Elsa Maxwell and Aristotele Onassis on the beach ...
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Elsa Maxwell (May 24 1883, Keokuk, Iowa – November 1 1963, New York City) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess. Her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day earned her the nickname "the hostess with the mostest".
Maxwell is credited with the introduction of the scavenger hunt and treasure hunt for use as party games in the modern era (). She appeared in the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen, alongside Judith Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, Lynn Fontanne, Helen Hayes, Gertrude Lawrence, Alfred Lunt, Lord Menuhin, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.
In 1953, Maxwell published a single issue of her magazine, Elsa Maxwell's Café Society, which had a portrait of Zsa Zsa Gabor on the cover. Anne Edwards' biography of Maria Callas (Callas, 2001) and Peter Evans biography of Aristotle Onassis both claim that Maxwell introduced Callas to Onassis. Edwards also claims that Maxwell was a lesbian who tried to seduce Callas herself. In his MARIA CALLAS: Sacred Monster, Stelios Galatopoulos does not assert the former but he does show considerable proof of the latter by producing love letters from Maxwell to a repulsed Callas.
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