By Kyle Macdonald: “Andrea Bocelli has made history – his Milan cathedral concert is the biggest ever classical live stream, with more than 28 million views from across the globe in its first 24 hours.

… The great Italian tenor live-streamed a concert from an empty Duomo cathedral in Milan, accompanied by the cathedral’s organist Emanuele Vianelli.

On Sunday evening, the event trended at number one on YouTube, as millions came together to share the music. There were 2.8 million peak concurrent viewers, making it one of the biggest musical live stream performances of all-time and the largest simultaneous audience for a classical live stream in YouTube history.

After 24 hours, 28 million people had watched the concert.”

Source: Classic FM (Global 2020)