Darating ang Umaga explained

Alt Name:	Till Morning Comes
Genre:	Romance Drama Fantasy
Runtime:	30-45 minutes
Director:	Rory Quintos Mae Czarina Cruz
Executive Producer:	Raymund Dizon
Starring:	Eula Valdez Vina Morales
Opentheme:	"Saan Darating Ang Umaga?" by Vina Morales
Composer:	George Canseco
Country:	Philippines
Language:	Filipino
Company:	Star Creatives
Network:	ABS-CBN
Num Episodes:	183

Darating ang Umaga (international title: Till Morning Comes) is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Starring Eula Valdez and Vina Morales, along with an ensemble cast, it aired on the network's Teleserye Primetime Bida line up from March 3 to November 14, 2003, replacing Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan and was replaced by Meteor Fever in Manila.

Premise

A medallion is crafted to bring fortune to the Banal Family and to their next generations of kin. Eventually, greed prevails and the medallion is broken into two, thereon carrying a curse in the entire Banal clan. The curse soon came in the form of a man named Don Lucio Riego de Dios. With his arrival in the lives of Milagros and Ramon, a cycle of endless and ruthless sufferings begin until these misfortunes are carried on to their daughters (Mira and Arriana) and to everyone they are bound to love. Their only chance to experience happiness and peace rests on the mending of the broken medallion. Don Lucio however, vows never to see the end of the curse on the Banals. It is Arriana's mission to save her family from oppression, but it entails a sacrifice that may be far greater than what Arriana is able to make.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Eula Valdez as Almira "Mira" Banal-Cordero
Vina Morales as Arriana "Anya" Banal-Cordero

Supporting cast

Ian Veneracion as Jaime Abelardo "Abel" Reverente
Jodi Sta. Maria as Nicole del Fuego
Patrick Garcia as Nathaniel Cordero-Reverente
Danilo Barrios as Daniel / Rafael Cordero-Reverente
Aiza Marquez as Ella

Recurring cast

Dante Rivero as Don Lucio Riego de Dios
Daria Ramirez as Milagros Banal-Cordero
Glydel Mercado as Gertrudis Del Fuego
Spanky Manikan as Ramon Cordero
Aljon Jimenez as Dagon Del Fuego
Sarji Ruiz as Timothy Del Fuego
Bobby Andrews as Raymond de Dios
James Cooper as Casper
Maribeth Bichara as Venny
Izza Ignacio as Tere

Trivia

Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion first worked together in this drama, with Veneracion portraying Sta. Maria's father in law. In 2015, they reunited in Pangako Sa 'Yo that would catapult them into a popular love-team up. Also, Eula Valdez makes her comeback in the 2002 original primetime series of the same title since it ended in September last year six months ago.
It was also re-aired twice in 2006 on Pinoy Central TV (now called Kapamilya Channel) and re-aired in 2007 in English.
In 2003 it became a 50th Soap Opera Offering on ABS-CBN's 50th Year of Television.
Vina Morales and Eula Valdez' first team up on Primetime Television as Siblings and Second in 2007's remake of Loida Virina's 80's Hit and long-running Soap "Flordeluna" which was retitled as "Maria Flordeluna".
The theme song of the soap-opera was originally performed by Raymond Lauchengco became the theme song of the 1983 film with the same title. In 2008, the theme song of the soap-opera entitled Sine Novela: Saan Darating ang Umaga? became an afternoon drama of ABS-CBN's rival station, the GMA Network as well as in 2013. The theme song is recently used by another teleserye Budoy, aired on ABS-CBN.
Ian Veneracion played the father of Patrick Garcia's character despite being only 6 years older than the former.
This series broke the streak of three consecutive soap operas that starred Claudine Barretto: Mula sa Puso, Saan Ka Man Naroroon and Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan in its timeslot.