Le Maure, Cathérine-Nicole (3 August 1703, Paris; 1783, Paris), soprano, joined the chorus of the Royal Academy of Music in 1719 and made her debut as a soloist in the theatre in December 1721, when she replaced Mlle Erremans in the prologue of Phaéton. Mlle Le Maure was in the habit of leaving the theatre without an explanation from time to time only to return to the company at a later date. It is not possible to determine the reasons for her departures, but it seems logical to suppose that…