. The Argonaut . which, presumably, still held many of herold friends. The only explanation possible is that theaudience was disappointed upon discoveringthat Miss Sanderson, as a singer, ranked con-siderably below the great prima donnas thatGrau brought out in the same season. Thereis no doubt that the audience somewhatcruelly vented its petulant disappointmentupon the singer, for Miss Sanderson was em-phatically of the type to charm—pretty,petite, elegant, with a daintily turned figure,an equipment of stage technique that had en-abled her to captivate and fully satisfy herParisian audiences,
. The Argonaut . which, presumably, still held many of herold friends. The only explanation possible is that theaudience was disappointed upon discoveringthat Miss Sanderson, as a singer, ranked con-siderably below the great prima donnas thatGrau brought out in the same season. Thereis no doubt that the audience somewhatcruelly vented its petulant disappointmentupon the singer, for Miss Sanderson was em-phatically of the type to charm—pretty,petite, elegant, with a daintily turned figure,an equipment of stage technique that had en-abled her to captivate and fully satisfy herParisian audiences, and a light, sweet voicethat was trained to brilliant vocalization, andwas unusual in the purity of the notes in al-tissimo. Miss Sandersons early death prematurelyclosed a career that, while holding no pos-sibilities of greatness in song, had broughtto her many evidences of artistic successand the adulation that is always offered toa young, lovely and charming singer. A young California singer whose name has. Sibyl Sanderson in the heyday of her Parisian success. from distinguished musicians. At her wed-ding, in Paris, in 1885, when she was mar-ried to Dr. Raymond Palmer, AmbroiseThomas, the composer, addressed her asMignon, my dear interpreter. During thesame year. Mme. Nevada received a homegreeting in San Francisco that was such anoverwhelming exhibition of cordiality, sym-pathy (the singers appearance had been post-poned for a week, through a temporary throatailment), and pride in the fact that Califor-nia could then claim as a native daughterone great songstress, that Luigi Arditi chroni-cled the occasion in his Reminiscences. The tempestuous and unreasoning excite-ment of San Franciscans on that occasion,when solid citizens abandoned themselves and,like girls, wept freely into their handker-chiefs with pure excitement, and the warmthof their greeting subsequently afforded a curi-ous contrast to the chilly reception accordedSibyl Sanderson, a California singer whohad w
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