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How Andrea Bocelli’s Easter Live-Stream Became an Unexpected Global Blockbuster
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variety.comBy Chris Willman Music Writer When Andrea Bocelli’s Easter performance at Duomo di Milan was first conceived, it was being thought of primarily as a local event — or localized to Italy, at least.
The live-stream’s instigator, the mayor of Milan, came up with the idea with the intention of uplifting his home country, the one hardest hit in some of the critical weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
It became a global tune-in event, of course, for a lot of people who viewed it as a substitute for church and a lot more who might never have darkened the door of one.
Roughly 5 million people around the world logged on to YouTube to view the half-hour sacred music concert as it was happening.
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