Susano Polanco

Susano de la Cruz Polanco (born May 24, 1902 in Santiago de los Caballeros , † May 15, 1991 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican singer (tenor).

Polanco first appeared as a singer with Bienvenido Troncoso and Chencho Pereyra . Later, his friends Juan Francisco García and Julio Alberto Hernández supported him in training his singing technique. In 1921 he made his debut as a soloist at the Teatro Colón in Santiago, accompanied by the guitarist Baldemiro Morel . From 1922 he performed with a group of Dominican musicians in Cabo Haitiano.

1924-25 he gave concerts with the pianist Juan Francisco García in Puerto Rico. In 1926 he performed in Haiti and went on a concert tour through Cuba. In 1927 he sang a quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto with Eduardo Brito , Petra Comprés and Catalina Jáquez at the Teatro Ideal in Santiago de los Caballeros under the direction of Luís Rivera . The following year he was heard on the radio in Santo Domingo with the accompaniment of pianist Julio Alberto Hernández , and Victor Records produced a record of Salvador Sturlas Amor mío with him .

In the following years Polanco became one of the most popular singers in the Dominican Republic. In 1935 he ended his career as a singer with a concert at the Teatro Independencia and from then on devoted himself to teaching.

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SURNAME	Polanco, Susano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Polanco, Susano de la Cruz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican tenor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santiago de los Caballeros
DATE OF DEATH	May 15, 1991
Place of death	Santo Domingo