Rosalinda

Thalía plays the leading role in her last soap opera, "Rosalinda", in 1998. It has been called the "Titanic" of "telenovelas" and the most-awaited soap of the century. "Rosalinda" brought Thalía back to the small screen after a three-year hiatus. It was sold in approximately 60 countries even before it was written, just because Thalía was secured as the leading lady. She acted by the side of leading man, Venezuelan actor, Fernando Carrillo. The storyline also focused an a poor young girl who grew up to become a rich and refined woman, but with a twist! With "Rosalinda", Thalía, the Queen of "telenovelas", secured the title of Mexico's top actress. It is Thalia's last soap opera, since she has been concentrating in her career as a singer, until she find an adequate next project.

This was my first telenovela. My sister and I used to watch it on DVD. I was watching it to help me learn Spanish and she was watching 'cause she lives for the drama. I really loved the characters and I wish I could watch it again now in better quality or at the very least, with English subtitles. I wish Netflix or Amazon Prime would get the rights to stream this. #QuarantineReview

Its not just the extremely well acted scenes, or the amazing plot, but the EXTRAPOLATED beauty of Thalia. She does all in this drama/musical soap opera: sing, dance and act, all summed in a marvelous performance. The rest of the cast is very good, but is just the beautiful and gift talented Thalia, who covers the small screen. 8 years had passed since I saw this soap opera,and I remember it every day of my life. I'm just waiting to see Thalia again, in the small or even in the big screen; I hope so. Summing all, if some day the Academy Awards gives an Oscar for the best soap opera of the past century, I'm pretty sure Rosalinda will take home the golden man. If you don't believe me, see it for yourself.

I think this novela is pretty good. It's of course as all Mexican novelas... a poor girl... a rich man... and so on. In the beginning I really liked it, and I love the music of Thalia. But then Rosalinda lost her memory.. and her sister married her husband. I mean, it was a little too unreal... well... I like novelas from Chile, they are better. Like "Pampa Ilusion" and "Romané".

This telenovela reminds me of my childhood - I was 8-9 years old when it was on TV in my country and me and my parents were absolutely obsessed by it. I think it was one of the reasons why I decided to learn Spanish at a later point in my life. Thalia's performance is outstanding, and overall this is a very sad telenovela, straight from the 1st episode. I stumbled across it now, I don't know how many years later, and it has again caught my attention. It is very impressive how a lot of the character names reflect their stories, in ex. "Rosalinda" - "Beautiful Rose", "Soledad" - "Solitude", "Dolores" - "Pains / Sufferings". It is one of the very few soap operas that remain unforgettable up to this day, even though it has all classic twists and turns - but also a lot of unexpected ones.