Madame Medora Henson, in later life known as Mrs Waddington Cooke (1861-1928) was an American-English soprano singer.
George Henschel heard her sing while he conducted a musical society performance in Chicago which she was accompanying, and advised her to train her voice.
[3] Henson studied singing with Henschel and George Sweet in the United States, and continued lessons with Alberto Randegger in London, as well as in Italy, Germany and France.
She occasionally sang the part of Lady Rowena in Sullivan's opera Ivanhoe,[3] alternating with Lucille Hill and Esther Palliser.
She created the soprano part in Edward Elgar's Caractacus, singing it at the Leeds, Gloucester and Sheffield Festivals.