Louise Lavoye

Anne-Benoîte-Louise Lavoye (28 June 1823 – 10 October 1897) was a 19th-century French soprano born in Dunkirk.

She was admitted at the Conservatoire royal de musique in Laure Cinti-Damoreau's class.

She won a First Prize for opéra comique in 1842 and made her debut in 1843 at the Opéra-Comique in Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's l'Ambassadrice.

The most difficult roles of the repertoire were entrusted to her, and she was one of the most zealous servants of the Salle Favart.

She premiered several operas, including Auber's La Sirène and Haydée ou Le Secret, Halévy's Les Mousquetaires de la reine, and Le val d'Andorre, Charpentier's Actéon, and Boisselot's Ne touchez pas à la reine.