| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Story: | Delia Fiallo |
| Director: | Grazio D'Angelo |
| Opentheme: | "Las flores que me diste" by Lupita Ferrer |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Executive Producer: | José Enrique Crousillat |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Network: | Venevisión |
Esmeralda is a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for Venevisión.[1] It is based on an original story written by the Cuban Writer Delia Fiallo.[2] The telenovela it stars Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina as main characters.
The first adaptation of the telenovela is Topacio, produced by the Venezuelan television channel Radio Caracas Televisión in 1985. In 1997 Televisa produced a version with the same name starring Leticia Calderón.[3] In 2004, the Brazilian channel SBT also produced a version with the same name.[4] In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story, entitled Sin tu mirada.[5] [6]