this is practically a performance, a confession, which is based on the letters that she wrote to onassis i would not send them, maria callos does not send letters to the man who betrayed her, i will burn them, amazing the fate of this woman is that she was constantly attacked by a huge number of people , she is probably the first such artist in the world, over whom one can say so much , but this was her greatest trouble, pain, she is a passionate person , but you know, kolya, i i think, despite her tragic 53 years old, she died alone in a paris apartment, in absolute solitude, she died, she buried her son, in general there was tragedy after tragedy, why did her mother treat her, because the brother whom they they adored, they thought that a brother would be born, a family, so they dreamed of an heir, but maria was born, and my mother did not even approach her at first, so she writes, at the age of 12 the whole of greece already knew me, at 15 i was named star, and yet the relationship with neither his mother nor his sister formed, they... in one city in paris, yes, she supported them, th

and a love affair with the greek shipping tycoon aristotle onassis, who then married former us first kennedy, leaving callas heartbroken and devastated. greece is now celebrating its famous daughter, some say belatedly, with a new museum. maria callas was of greek origin. so we celebrate her greek origins, of course, but we really treat her as a cosmopolitan persona with a glorious international career. maria callas was a fashion icon. she was very much interested in fashion. we have a section in the exhibition with dresses of maria callas and a variety of personal items. maria callas was very famous, of course, for her personal and social life. how much coverage does that get? this is, of course, an aspect that we deal with in the museum. she was very well known for her social life and her personal life, of course, and her love affair with onassis that ended in a very bad way. when she died in paris in 1977, at the age ofjust 53, maria callas was living virtually as a recluse. she was mourned by her fans all over the world. sobbing. the greek audiences and the greek state always pai

her and began to invite her everywhere, so the story is not about her, i return to the story with onassise that if she divorced batista, and anaas divorced his maria, in my opinion maria is also a wife, and he had one, and in theory they should definitely get married, then listen, well, in greece it’s still not such free morals as in america, but she was orthodox. of course, for her this was a natural continuation of the relationship, she, as an honest person, admitted, yes, now marry me, why do you think anases missed this story with marrying, he was so burning the inner ocean that was in her were i think, with this greek pressure , women, like us, i don’t know , it seems to me that men really don’t like it when they are so pressed with their love, yes, it’s scary, yes. got pregnant, you know, there’s like a child, a wife, well, there’s such a big greek family looming ahead, and the man , who has such freedom and so much around him, was just scared like a man, i had the feeling that in general many people wrote about this when i read materials about onassis that he collected it like a st

for the rest of her life jacqueline kennedy onassis love to learn. i think she grew in that way. she just learned a lot which is why she was thrilled to be able to share it withe the world through the televised tv tour. >> wean have a biographer in the audience. could you tell me from the kennedy library perspective a little bit about mrs. kennedy's efforts and if you have time to think we have few questionst about that in general. the favorite moments at jackie's projects and whatever first ladies have done since then. >> specifically to mrs. nixon i can tell you that every first lady after jacqueline kennedy would, including mrs. nixon, i know that for a fact, they would always seek out mrs. kennedy's advice on changes they wanted to make to the white house and again mrs. kennedy wanted things to be able to change with administrations that she wantedb people to be able to use pieces there were a locket of the white house history so they are a lot of things in storage in the white house collection that first ladies can drawev from tht every first lady may be a difference to mrs.

jacqueline kennedy onassis loved to learn. so i think she grew in that way. she learned a lot, which why she was thrilled to be able to share it with the world through the televised tv tour. i i think we've had a couple of questions. i know we biographer usually in the audience and she has said, i'm writing pat nixon's biography now could you tell me from the kennedy library a little about how mrs. built on mrs. kennedy kennedy's efforts in terms of the white house and if you have time. i think we've had a few questions about that of just the general, the forward momentum of jackie's project and. what other first ladies have done since then i can't speak specifically to mrs. nixon, but i can tell you that i know that every first lady after. jacqueline kennedy. would, including mrs. nixon. i know that for a fact they would always seek out mrs. kennedy's advice on. they wanted to make to the white house. and again, mrs. kennedy wanted to to be able to change with administrations. she wanted people to be able to to. pieces that were evocative of white house hist

these are her words, with you i cheated on myself, well, this was when she had already met anasis, onassis’se about the wedding, he betrayed her, that he married jack kennedy, she found out from the newspaper, you know. extra loneliness without a child, whom you, ari, you forced me to kill, a tragic fate, but then the almighty sent her, here is immortality, look after the program time, again bubiri capital show field of miracles, the third troika, the city of murom, vladimir region, artyom andreevich , let's start. a drum, but a drum, no, but it came to you from belgorod, this is very interesting, but that ’s for later, but what, what, what, what, i’m asking, what shall we begin, and what shall we begin , well, let’s begin, please, thank you, thank you, come on, anna, as in the old days, in different regions of russia they called a woman who... speaks quickly and a lot, oh, what a famous word, i can’t say , where is the known, but the famous is incredible, i knew that we had to start with a man, things will go straight away, let artyom andrevich, turn the drum, whatever you want, do it, prol

for the rest of her life jacqueline kennedy onassis love to learn so she grew in that way.it she learned lot which is why she was thrilled to share with the world through the televised tv tour. >> had a couple of questions. we have a biographer in the audience she's writing pat nixon's biology now could you tell a littlee bit on how mrs. nixon's built on mrs. kennedy's efforts to the white house? if you've had time we had a few questions about that the momentum of her projects and what other first license and since then. >> i cannot speak specifically to mrs. nixon. i can tell you i know every first lady after jacqueline kennedy wood, including mrs. nixon, i know that for a fact. it would always seek out advice onhe changes. that they wanted to make to the white house. and again mrs. kennedy wanted things to be able to change of the administration. but she wanted people to be able to use pieces of history. there's a lot of things in storage on the white house collection that first ladies can draw from. but every first lady maybe be out of deference and what she created what often reach o

i understand jacqueline kennedy onassis asked you to do it in 1984.d you start in '84 and just finished now? >> barbra: no, i'm not that slow. but i did start ten years ago, in 2014. it's almost ten years. >> stephen: why is now the right time or rather why was 2014 the right time? >> barbra: i'll tell you. because at that time, i was trying to make "gypsy" as my last film as a bookend to "funny girl." written by jule styne, you know. worked on with jerry robbins. i understood the story from very personal point of view because it was about a jealous mother who was jealous of her daughter, which i talk about in my book. and came to the understanding, i understood her at the end of this book which is 992 pages. >> stephen: why only 992 pages. did you have more stories? >> barbra: i ran out of them. >> stephen: how did you write it? did you dictate and have it transcribed? >> barbra: i can't type. >> stephen: because of the nails? >> barbra: that's right. >> stephen: did you enjoy the process? or someone who's been in the public eye for so long and asked