Alborada

Alborada
The Dawning
Alborada ; The Dawning
Genre	Telenovela; Romance; Drama
Written by	María Zarattini; Guenia Argomedo; Edwin Valencia
Directed by	Monica Miguel; Sergio Quintero; Jorge Édgar Ramírez
Starring	Lucero; Fernando Colunga; Daniela Romo; Luis Roberto Guzmán; Arturo Peniche; Ernesto Laguardia; Irán Castillo; Valentino Lanús
Opening theme	Alborada by Plácido Domingo
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producer	Carla Estrada
Producers	Arturo Lorca; Guillermo Gutiérrez
Production locations	Televisa San Ángel; Mexico City, Mexico
Cinematography	Alejandro Frutos; Bernardo Nájera; Carlos Sánchez Ross
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	October 24, 2005 –; February 24, 2006

Alborada (by its title in English: The Dawning), is a Mexican telenovela with the participation of Lucero and Fernando Colunga.

This telenovela deals with the Viceroyalty of New Spain, years before the Mexican War of Independence, and is also about events such as the Holy Inquisition (Also known as the Mexican Inquisition), the main song "Alborada" would be composed by Jorge Avedaño and performed by the tenor Plácido Domingo.^[1]

Plot[change | change source]

Hipolita Díaz (Lucero), a young woman who lives with her mother, who is due to marry Antonio de Guzmán (Arturo Peniche), Hipolita due to not loving him, she has to put up with it all the time.

Don Luis Manrique (Fernando Colunga), Cousin of Diego Arellano (Luis Roberto Guzmán), the renowned Count of Guevara, sometimes compete with each other, and after a trip to Panama, he would meet Hipolita, and they would have a romance that would give birth to a a man named Rafael (Alexander Renaud), and they would have to act like they would not have a romance with each other, even though they would have to face many problems with Antonio de Guzmán, Juana Arellano (Daniela Romo) and the Count de Guevara himself.

Casting[change | change source]

Main cast[change | change source]

Lucero - María Hipólita de Corsa Díaz Montero de Guzmán / Doña María Hipólita de Corsa Díaz Montero de Manrique y Arellano.
Fernando Colunga - Don Luis Manrique y Arellano, the real Count of Guevara.
Daniela Romo - Doña Juana Arellano vda. de Manrique.
Luis Roberto Guzmán - Don Diego Arellano y Mendoza.
Arturo Peniche - Antonio de Guzmán y Pantoja.
Ernesto Laguardia - Don Cristóbal de Lara Montemayor y Robles.
Irán Castillo - Catalina Escobar Díaz Montero / Doña Catalina Escobar Díaz Montero de Lara.
Valentino Lanus - Martin Alvarado Solares.