Alborada (telenovela)

Alborada
Lucero, Fernando Colunga and Valentino Lanús
Also known as	Alborada, El amanecer del amor
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	María Zarattini
Written by	María Zarattini Guenia Argomedo Edwin Valencia
Directed by	Monica Miguel Sergio Quintero Jorge Édgar Ramírez
Starring	Lucero Fernando Colunga Daniela Romo Arturo Peniche Ernesto Laguardia
Opening theme	Alborada by Plácido Domingo
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carla Estrada
Producer(s)	Arturo Lorca Guillermo Gutiérrez
Location(s)	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(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	480i SDTV
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	October 24, 2005 – February 24, 2006
Chronology
Preceded by	La esposa virgen
Followed by	La verdad oculta

Alborada (English title: The Dawning) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 2005. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain.

On October 24, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Alborada weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing La esposa virgen. The last episode was broadcast on February 24, 2006 with La verdad oculta replacing it on February 27.

Lucero and Fernando Colunga starred as protagonists, while Daniela Romo, Luis Roberto Guzmán and Mariana Garza starred as antagonists.

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 noble Mexican 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.