Play· 1956· Tragedy

Orfeu da Conceição

by Vinícius de Moraes

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Vinicius de Moraes moves the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to a Rio de Janeiro favela at Carnival.

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Orfeu da Conceição is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim that premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films Orfeu Negro and Orfeu (1999), and for the musicals Orfeu and Black Orpheus.