Enrique Dumas
Enrique Rodríguez Acha, better known by his stage name Enrique Dumas, was an Argentine tango singer.
Life
At the age of 14, he began his artistic career singing jazz in the Dixieland orchestra under the pseudonym Hugo Randall, and in April 1955 he made his debut on Radio Splendid with the tango orchestra of Carlos Figari.He remained connected to this group for several years, performing on various stages and recording his first albums for the "Music Hall" label. In the early 1960s, he became a solo artist and married radio and television host Nélida Teresa Colomba. The couple had three children and eventually separated.
He appeared in various programs on Argentine television. Among them were Esquina de Tango with Carlos Figari, La Familia Gesa alongside Virginia Luque, El show de Antonio Prieto, Yo te canto, Buenos Aires, Grandes valores del tango hosted by Silvio Soldán, and La Botica del Ángel hosted by Eduardo Bergara Leumann. He also appeared on Uruguayan television in programs such as Las noches del mercado, Galas de tango, Montevideo tango, and Ciudad de tango.
He also performed in theater, making his debut in Aquí está la vieja ola y esta vez no viene sola alongside Olinda Bozán and Alberto Anchart. He also took part in the revival of the play La muchacha del centro by Francisco Canaro, with José Marrone, and in Buenos Aires de seda y percal, with Mariano Mores, Susy Leiva, Néstor Fabián, and Mirtha Legrand, at the Teatro Coliseo. At the Teatro General San Martín, he portrayed Santos Vega in La guitarra del Diablo. Other plays he participated in included El conventillo de la Paloma with Pepita Muñoz and Marcos Caplán; Aplausos with Libertad Lamarque and Juan Carlos Thorry; Tangos en El Dante with Aníbal Troilo and Tito Lusiardo; Yo canto a mi Argentina with Mariano Mores, Tito Lusiardo, and Héctor Gagliardi; and Buenos Aires, todo tango with Beba Bidart, Horacio Salgán, and Ubaldo de Lío.
He acted in the films Viaje de una noche de verano, alongside Néstor Fabián and Japanese singers Ikuo Abo and Ranko Fujisawa; Bicho raro ; and Flor de piolas.
In 2003, he traveled to Japan as a guest artist with the orchestra of bandoneonist Carlos Galván, and in June 2005 he was involved in a serious car accident. In his later years, he performed as a guest at concerts and local festivals.
His final performance was on Friday, 16 January 2009 at "La noche del tango," as part of the "Festival de Doma y Folklore de Jesús María" in Córdoba. Enrique Dumas died of a massive heart attack around midday on Sunday, 18 January 2009.
Discography (partial)
Así es el tango 14 con el tango Cafetín de Buenos Aires Dumas canta Mores El porteñísimo Historiando tangos El que canta es mi papá- Alma de bohemio De rompe y raje El firulete Tangos con sus grandes valores
- ''Pa' Que Bailen Los Muchachos''