''Tanairí'' is a 1985
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
produced in
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
with a plot regarding
slavery on the island while
under Spanish rule. Tanairí, the setting for the series, is the name of the
hacienda
A ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards ...
where the story takes place. The series theme song "Soledad" was performed by
Nydia Caro
Nydia Caro (born June 7, 1948) is a Puerto Rican-American singer and actress.
Early years
Caro was born in New York City to parents from Rincón, Puerto Rico, and initiated her career in the arts at a very young age while living in New York. She ...
. One of the directors of Tanairi was the well known playwright,
Dean Zayas.
Cast
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Juan Ferrara ... Gustavo Medina
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Von Marie Mendez ... Soledad Arizmendi
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Rolando Barral
Rolando Barral (27 June 1939 – 21 January 2002) was a Cuban actor, television presenter and radio host. He appeared in dozens of telenovelas and television series for more than 40 years. He was the host of the long-running talk show ''El Show d ...
... Florencio Arizmendi, Soledad's father
*Raúl Reyes León ... young Gustavo Medina
*Von Marie Freyre ... young Soledad Arizmendi
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Braulio Castillo, Jr. ... Pedro Antonio
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Iris Chacón
Iris Belia Chacón Tapia (born March 7, 1950) is a Puerto Rican dancer, singer, actress, and entertainer.
Known as "La Bomba de Puerto Rico" and "La Vedette de América," Chacón is a prominent figure in Latin America, the United States, Europe ...
... Providencia
*Ernesto Concepción ... El Fiscal
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Ofelia D'Acosta ... Emperatriz
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Alba Nydia Díaz
Alba Nydia Díaz (born April 27, 1955) is a Puerto Rican actress who has worked in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Early years
Díaz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The roles she portrayed in her early days and years after were not leading roles, from ...
... Altagracia
*Viviana Falcon ... Maria Luisa
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Gilda Haddock ... Cecilia
*Julio Axel Landrón ... Rosendo
*Maria Esther Lasalle ... Cambucha
*Guillermo Leiva ... Notario Medina
*Armando Martinez ... Celso
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Samuel Molina ... Baldomero
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Eileen Navarro ... Maria Isabel
*Roberto Rivera Negrón ... Father Olegario
*Marina Perez ... Dolorita
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José Reymundi ... Father Eugenio
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Carmen Belen Richardson ... Mariba
*Orlando Rodriguez ... Tomas
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Luz María Rondón
Luz María Rondón (born March 29, 1933, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress and acting teacher.
Early life
Rondón began her acting career in 1957, when she was 24.
Acting career
She left acting in order to attend col ...
... Sor Herminia
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Mercedes Sicardo ... Adele
*Pedro Orlando Torres ... Rev. Patrick Moore
References
External links
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''Tanairí''on
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the L ...
1985 telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Puerto Rican telenovelas
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