| Calypso | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | César Miguel Rondón Luis Alberto Lamata |
| Written by | Vivel Nouel Doris Seguí Angie Caperes Rosa Clemente |
| Directed by | Luis Alberto Lamata Alicia Ávila |
| Starring | Chiquinquirá Delgado Luis Fernández Alberto Alifa |
| Opening theme | El poder de tu amor byRicardo Montaner |
| Ending theme | Sirena byEnrique Iglesias |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 80 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gustavo Rosario |
| Running time | 41-44 minutes |
| Production company | Venevisión |
| Original release | |
| Network | Venevisión |
| Release | March 18 (1999-03-18) – December 1, 1999 (1999-12-01) |
| Related | |
Calypso is aVenezuelantelenovela created by César Miguel Rondón and produced byVenevisión in 1999.[1] This telenovela lasted 80 episodes and was distributed internationally byVenevisión International.
Chiquinquirá Delgado andLuis Fernández star as the protagonists.
Calypso is a picturesque and prosperousCaribbean island that, on the day of San Salvador - patron saint of the island, crowns the queen of the festivities, who this year is a lovely young woman named Maria Margarita, “la Bella” (“the Beautiful”). Everyone calls her that not only because of what is obvious to the eye but also to differentiate her from her older sister, who is equally beautiful and has a similar name: Margarita Luisa, “la Grande” (“the Elder”).
However, it turns out that neither of the two Margaritas feel like celebrating today. "La Grande" is still inmourning, since exactly one year ago the sea took the life of Ernesto Lopez, the man she was going tomarry. "La Bella" is sad because she has to say goodbye to Mariano Gonzalez, a modest teacher who has won her heart and is now leaving the island to never return. "La Grande" runs to theseashore in an attempt to feel closer to the man she so desperately misses. There, fate gives her the most extraordinary surprise: the swaying of the waves is carrying a man's body toward the shore. "La Grande" dives in and pulls the man out of the sea bringing him to safety. That is how Simon Vargas, who will be known on the island as “the Castaway”, regainsconsciousness in the arms of a beautiful woman whom he confuses with anangel.
A wonderful yet peculiar relationship develops between them as of that instant. "La Grande" feels that the prophecy of La Maga, her friend and protector, is coming true: “When the sea takes a love, it always gives back a bigger, deeper one”, but who knows if that new love will end up beingdestined for her sister, "la Bella"? Because inevitably, Margarita "la Bella" also falls under the spell of "the Castaway’s" sensuality, tenderness andjoie de vivre. That marks the beginning of a bitter war between the two Margaritas over "the Castaway’s" love - a war that will becomelegend on Calypso and on many other islands in the Caribbean.
