Black Orpheus
(Orpheus of the Conception) is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim. It premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films "Orfeu Negro" ("Black Orpheus", 1959) and "Orfeu" (1999), and for the musicals "Orfeu" (Brazil, 2010) and "Black Orpheus" (Broadway, 2014).