New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
SIBFL SANDERSON DEAD
Vel Kno1cn Singer ETpires from
Pneumonia at Paris.

Paris May i6-SibyI Sanderson, the we'll known
American opera singer died suddenly this morning
from pneumonia. She returned TO Paris from Nice
six weeks suffering from slight attack of
the grip. Her condition at first not regarded
serious and the doctors continued to hold out
hopes of her recovery, but the singer succumbed
this morning. Miss Sanderson's mother, with whom
she lived in apartments at NJ Avenue du Bois de
Boulogne. and her sisters. Edith and Marion. were
present the time of her death.
For some hours Immediately preceding her death
Miss Sandersons condition was agonizing- After
midnight the patient suffered greatly, the pain
eliminating in paralysis affecting the right side
of her face and body. She continued in semi
conscious condition until 3 o'clock this morning
when death
The funeral will occur at the Church of st.
Honore dEylau on Monday Many leading figures
in the operate and theatrical world will take part
in the ceremonies. The choir Will Propaoiy De
made up of well known singers.
Many Americans and leaders Of the theatrical
world called at the Sanderson home in the after
and inscribed their names on the register
Director Vzentni of the Opera Comique, where
Miss Sanderson achieved her most notabie sue
cesses. paid her a tribute one of the foremost
figures the French lyric stage had seen IN the
present generation He said her Escarmonde was
one OF the triumphs of the exposition of 1889 and
he added that she recognized as the lcadlnS
exponent of the roles of Manon, Phryne and Taa1s
Mary Garden. of the Opera Comque. an Intimate
friend of Miss Sanderson, said to-day:
| poor Sibyl yesterday she looked very E,dIe
condition serious. She spoke hopefully OF go
looked forward to recovery. She continued fairly
well until midnight last night when suaoen' er
siby could hardly be HHT nefs Ser
once famous beauty was gone and her body Was giS
cruelty distorted but her sickness ana tTobpe q r
tained until the last few days the birdlike quality
for which 1t was originally famous
close friend of the family says Miss Sanderson
Of NJ
of her late husbands will. This and much of the
jeweiry and valuables inherited from her husband
Terry and the dead singer had no issue except a
& Thq ed acsoPd 'f6 6 ns5 to
been married this sumner TO E9unt faui
Sibyl Sanderson. the operatic soprano. who was
the daughter of a California judge. was born in
Sacramento in 1864. She was educated in the
schools of San Francisco. and after her fathers
death her mother took her and her three sisters
TO Paris to complete her education. She showed
much musical talent and studied at the Paris
Conservatory under Leoncavallo- He introduced
her to Massenet, under whose direction she made
her debut The Hague in 1888 in -'Manon. taking
the stage name of Miss Ada Palmer. The follow
ing year she sang with great success in Paris, in
the same composers "Esclarmonde" at the Opera
Comique. She sang at the same place in 1871 IN
"Manon' and was hailed a great Irima donna,
securing a similar success in 'Thais" the next
wear and following 1t with triumph in Delibes's
"I.akme" She appeared at the Paris Grand
Opera in 1894 in Gounods ROMEO ct Juliette, and
in 1895 returned this country. On the same
steamer Antonio Terry, the son of a rlch
Cuban planter whose wife Miss Grace Dalton
Secor of this city. She had sought divorce from
him while he lived in Paris. but the suit was dis
missed. New proceedings were begun, in whlch
Miss Sanderson named correspondent. and
Mr. Terry began a counter suit, hut the litigation
dragged along until 1891 when Mrs Terry died
Meanwhile Miss SandersOn returned to Europe,
her professional tour having been tnterfered with
by illness and the publicity caused by the divorce
proceedings She renewed her professional career
abroad singing in Saint-Saens's "Phryne at Milan
and appearing in st. Petersburg. When the death
of Mrs Terry set her husband free he Immediately
married Miss Sanderson. who retired from me
stage. She suffered a slight stroke of paralysis
soon afterward, After her recovery her husband
died and as his mother would have nothing to do
with his widow she returned to the operate stage
and sang at Vienna and Budapest. She came 10
this country in 1901 and appeared IN this city and
elsewhere Her engagement to Count F1tz1dmes,
of Paris, afterward announced, but II
was broken off 5 the Roman Catholic Church dld
not regard his divorce legal, and he went 70
South America Miss SandeTsOn returned TO Paris,
where she made her home with her mother. She
Joined the Roman Catholic Church when she mar
rfal Mr.