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Sibyl Sanderson (December 7, 1864May 16, 1903) was a famous American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque. She was born in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Sibyl's father Silas Sanderson was a California politician and lawyer; after serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, he became a highly paid legal advisor to the Southern Pacific Railroad. After his death in 1886, she and her mother and sisters moved back to Paris and became transplanted socialites. Sanderson proved to be a remarkably gifted singer and began to appear on the stages of the Opéra-Comique, and later Opéra, in Paris, most notably in the works of Jules Massenet. She was his favorite soprano and appeared in the premieres of a number of his operas, the roles having been created for her unique talents (her professional debut took place in Paris in the title role in ''Esclarmonde''). She was also a famous interpreter of ''Manon'', Massenet's most enduring opera. She recreated the role of Manon. Sanderson was also admired by Camille Saint-Saëns, who wrote the title role in ''Phryné'' for her. Success outside of Paris was elusive for Sanderson; she appeared at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera (debut in title role of ''Manon'' on January 16, 1895, the last performance as Juliette in ''Roméo et Juliette'' on December 31, 1901) to lackluster reviews. In 1897〔(Sybil Sanderson Married, New York Times, December 3, 1897. )〕 she married a Cuban millionaire and sugar heir Antonio E. Terry (d. 1899), after which she temporarily halted her operatic activity, making an unsuccessful comeback two years later. Her last years were marred by depression, alcoholism and illness and she died in Paris of a malignant influenza (pneumonia), at the age of thirty-eight.〔(Sibyl Sanderson Dead: Singer Passes Away in Paris, New York Times, May 16, 1903. )〕 Sanderson was responsible for helping launch the career of another soprano made famous in the French repertoire, Mary Garden. ==Roles created for Sanderson== *The title role in ''Esclarmonde'' by Massenet, on May 14, 1889 *The title role in ''Phryné'' by Saint-Saëns on May 24, 1893 *The title role in ''Thaïs'' by Massenet on March 16, 1894 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sibyl Sanderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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