The Italian composer Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was known for his long-flowing melodic lines and was included in the repertoire of Maria Callas.
 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. 
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (] ; 3 November 1801  23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". 
