Darating ang Umaga

*Darating ang Umaga*
Darating ang Umaga
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Genre	Romance, Drama
Starring	Eula Valdez; Vina Morales; Ian Veneracion; Patrick Garcia; Jodi Sta. Maria
Opening theme	"Saan Darating Ang Umaga?" by Vina Morales
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Filipino, Tagalog, English
No. of episodes	183 (total episodes)
Production
Running time	30-45 minutes
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	March 3 –; November 14, 2003

Darating ang Umaga (English: Till Morning Comes) is a Filipino drama made by ABS-CBN. Starring Vina Morales and Eula Valdez. It aired from March 3, 2003 to November 14, 2003. It also starred Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion, who 12 years later would team up in yet another primetime drama.

Story

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

Eula Valdez as Mira Banal-Cordero
Vina Morales as Arriana Banal-Cordero
Ian Veneracion as Jaime Abelardo "Abel" Reverente
Jodi Sta. Maria as Nicole Del Fuego
Danilo Barrios as Daniel / Rafael Cordero-Reverente
Aiza Marquez as Ella
Patrick Garcia as Nathaniel Cordero-Reverente

Supporting cast

Dante Rivero as Don Lucio Riego de Dios
Daria Ramirez as Milagros Banal-Cordero
Glydel Mercado as Gertrudis Del Fuego
Jerome John Hughes as Voltaire
Spanky Manikan as Ramon Reverente
Sharmaine Suarez as Savannah
Maribeth Bichara as Vennie
Aljon Jimenez as Dagon Del Fuego
Sarji Ruiz as Timothy Del Fuego
William Lorenzo as Dado (Daniel/Rafael's biological father)
Beverly Salverjo as Rosea
Eva Darren as Olinda
Izza Ignacio as Tere
Maritoni Fernandez as Fiona
Emilio Garcia as Young Don Lucio
Bobby Andrews as Raymond de Dios
Lui Villaruz as Daniel (Impostor)

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.
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 Presents: Saan Darating Ang Umaga? became an afternoon drama of ABS-CBN's rival station, the GMA Network as well as Pyra: Ang Babaeng Apoy in 2013. The theme song is recently used by another teleserye Budoy, aired on ABS-CBN.

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