Kari Burgess.
PUCCINI AND
PROSECCO
ON TAP
David Gustafson.
Water Music Festival
hosts afternoon opera
BY PATRICK WEBB
ove is expressed in many ways.
And when it comes to music,
composer Giacomo Puccini is a
master.
Soprano Kari Burgess knows.
“He was well known for composing
these wonderfully passionate duets and
heart-wrenching arias with enchanting
melodies and motifs that are able to relay
what is happening,” Burgess said. “Even
if someone doesn’t know the words to
the text, the music will still convey the
story.”
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If You Go
Opera in the Afternoon
3 p.m. Sunday
Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria
Tickets $40, online at watermusicsociety.com
and at the door if space allows.
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