Alborada
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Alborada is a telenovela
made by Mexican TV network Televisa
. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama
and Mexico
a few years before Mexican Independence
from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision
in the United States. Alborada also won the TV y Novelas award for best telenovela of the year (2006).
Some weeks later, Hipólta finds out that she is pregnant with Luis's child, so she decides to leave home with her maid, Adalgisa, and go to Mexico, where her family lives. There, she has her child, Rafael, and finds her mother and her sister, but they aren’t very thrilled to see her. Hipólita was Asunción's illegitimate daughter, so she sent the girl to Panama to be raised by her grandmother, so that no one in Mexico could know that she had a daughter outside of wedlock. When Hipólita arrives in Mexico, she has to fight against her stepfather's hate and her mother's desperation when she finds out that there's another bastard in the family.
Luis also lives in Mexico: he is a rich man, cousin of the count of Guevara, and there is much mystery about his relationship with his mother, Juana, who appears to hate her own son and support the count against him at every turn. Hipólita and Luis meet again and, although she doesn’t recognize him, he recognizes her and he suspects that the child that Hipólita has with her is also his son. They don’t get on very well initially, but later, they fall in love with each other. Luis feels that he has to tell her that he is her son's father, but he can’t do this, because if he did, Hipólita would hate him. The eventual recognition of Rafael as Luis's son, the reason why Luis's mother detests him, and the plots of the Count of Guevara against Luis are played out against the background of Luis's and Hipólita's attempts to be together.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
made by Mexican TV network Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
a few years before Mexican Independence
Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The movement, which became known as the Mexican War of Independence, was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought...
from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
in the United States. Alborada also won the TV y Novelas award for best telenovela of the year (2006).
Plot
Hipólita Díaz is a young woman who lives in Panama with her husband, Antonio, and her mother-in-law, Adelaida. Antonio suffered from sexual abuses when he was a child, so he isn’t able to consummate his marriage. Adelaida wants to have a grandchild, as Antonio will not inherit the fortune of his uncle, Próspero, unless he sires a son. Luis Manrique y Arellano is a Mexican merchant who came to Santa Rita to close a deal under orders from his cousin Diego, the Count of Guevara, without knowing that the trip was a pretext to have him killed. When Luis is captured by Adelaida's servants while fleeing from justice, she orders him to take Antonio's place in Hipólita's bed, or she'll turn him over to the authorities. So Luis goes to Hipólita's bedroom, intending to escape from a window. It's very dark, she awakes upon hearing him try to escape, she doesn’t see him very well and she believes he is her husband. He makes love to her to keep her quiet, and then makes good his escape. But before he leaves, Hipólita discovers that this man isn’t her husband, but an escaped prisoner. Luis departs, without Hipólita seeing his face or knowing his name - but Luis knows hers. She is furious with her mother-in-law for what she has done, but she can’t change what happened.Some weeks later, Hipólta finds out that she is pregnant with Luis's child, so she decides to leave home with her maid, Adalgisa, and go to Mexico, where her family lives. There, she has her child, Rafael, and finds her mother and her sister, but they aren’t very thrilled to see her. Hipólita was Asunción's illegitimate daughter, so she sent the girl to Panama to be raised by her grandmother, so that no one in Mexico could know that she had a daughter outside of wedlock. When Hipólita arrives in Mexico, she has to fight against her stepfather's hate and her mother's desperation when she finds out that there's another bastard in the family.
Luis also lives in Mexico: he is a rich man, cousin of the count of Guevara, and there is much mystery about his relationship with his mother, Juana, who appears to hate her own son and support the count against him at every turn. Hipólita and Luis meet again and, although she doesn’t recognize him, he recognizes her and he suspects that the child that Hipólita has with her is also his son. They don’t get on very well initially, but later, they fall in love with each other. Luis feels that he has to tell her that he is her son's father, but he can’t do this, because if he did, Hipólita would hate him. The eventual recognition of Rafael as Luis's son, the reason why Luis's mother detests him, and the plots of the Count of Guevara against Luis are played out against the background of Luis's and Hipólita's attempts to be together.
Cast
- Lucero as María Hipólita Díaz de Guzmán - Main heroine, in love with Luis Manrique, but Married to Antonio de Guzman, but end ups with Luis Manrique
- Fernando ColungaFernando ColungaFernando Colunga is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas....
as Luis Manrique y Arellano - Main hero, in love with María Hipólita, married to Esperanza, married to Maria Hipolita - Daniela RomoDaniela RomoDaniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
as Doña Juana Arellano Viuda De Manrique - Luis Manrique's mother, and real mother of Diego Arellano, Villain - Arturo PenicheArturo PenicheArturo Peniche is a famous Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion.-Biography:...
as Antonio de Guzmán - María Hipólita's husband - Ernesto LaguardiaErnesto LaguardiaErnesto Laguardia is a Mexican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas.-Biography:...
as Cristóbal de Lara - Catalina's husband and Luis Manrique best friend - Valentino LanúsValentino LanúsValentino Lanús is a Mexican actor.- Biography :Valentino's parents are Margarita and Luis Alberto. Valentino is the second of four siblings, and is also the only male. He began his career as a model, and later enrolled in Televisa's CEA...
as Martin Alvarado - Irán CastilloIrán CastilloIrán Castillo Pinzón is a Mexican actress, TV Host and singer. who reach the fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful telenovelas such as Agujetas de color de rosa, Confidente de Secundaria, Preciosa...
as Catalina Escobar y Díaz - María Hipólita's sister, Cristobal's wife. - Alejandro TommasiAlejandro TommasiAlejandro Tommasi is a Mexican television, stage and film actor.-Biography:He enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística , where he studied acting, dancing and singing. Throughout his successful acting career, Tommasi has participated in numerous telenovelas, plays and in some films...
as Felipe Alvarado - Martin's father - Luis Manrique advisee. - Manuel OjedaManuel OjedaManuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.-Career:...
as Don Francisco Escobar - María Hipólita's stepfather, villain. Andre's and Catalina's father - Olivia Bucio as Asunción Díaz Montero de Escobar - María Hipólita's mother, and wife of Don Francisco Escobar
- Luis Roberto GuzmánLuis Roberto GuzmánLuis Roberto Guzmán is a Puerto Rican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas like Alborada, and for his title role in Mexican series El Pantera...
as Diego Arellano - Luis Manrique's cousin,son of Dona Juana Arellano Villain - Vanessa GuzmánVanessa Guzmán-External links:...
as Perla - Villain - Zully MonteroZully MonteroClara Zully Montero is a Cuban actress who has worked in television, film, and theatre. She is known for her acting skills and her beauty.-Biography:...
as Adelaida de Guzman - Antonio's mother and Maria Hipolita's mother-in-law, villain - Mariana Karr as Isabel Manrique De Leiba
- David OstroskyDavid Ostrosky-Telenovelas:*Soy tu Dueña *En Nombre Del Amor *Central de abastos as Jimena's father*Destilando amor as Eduardo Saldívar*Duelo de pasiones as Elías Bernal*Alborada as Agustín de Corsa...
as Agustín de Corsa - María Hipólita and Esperanza's father. - Mariana GarzaMariana GarzaMariana Garza Alardín, is a Mexican singer and actress.- Biography :Mariana Garza is the daughter of Ana Silvia Garza, . She has a brother Sebastián. Her first work was “Elisa” on 1979. Next year, Mariana debuted on theatre in the play "La Maravilla de crecer” by 1980"...
as Esperanza de Corsa de Manrique wife of Luis Manrique- Villain - RobertaRobertaRoberta is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller...
as Paula - SherlynSherlynSherlyn Montserrat González Díaz better known just as Sherlyn is a Mexican actress and singer. She is currently a member of the band Camaleones.- Biography :...
as Marina Valdez - Monica MiguelMónica MiguelMónica Miguel is a Mexican actress, director and singer, born in Tepic, Nayarit in 1936.Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Tepic...
as Modesta - Villain - Gilberto de Anda as Gasca - Villain
- Beatriz Moreno as Adalgisa Sanchez
- José Luis ReséndezJosé Luis ReséndezJosé Luis Reséndez Santos won the national male pageant El Modelo México and represented his country in Mister World 2003, held in London, England, where he became the third runner-up...
as Andrés Escobar - Patricia MartínezPatricia MartínezPatricia Elizabeth Martínez was born in Argentina. She is a composer, improviser, pianist, performer of electronics and experimental inter-disciplinary artist. She is working specially with video art and poetry...
as Carmela - Arturo Vázquez as Ramón
- Lucero Lander as Sor Teresa De lara
- Analia Galloso as Mirtha
- Marcelo CórdobaMarcelo CórdobaMarcelo Alejandro Córdoba is an Argentine actor.- Biography :...
as Marcos - Rudy Casanova as Fermin
- Edgardo Tejeda as Vicente
- Lupita Lara
- Humberto Dupeyrón
- Rubén Cerda
- Archie Lafranco as Rodrigo
- Benjamín Pineda as Aurelio
- María RojoMaría RojoMaría de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui commonly known as María Rojo — — is a Mexican actress and politician. She is currently Senator of the Republic in the upper house of Mexican Congress....
as Victoria Mansera de Oviedo - Aurora ClavelAurora ClavelAurora Clavel is a Mexican film and television actress who is noted for her roles in the movies Tarahumara and Once upon a Scroundel , as well as in numerous telenovelas...
as Cleotilde - JanGustavo Cárdenas ÁvilaGustavo Cárdenas Ávila is best known in the media as *JAN*. He was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, on April 30, 1974. His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora. He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the...
as Santiago de Corsa - Eduardo Liñán
- Aarón Hernán as Regidor
- Adalberto Parra as "Higinio"
- Magda Guzmán as Sara de Oviedo "La Poderosa"
- Rosa María Bianchi as Esposa del Regidor
- Justo Martínez as Alvaro
- Julio Monterde
- Eugenio Cobo
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards Premios TVyNovelas The TVyNovelas Awards, also known as the Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honour the best Mexican television productions, especially telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony is held in Forum Mundo Imperial in Acapulco... |
Best Telenovela | Alborada | |
| Best Lead Actress | Lucero | |||
| Best First Actor | Manuel Ojeda | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Fernando Colunga | |||
| Best Female Villain | Daniela Romo | |||
| Best Male Villain | Luis Roberto Guzmán | |||
| Best Song for a Telenovela | Jorge Avendaño Lührs Jorge Avendaño Lührs Jorge Avendaño is a Mexican pianist, composer, songwriter and music producer.He was written music for many telenovelas including the 1993 version of Corazón salvaje for which he wrote its theme song... composer Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range... singer |
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| Best Supporting Actress | Mariana Karr | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Ernesto Laguardia | |||
| Best Young Actress | Sherlyn | |||
| Best Director of Cameras on Location | Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel is a Mexican actress, director and singer, born in Tepic, Nayarit in 1936.Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Tepic... |
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| 2nd Latin Emmy Awards Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various... |
Best Latin Actress in a Telenovela | Lucero | ||
| 46th Palma de Oro Awards | Best Telenovela | Alborada | ||
| Best Lead Actress | Lucero | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Fernando Colunga | |||
| Best Antagonist Actress | Daniela Romo | |||
| Best Generic First Actress | Mónica Miguel | |||
| Best First Actor | Manuel Ojeda | |||
| 15th Bravo Awards | Best Telenovela | Alborada | ||
| Best Lead Actress | Lucero | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Fernando Colunga | |||
| Best Antagonist Actress | Daniela Romo | |||
| Best Generic First Actress | Mónica Miguel | |||
| Best Generic First Actor | Manuel Ojeda | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Mariana Karr | |||
| 38th ACE Awards Association of Latin Entertainment Critics The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics is a nonprofit cultural organization founded on December 12, 1967. The organization has bestowed the LatinACE awards annually since May 25, 1969... |
Best Telenovela | Alborada | ||
| Best TV Actor | Fernando Colunga | |||
| Best Director | Mónica Miguel | |||
External links
- Alborada on esmas.comEsmas.comesmas.com is the portal of Televisa, the largest Mexican television network and the world's largest producer of Spanish language media....
- Alborada on univision.comUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...