See Replay: Andrea Bocelli's Touching Live Easter Performance

Andrea Bocelli's live Easter Sunday performance at the historic Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy, was broadcast across the world and was every but as touching as you might expect. You can see it here.

The Italian tenor — an opera singer, songwriter, and record producer — performed "Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope," to an empty cathedral and streamed it live on YouTube. Strict social distancing orders have been ordered in Italy, where nearly 20,000 people have died from the new coronavirus.

Among the pieces performed: “Ave Maria” and Mascagni’s “Sancta Maria.”

“On the day in which we celebrate the trust in a life that triumphs, I’m honored and happy to answer ‘Sì’ to the invitation of the City and the Duomo of Milan,” Bocelli said in a statement this week. “I believe in the strength of praying together; I believe in the Christian Easter, a universal symbol of rebirth that everyone — whether they are believers or not — truly needs right now.

“Thanks to music, streamed live, bringing together millions of clasped hands everywhere in the world, we will hug this wounded Earth’s pulsing heart, this wonderful international forge that is reason for Italian pride,” he continued. “It will be a joy to witness it, in the Duomo, during the Easter celebration which evokes the mystery of birth and rebirth.”