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and toured with it in Norway. She made successful concert tours in the U.S. and Europe, appearing with various
European opera companies. She sang in practically all the leading centers of Europe, and was the prima donna in many big operas. She was a strong factor in developing cultural and artistic
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She married Dr. William A. Bessessen of Albert Lea, Minnesota, January 4, 1915 at the Odin Club, Minneapolis, which was founded by her father. She had six children: sons, William, Jr., Adrian, Truman, and Paul, as well as two daughters, Monica and
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Early in her career, Bessessen made successful concert tours in the U.S. and Europe, appearing with various
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In 1931, the Park-Stanford Conservatory in Minneapolis was under Bessesen's direction.
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