Louise Le Baron [SEP] voice type
Louise Le Baron
Louise Le Baron (1874–1918) was an American contralto singer who performed in opera and musical theatre during the early years of the twentieth century.
Biography.
Louise Le Baron (née Shepherd) was born in Winchester, Massachusetts in 1874 and at around the age of sixteen began singing with a church choir at Boston area engagements. She received her early training at the Boston Conservatory and under various private instructors including Madame Etta Edwards, then in Boston. Le Baron first sang with the Bostonian Opera Company
son, Ernest Gillmore (or Gilmore), whose father she had married at an early age. At the time of his mother’s death Ernest was serving aboard a US Navy torpedo boat.
External links.
- Louise Le Baron singing "Whisper and I Shall Hear" (1904 recording) on archive.org
- Louise Le Baron singing "That's What the Rose Said to Me" (1907 recording on archive.org