• Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro [ɔɾˈfew ˈneɣɾu]) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa...
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  • Black Orpheus is a 1959 film directed by Marcel Camus. Black Orpheus may also refer to: Black Orpheus (album), a 2003 album by Keziah Jones Black Orpheus...
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    Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek: Ὀρφεύς, Εὐρυδίκη, Orpheus, Eurydikē) concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was...
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    Shrines containing purported relics of Orpheus were regarded as oracles. Several etymologies for the name Orpheus have been proposed. A probable suggestion...
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  • Black Orpheus was a Nigeria-based literary journal founded in 1957 by German expatriate editor and scholar Ulli Beier that has been described as "a powerful...
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  • Black Orpheus is an album by Nigerian musician Keziah Jones. "AfrosurrealismForTheLadies" "Kpafuca" "Femiliarise" "Wet Questions" "Neptune" "72 Kilos"...
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    singer and dancer. She is best remembered for her role in the film Black Orpheus (1959). Born on a farm near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of African-American...
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  • Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus is the third album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released in 1962 on...
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    composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film Black Orpheus. Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in Rio de Janeiro...
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  • "Manhã de Carnaval" ("Carnival Morning"), often referred to as "Black Orpheus", is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria...
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    Vencidos (1963) Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) (1959), Orpheus Hevesi, Dennis (September 5, 2008). "Breno Mello, 76, Star of 'Orpheus,' Dies". The New York Times...
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  • Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). Set in contemporary Paris, the film is a variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and is partially...
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  • Composition in 1963. It was included on the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released by Fantasy Records on...
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    known for her supporting role as Mira in the 1959 romantic tragedy Black Orpheus and her starring role in the 1960 adventure film Os Bandeirantes. De...
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    Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, inspired by the French/Brazilian film Black Orpheus. Fantasy Records released "Samba de Orpheus" as a single, trying...
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    Orphée et Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by...
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    Carnaval," The morning of the carnival–Luiz Bonfa (1959), From Film "Black Orpheus" (Orpheu Negro) "The Girl From Ipanema"—Astrud Gilberto (1963) "From the...
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  • 1982) was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the...
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  • Testament of Orpheus (French: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced into it. Directed by and...
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    Next Door Neighbour", which were published in the Nigerian magazine Black Orpheus. This was founded in 1957 by the German scholar Ulli Beier, who had...
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  • The Way It Is (film) (category American black-and-white films)
    American No Wave black comedy/drama film directed by Eric Mitchell based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It's 80 minutes black and white 35 mm movie...
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    the lyrics for the upcoming Broadway musical Black Orpheus, which is based on the 1959 film Black Orpheus. The music will be composed by Carlinhos Brown...
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  • Vinícius de Moraes, composed in 1958 for the French film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus). The theme of the song is the fragility of happiness. The lyrics begin:...
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  • the band themselves. Influenced by Haitian rara music, the 1959 film Black Orpheus, and Søren Kierkegaard's essay "Two Ages", Reflektor's release was preceded...
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    et malgache (Anthology of New Negro and Malagasy Poetry), he wrote "Black Orpheus" (re-published in Situations III), a critique of colonialism and racism...
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  • Cranes Are Flying Летят журавли Mikhail Kalatozov Soviet Union 1959 Black Orpheus § Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus France, Brazil 1960 La dolce vita § Federico...
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  • Orfeu da Conceição (category Plays about Orpheus)
    for the films Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus, 1959) and Orfeu (1999), and for the musicals Orfeu (Brazil, 2010) and Black Orpheus (Broadway, 2014). The play...
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  • Luiz Bonfá Composer of Black Orpheus Plays and Sings Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by Luiz Bonfá arranged by Lalo Schifrin. "Samba De Duas Notas (Two Note...
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  • 2022). "Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett Board Creative Team of Upcoming Black Orpheus Stage Musical". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2022. D'Alessandro, Anthony;...
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    cast. Production commenced on August 1, 2022. As a child, Bong watched Black Orpheus (1959) on Korean television, which made a big impact on him. While he...
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