Title: Alborada Content: 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. == Plot == 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 == === Main cast === * 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. === Minor Casting === * Alejandro Tommasi - Felipe Alvarado Solares. * Manuel Ojeda - Don Francisco Escobar. * Olivia Bucio - Asunción Díaz Montero de Escobar. * Vanessa Guzmán - Perla Lopéz. * Mariana Karr - Isabel Manrique de Leiva. * Mariana Garza - Esperanza Carmona de Corsa de Manrique. * Beatriz Moreno - Adalgisa "Ada" Sánchez. * María Rojo - Victoria Mancera y Oviedo vda. de Valdés. * Magda Guzmán - Sara de Oviedo "La Poderosa". * David Ostrosky - Agustín de Corsa. * Jan - Santiago de Corsa. * Marcelo Córdoba - Marcos López. * Carlos Girón - Cirilo. * Lucero Lander - Sister Teresa de Lara Montemayor y Robles. * Patricia Martínez - Carmela de Alvarado. * Monica Miguel - Modesta. * Alexander Renaud - Rafael Luis Diaz Montero Manrique y Arellano. * Arturo Vázquez - Ramón Fuentes. * Gilberto de Anda - Amílcares Gasca. * Rebeca Manríquez - Elvira Sandoval. * Analia del Mar - Mirtha. * Aurora Clavel - Cleotilde. * Gabriel de Cervantes - Lázaro. * José Luis Reséndez - Andrés Escobar y Fuenterilla. * Sherlyn - Marina Sandoval Mancera y Oviedo de Valdés de Escóbar . * Zully Montero - Adelaida Pantoja vda. de Guzmán. * Robertha - Paula. * Rudy Casanova - Fermín. * Edgardo Tejeda - Vicente. * Archie Lafranco - Rodrigo de Rivera. * Christina Pastor - Eloísa Iturralde. * Lupita Lara - Rosario. * Isaura Espinoza - Eusebia. * Eduardo Liñán - Captain Nicolás Pardo. * Adalberto Parra - Higinio. * Benjamín Pineda - Aurelio. * Rubén Cerda - Fray Gaspar. * Justo Martínez - Fray Álvaro D'Acosta. * Aarón Hernán - Regidor Don Anselmo Iturbe y Pedroza. * Rosa María Bianchi - Magdalena de Iturbe y Pedroza. * Raúl Valerio - Don Malaquías Apodaca. * Antonio Medellín - Fray Pablo. == International Transmission == * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ; Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *