Esmeralda
José Armando (Fernando Colunga, left) and Esmeralda (Leticia Calderón, right)
GenreTelenovela
Based onEsmeralda
by Delia Fiallo
Screenplay by
  • Georgina Tinoco
  • Dolores Ortega
  • Liz Orlin
Directed by
Starring
Music byJosé Antonio Farías
Opening theme"Esmeralda" by Javier Rodríguez
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes137
Production
Executive producerSalvador Mejía
Producers
Production locationsMexico City, Mexico
EditorJuan Franco
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseMay 5 (1997-05-05) 
November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14)
Related

Esmeralda is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 1997.[1] It is a remake of a famous 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name Esmeralda original story by Delia Fiallo.

It stars Leticia Calderón, Fernando Colunga, Enrique Lizalde, Laura Zapata, Salvador Pineda and Ignacio López Tarso.

On Monday, May 5, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Esmeralda weekdays at 8:00pm, replacing Mujer, casos de la vida real. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, November 14, 1997 with Desencuentro replacing it the following Monday. It was the first collaboration between Fernando Colunga and Juan Pablo Gamboa, who would both later work in La usurpadora (1998), which is also a production of Mejia.

In the United States, it was first broadcast on Univision from December 15, 1997 to July 9, 1998.

In 1998 it was named "The Best Telenovela of the Year" by Premios TVyNovelas.

Plot

Rodolfo Peñareal is obsessed with having a male child. After many miscarriages, his wife Blanca is pregnant again. One night, a girl is born, but they believe that she was born dead.

In the same town, in another, more humble house, a boy is born, but his mother dies during labor. The midwife and Crisanta, the nanny of Blanca, with their best intention and with the aim to calm down Rodolfo, decide to exchange the children.

While Blanca is unconscious, Crisanta gives a pair of emerald earrings to the midwife, forcing her to forget what happened on that night. Once the exchange is done, the midwife Dominga, discovers that the girl is not dead, but now it is too late to right the wrong.

In this way, the boy that was born in a miserable hut sees his first light in the opulence of a big house, while the sweet little girl who was entitled to a golden crib, gives her first steps among ramshackle walls and misery.

Esmeralda, the Peñareal's baby girl, was born blind, but the kindness of her heart provides her the light to be happy and the illusion to believe that someday she will meet love. Her eyes are the "eyes of love".

Time passes and the destiny of both of the children, Esmeralda and José Armando, comes across as they instantly fall in love. However, the obsession, the wish, the family interests, the false love of a woman and the Peñareal's pride to make their lineage prevail, destroy any noble feeling.

Esmeralda and José Armando are the victims in this sea of resentment that, little by little, submerges them into the darkness of indifference.

Cast

ActorCharacterDescription
Leticia CalderónEsmeralda Rosales
Peñarreal de Velasco
Born blind, when she was a baby it was thought that she was dead and was switched by Dominga & Crisanta with Jose Armando, her name comes from the emerald earrings Crisanta gave to Dominga, is in love with Jose Armando, Jose Armando's wife, Jose Rodolfo's mother, Rodolfo & Blanca's biological daughter, Alvaro's ex-fiancée, Dominga raised her since birth, Fatima's niece, Graciela's cousin, she befriends everyone
Fernando ColungaJosé Armando Peñarreal de VelascoDoctor of General Medicine, his real mother died during childbirth and Dominga gave him to Crisanta to take the place of Esmeralda which they thought was dead, in love with Esmeralda, Esmeralda's husband, supposed real son of Rodolfo & Blanca, both his biological parents are deceased, Jose Rodolfo's father, Fatima's nephew, ex-fiancé/cousin of Graciela, colleague/ex-friend of Alvaro, colleague/best friend of Sebastian, ex-fiancé of Georgina
Laura ZapataFátima Linares vda. de PeñarrealVillain, later becomes good, Graciela's mother, Rodolfo's & Blanca's sister-in-law, Jose Armando's & Esmeralda's aunt, she wants to marry Graciela with Jose Armando for his money because her husband died and barely left any inheritance, Dr. Malaver & Georgina's former accomplice in the scheme to distance Esmeralda from Jose Armando
Nora SalinasGraciela "Gracielita" Peñarreal Linares vda. de ValverdeFatima's daughter, Rodolfo's & Blanca's niece, Esmeralda's cousin, Jose Armando's cousin/ex-fiancée, Jose Rodolfo's aunt, Emiliano's widow, Gustavo & Rita's ex-daughter-in-law, crazy in love with Adrian, died from an overdose of pills because of her desperate love for Adrian
Alejandro RuizAdrián LuceroDioniso's son, Floresita's brother, his first and great love was with Graciela, in love with Aurora, Aurora's husband, Socorro's son-in-law, befriends everyone, a Casa Grande employee
Enrique LizaldeDon Rodolfo PeñarrealEsmeralda's biological father, Jose Armando's father, Blanca's husband, Jose Rodolfo's grandfather, Fatima's brother-in-law, Graciela's uncle, Casa Grande owner
Raquel MorellDoña Blanca de Velasco de PeñarrealEsmeralda's biological mother, Jose Armando's mother, Rodolfo's wife, Jose Rodolfo's grandmother, Fatima's sister-in-law, Graciela's aunt
Alberto OrtizJosé Rodolfo Peñarreal PeñarrealEsmeralda & Jose Armando's son, Rodolfo's & Blanca's grandson, Dominga's adoptive grandson
Ana Patricia RojoGeorgina Pérez-Montalvo ForeroVillain, Bernardo's daughter, madly in love with Jose Armando, hates Esmeralda, always tries to separate Jose Armando from Esmeralda, Dr. Malaver's & Fatima's former accomplice to distance Esmeralda from Jose Armando
Salvador PinedaDr. Lucio MalaverVillain, the village doctor, half of his face is disfigured due to a fire, in love with Esmeralda, he demanded that Esmeralda become his, claimed that Jose Rodolfo is his son, died of a heart attack, before he died he confessed to Jose Armando that Jose Rodolfo is his son and not Dr. Malaver's as he claimed. Georgina's & Fatima' s former accomplice
Ignacio López TarsoMelesio "El Bobo Melesio"Native man who loves Esmeralda and Jose Rodolfo (or Esmeraldito as he calls him) with all his heart, befriends everyone
Juan Pablo GamboaDr. Álvaro LazcanoOphthalmologist, ex-fiancé of Esmeralda, colleague and ex-friend of Jose Armando, Hortensia's son, broke off his engagement with Esmeralda after finding out that she still loves Jose Armando
Gustavo RojoDr. Bernardo Pérez-Montalvo LarrazábalGeorgina's father, Jose Armando's professor and doctor, good friend with Dr. Malaver, died following a stroke episode
Raquel OlmedoDominga Ortiz HerreraRaised Esmeralda, she kept the secret about Esmeralda and Jose Armando along with Crisanta for many years, Jose Rodolfo's adoptive grandmother
Rosita PelayoHilda Ortega OlmedoNurse, friend, and colleague of Esmeralda
Irán EorySister PiedadSister nun from the orphanage, gave Esmeralda and Dominga a place to stay when they went to city
Natasha DupeyrónEsmeraldaAs a child
Noé MurayamaFermínEsmeralda's mentor, gravedigger and administrator in the village cemetery, died after an illness (actor become sick during the filming of the telenovela and was hospitalized with serious liver problems and died after some time)
Elsa CárdenasHortensia vda. de LazcanoAlvaro's mother, Esmeralda's ex-future mother-in-law, she taught her to read and write after Esmeralda regained her sight
Raúl Padilla "Choforo"TrolebúsBefriends everyone, left the city and lives in the village, replaced Fermin in the cemetery and took over
Dina de MarcoCrisantaBlanca, Jose Armando, & Graciela's nanny, her and Dominga switched Esmeralda and Jose Armando at birth and kept it a secret for years, she loves Blanca, Esmeralda, Jose Armando and Graciela as though they were her own children
Raquel PankowskyJuanaDr. Malaver's maid, is in love with Dr. Malaver
Elsa NavarreteAurora "Aurorita" de LuceroSocorro's daughter, in love with Adrian, Adrian's wife, Florecita's sister-in-law, Dionisio's daughter-in-law, Esmeralda & Dominga's roommate and friend, Jose Rodolfo's Godmother
Esther RinaldiFlor de la Caridad "Florecita" LuceroDionisio's daughter, Adrian's sister, Esmeralda's best friend, Aurora's friend/sister-in-law, befriends everyone
Juan Carlos Serrán/
Rafael Amador
Dionisio LuceroAdrian's & Florecita's father, Rodolfo's foreman of Casa Grande, suffering from a serious pneumonia, Aurora's father-in-law
María Luisa AlcaláDoña SocorroAurora's mother, Adrian mother-in-law, Esmeralda & Dominga's roommate and friend
Rafael del VillarDr. Sebastián Robles-GilColleague and best friend of Jose Armando
Sergio JuradoLic. Joaquín EstradaDr. Malaver's lawyer
Roberto D'AmicoGustavo ValverdeEmiliano's father, Rita' s husband, Graciela's ex-father-in-law
Dacia GonzálezRita de ValverdeEmiliano's mother, Gustavo's wife, Graciela's ex-mother-in-law, hates Graciela because she considers her responsible for the death of Emiliano
Isadora GonzálezTaniaGraciela's friend, has a brief fling with Jose Armando
María MorenaDoris CamachoGraciela's friend
Úrsula MurayamaJacintaEmployee/kitchen helper of Casa Grande
Dolores Salomón "Bodokito"Aunt TulaCook of Casa Grande
Cuco SánchezDon CucoSocorro & Aurora's neighbor, befriends everyone
Alberto SantiniIgnacio "Nacho"Employee of Casa Grande
Irma TorresAltagraciaPeñarreal's family housekeeper in the city
Marco UrielEmiliano ValverdeGustavo's & Rita's dead son, Graciela's dead husband, died in the hospital after a car accident
Nicky MondelliniDr. Rosario Muñoz
Claudio RojoDr. Valdivia

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
199816th TVyNovelas AwardsBest TelenovelaSalvador Mejia AlejandreWon
Best ActressLeticia CalderónNominated
Best ActorFernando ColungaNominated
Best Antagonist ActressLaura ZapataNominated
Best Antagonist ActorSalvador PinedaNominated
Best Leading ActorEnrique LizaldeNominated
Best Supporting ActressRaquel MorellNominated
Best RevelationAlejandro RuizWon
Nora SalinasNominated
Best DirectionBeatriz Sheridan
Martha Luna
Karina Duprez
Won
Best Direction of the CamerasJesús Nájera SaroWon
1999Latin ACE Awards[2]International Male Figure of the YearFernando ColungaWon
2020TLN Awards[3]Favorite TelenovelaEsmeraldaNominated
Best ProtagonistLeticia CalderonNominated
Best AntagonistSalvador PinedaNominated

References

  1. "Esmeralda" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  2. "Ante más de 600 personas se entregaron los Premios ACE en Nueva York". produ.com (in Spanish). March 22, 1999. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  3. https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos/tus-estrellas/premios-tln-no-te-pierdas-este-tributo-a-la-nostalgia-por-canal-tlnovelas Las Estrellas.TV (Premios TLN: No te pierdas este tributo a la nostalgia por el canal Tlnovelas)}
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