The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-17
SYBIL SANDERSON
!. DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Noted American Opera Singer
Expires in Paris
END CAME RATHER SUDDEN
According to Report She Was to Have
Been Married to Count Paul Toll
stoi. a Cousin of the
Novelist.
END CAME RATHER SUDDEN

Paris, May 16-Sybil Sanderson, the well
known American opera singer died sud
denly today of pneumonia, resulting from
an attack of the grippe.
The announcement caused a profound
shock in the American colony here, where
she was we'll known throughout musical
and theatrical circles. She returned to
Paris from Nice six weeks ago suffering
| from a slight attack of the grippe Her
condition was not regarded as serious.
but she gradually grew worse and her
sickness finally developed into pneumonia.
The doctors continued to hold out hopes
of her recovery, but the singer sank and
finally suecumbed this morning. Miss
Sauderson's mother. the widow of Judge
Sanderson of California, with whom she
lived in apartments at No. avenue Du
Bots De Boulogne. and other relatives and
friends were present at the time of her
death, including her sisters, Edith and
Marion, and Mary Garden of Chicago, the
| soprano of the Opera Comique.
was to Have Been Married.
Miss Sanderson according to report,
was to have been married this summer
to Count Paul Tolstoi. cousin of the
Russian novelist. The funeral of Miss
Sanderson will take place here on Mon
day.
Miss Garden said Miss Sanderson, who
had been unconscious since Thursday eve
ming and had suffered great pain, re-
gained her senses before death came, al
though she passed away quietly in her
sleep.
Miss Sanderson had lived here so long
that the Parisians considered her to
be one of them. She came to this city as
a young girl from Sacramento, Cal, and
entered the conservatory of music where
she studied under Nine. Sbriglia, Jean
and Eduard de Reszke and Nine.
Marches. She preferred to make her de-
but outside of Paris and went to The
Hague, where she accomplished such a
signal success that she returned to Paris
and appeared in "Eselarmonde," written
especially for her by Massenat. Miss
Sanderson's first appearance was one of
the notable sensations of the French OPP
cratic stage Afterwards she created
"Thais," and continued to be a favorite
with the Parisians, singing the roles of
Lakme. Mannon and Juliette during her
active stage career
7ook Part in Social Events.
Miss Sanderson also actively took part
in the social events of the American
colony. and was frequently seen at the
receptions held at the United States en-
bassy Many Americans and leaders of
the theatrical world called at the San
derson residence during the afternoon,
when the news of Miss Sanderson's death
became known. and inscribed their names
on the register.
Director Vizenti of the Opera Comique.
where Miss Sanderson achieved her most
notable successes, paid her his tribute as
one of the foremost figures the French
stage has seen during the past generation.
He said her Esclarmonde was one of me
triumps of the exposition of 1899, where
she was recognized as the leading ex-
ponent of Manon, Phyrne and That's.
The funeral will be held at the church
of st. Honore d'Eylau. Miss Sanderson
was married in 1897 to Antonio Terry, the
Cuban millionaire, who died in 1899 Until
her husbands death she spent most of her
time at her handsome chateau at Cheno-
ceauX and she had lived with her mother
in spacious apartments here where she
received only few intimate friends. Miss
Sanderson constantly retained her love of
music and the stage and occasionally lent
her talents to charitable performances