Esmeralda (Brazilian TV series) explained

Creator:	Original story: Delia Fiallo Adaptation for SBT: Henrique Zambelli Rogério Garcia
Director:	Jacques Lagôa Luiz Antônio Piá
Starring:	Bianca Castanho Cláudio Lins Tânia Bondezan Karina Barum Lucinha Lins Paulo César Grande Manoelita Lustosa Antônio Petrin Delano Avelar Olivetti Herrera Daniel Andrade see more
Opentheme:	Ela é Um Anjo (Esmeralda) by Br'oz
Country:	Brazil
Language:	Portuguese
Num Episodes:	194
Location:	Brazil
Runtime:	60 minutes
Channel:	SBT

Esmeralda is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by SBT in 2004 and 2005.^{[1] [2]} It was based on the 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of same name by Delia Fiallo.

Cast

• Bianca Castanho as Esmeralda Álvares Real
• Cláudio Lins as José Armando Álvares Real
• Tânia Bondezan as Fátima Álvares Real
• Karina Barum as Graziella Álvares Real
• Daniel Andrade as Adrián Lucero
• Lucinha Lins as Branca Álvares Real
• Paulo César Grande as Rodolfo Álvares Real
• Manoelita Lustosa as Rosário
• Sônia Guedes as Margarida
• Delano Avelar as Dr. Lúcio Malavér
• Olivetti Herrera as Dr. Álvaro Lafaieti
• Cleide Queiroz as Emanuela
• Josmar Martins as Firmino
• Jardel Mello as Dionísio Lucero
• Marco Lunez as Januário
• Carol Hubner as Joana
• Cyda Baú as Jacinta
• Pedro Paulley as Inácio
• Priscila Ferreira as Florysa "Florzinha" Lucero
• Antônio Petrin as Sabiá
• Fabiana Alvarez as Patrícia
• Renato Scarpin as Dr. Marcelo
• Nara Gomes as Socorro
• Graça Berman as Hortência
• Cris Bessa as Aurora
• Mário Sérgio Pretini as Dr. Bernardo
• Carl Schumacher as Dr. Fausto
• Luís Carlos Bahia as Cláudio
• Débora Gomez as Dóris
• Domingos Meira as Daniel
• Ruth Roncy as Betânia
• Patrícia Vilela as Hilda
• Maria Estela as Irmã Piedade
• Patrícia Salvador as Pietra
• Daniela Franco as Márcia
• Bibi Menegon as Amélia
• Tallyta Cardoso as Tânia
• Fabiana Meireles as Irmã Lucila
• Nirce Levin as Rita
• João Bourbonnais as Gustavo

Other versions

• Esmeralda - a Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat for Venevisión in 1970.
• Topacio - a Venezuelan telenovela produced by Jorge Gherardi and Omar Pin for RCTV in 1984.
• Esmeralda - a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 1997.
• Sin tu mirada - In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: SBT aborda paixão e deficiência em "Esmeralda". Terra. Portuguese. December 4, 2004. October 6, 2014.
2. Web site: Esmeralda. Notícias da TV. Portuguese. June 27, 2014. October 6, 2014.
3. Web site: Renueva su mirada con novela Esmeralda. elmanana.com. 14 November 2017. Spanish.
4. Web site: 'Esmeralda' vuelve en forma de remake, con Claudia Martín y Osvaldo de León como protagonistas. formulatv.com. 14 November 2017. Spanish.