Berenice Álvarez — on stage simply Berenice — is a Dominican singer whose career spans television talent contests, musical revues and hotel theaters. In 2009, Dominican press highlighted her ability to sing in English and Spanish.

A contest, a revue, a hotel stage

Her first documented triumph came on television: first place in «Buscando el Éxito», the talent segment of Roberto Ángel Salcedo's «9x9 Roberto» on Color Visión, singing «El amor» by Yolandita Monge. Then came the «Revista Kandelá», choreographer Chiqui Haddad's revue, where she was lead singer, and one of the country's most demanding stages: for more than five years she sang at the Hotel Jaragua's Teatro La Fiesta, before international audiences. In her own account, given decades later on El Show de Silvio, she describes herself as a trained soprano who sang in female orchestras and toured Spain and France.

Solo, in bachata

By 2009 Berenice had gone solo in the least expected genre: bachata, fronting her own twelve-musician band and releasing under her own company, BMP Music Production, with manager Cuchy Morales. The Asociación Nacional de Disc Jockeys named her its «Revelación del Año»; her album «Dulzura de Mujer» circulated while a more international production with songs by Charlie Mosquea was in preparation.

Legacy

Berenice won «Buscando el Éxito», sang lead in «Revista Kandelá» and spent five years performing at the Hotel Jaragua's Teatro La Fiesta. By 2009 she led a twelve-musician bachata band and released music through BMP Music Production. She returned to television in a 2025 appearance on El Show de Silvio.