Antônio Carlos Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtonju ˈkaɾluʃ ˈɡomiʃ]; Brazil, July 11, 1836 – Brazil, September 16, 1896) was the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. The only non-European who was successful as an opera composer in Italy, during the "golden age of opera", contemporary to Verdi and Puccini and the first composer of non-European lineage to be accepted into the Classic tradition of music.