“I was more nervous than when I sang for Will and Kate”: How soprano and CBC host Julie Nesrallah gave a concert from her fifth-floor balcony

Last week, I saw the Italian tenor Maurizio Marchini singing from his balcony in Florence. Italy is in such a desperate situation, so I was moved to see this act of artistic expression that was so small yet so big. I asked my followers on Twitter, “Should I do it, too?” I was kind of joking, but the response was huge—more than 2,000 likes—so I figured, Okay, I guess I’m doing this. That same evening I tweeted that I was going to perform the next day at sunset from