At The Gates - Beyond Good And Evil

GOMIS, Gomes Carlos Antoniu (11 VII 1836, Campinas - 16 IX 1896, Belem) - Brazil. composer. He studied music with his father, Manuel G. - conductor in Campinas, then at the Rio de Janeiro Conservatory with J. Giannini, in Milan with L. Rossi. In 1860, the main in Rio de Janeiro, the National Opera Theater, where he worked as a conductor. In 1872-80 he lived in Italy. Since 1895 he was director of the conservatory in Belem. G. - the founder of Brazil. nat.operas. His work is characterized by melodic. originality, liveliness, dynamism, the use of folklore. The most famous production. - the opera ballet Guarani (Il Guarani, 1870, based on the same novel by J. M. Alencar, Milan), was staged in the theaters of Rio de Janeiro, London, Barcelona, ​​St. Petersburg, Naples.