Bergamo says goodbye to those lost to COVID-19

The World

In Italy, which was the epicenter of the coronavirus in Europe, people said goodbye to those who’ve lost their lives to COVID-19 at a ceremony in the province of Bergamo. A live orchestra played the unfinished Requiem funeral Mass by Gaetano Donizetti, a Bergamo native and one of Italy’s most important 19th-century composers. Host Marco Werman has the story.

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