Alborada

**Alborada** (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.

### 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

## Other websites

- Sitio oficial de esmas.com
- Sitio Lucero Brasil

## Infobox (television)

- **num episodes**: 90
- **genre**: Telenovela
Romance film, Romance
Drama
- **writer**: María Zarattini
Guenia Argomedo
Edwin Valencia
- **starring**: Lucero (entertainer), Lucero
Fernando Colunga
Daniela Romo
Luis Roberto Guzmán
Arturo Peniche
Ernesto Laguardia
Irán Castillo
Valentino Lanús
- **opentheme**: _Alborada_ by Plácido Domingo
- **language**: Spanish
- **country**: Mexico
- **runtime**: 41-44 minutes
- **company**: Televisa
- **location**: Televisa San Ángel
 Mexico City, Mexico
- **channel**: Las Estrellas, Canal de las Estrellas
- **executive producer**: Carla Estrada
- **producer**: Arturo Lorca
Guillermo Gutiérrez
- **director**: Monica Miguel
Sergio Quintero
Jorge Édgar Ramírez
- **cinematography**: Alejandro Frutos
Bernardo Nájera
Carlos Sánchez Ross
- **camera**: Multiple-camera setup, Multi-camera