O Cravo e a Rosa

O Cravo e a Rosa (English: The Thorn and the Rose) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 26 June 2000 and ran until 10 March 2001. It is based on the Shakespearean comedy The Taming of the Shrew.

O Cravo e a Rosa
Also known as	The Thorn and the Rose El Clavel y la Rosa
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Walcyr Carrasco Mário Teixeira
Directed by	Dennis Carvalho Walter Avancini
Starring	Adriana Esteves Eduardo Moscovis Leandra Leal Luís Melo Suely Franco Luiz Antônio do Nascimento Ângelo Antônio Júlio Levy Vanessa Gerbelli Pedro Paulo Rangel Ana Lúcia Torre Taumaturgo Ferreira Tássia Camargo Ney Latorraca Maria Padilha Bia Nunnes Rodrigo Faro Eva Todor see more
Opening theme	Jura by Zeca Pagodinho
Ending theme	Jura by Zeca Pagodinho
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	221
Production
Production location	Brazil
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	Rede Globo
Release	26 June 2000 (2000-06-26) – 10 March 2001 (2001-03-10)
Related
Esplendor Estrela-Guia

Plot

The plot involves a single farmer who needs money to save his land, and a wealthy politician who is willing to get his oldest daughter married at any cost. The plan is complicated by the politician's daughter, who is a feminist who rejects the role of a housewife.

This romantic comedy is set in the 1920s, and inspired by The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.^[1]

Cast

Leandra Leal as Bianca.

Luís Melo as Batista.

Ney Latorraca as Cornélio.

Tássia Camargo as Joana.

Rodrigo Faro as Heitor.

Actor	Role
Adriana Esteves	Catarina Batista
Eduardo Moscovis	Julião Petruchio
Drica Moraes	Marcela Almeida / Muriel
Leandra Leal	Bianca Batista
Ângelo Antônio	Prof. Edmundo das Neves
Luís Melo	Nicanor Batista / Manoel
Maria Padilha	Dinorá de Moura Valente
Ney Latorraca	Cornélio Valente
Tássia Camargo	Joana
Rodrigo Faro	Heitor Lacerda de Moura
Eva Todor	Josefa Lacerda de Moura / Desirée
Carlos Vereza	Joaquim Almeida
Taumaturgo Ferreira	Januário dos Santos
Vanessa Gerbelli	Lindinha
Pedro Paulo Rangel	Calixto
Suely Franco	Mimosa
Murilo Rosa	Celso de Luca
Ana Lúcia Torre	Leonor Fernandes (Neca)
João Vitti	Jornalista Serafim Amaral Tourinho
Carlos Evelyn	Fábio Moreira (Mudinho)
Bia Nunnes	Dalva Lacerda Pinto
Miriam Freeland	Cândida Lacerda (Candoca)
Carla Daniel	Lourdes de Castro
Virgínia Cavendish	Bárbara Maciel
Rejane Arruda	Maria Quitera de Andrade(Kiki)
Déo Garcez	Ezequiel
Matheus Petinatti	Teodoro
Bernadeth Lyzio	Berenice
Luiz Antônio	Buscapé
Taís Müller	Fátima
João Capelli	Jorginho
Júlio Levy	Cosme
Paulo Hesse	delegado Sansão Farias
Sérgio Módena	Ignácio
Gláucio Gomes	gerente do hotel
Roney Villela	Jack
Jamaica Magalhães	Benedita
Rosane Corrêa	Etelvina
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro	Normando Castor
Lúcia Alves	Dra. Hildegard
Isaac Bardavid	Felisberto
Nelson Xavier	Dr. Caio
Nizo Neto	François
Alexandre Barillari	Manoel
Nildo Parente	Nildo
Raymundo de Souza	Detective
Henrique César	Ursulino

Opening

The opening song is Jura, by Zeca Pagodinho.

Ratings

O Cravo e a Rosa aired at 6:00 p.m. and had an overall average rating of 30.6 points.

Soundtrack

Cover: Leandra Leal

1. "Jura" - Zeca Pagodinho (Opening theme)
2. "Olha o que o Amor Me Faz" - Sandy & Junior
3. "O Cravo e a Rosa" - Jair Rodrigues
4. "Nada Sério" - Joanna
5. "Tristeza do Jeca" - Sérgio Reis
6. "Mississippi Raq" - Claude Bolling
7. "Quem Toma Conta de Mim (Someone To Watch Over Me)" - Paula Toller
8. "Lua Branca" - Verônica Sabino
9. "Odeon" - Sérgio Saraceni
10. "Coquette" - Guy Lombardo
11. "Tua Boca" - Belo [pt]
12. "Tea For Two" - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
13. "Rain" - Sérgio Saraceni
14. "On The Mississippi" - Claude Bolling

Foreign run

O Cravo e a Rosa aired on Canal 9 (Argentina) and Portugal's Sociedade Independente de Comunicação and RTP Internacional.