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. and as Marie Louise de Bouvray in Mlle. Modiste by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom. Over the following seasons she would perform with the Castle Square Opera Company, San Carlo Company and on two separate occasions the Aborn Opera Company. With the latter she played the title role in Carmen, Seibel in Faust and Suzuki in Madame Butterfly. She was survived by her 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.