UK-native opera star Mary-Jess Leaverland first burst into the international music scene when she won the Chinese version of the singing competition X-Factor in 2009. Since then she has released four albums, has held concerts the world over, toured with the likes of Russell Watson and G4.

Mary-Jess has been singing to hundreds and even hundreds of thousands of people since 2009. Most recently and arguably most notably, she made history in December 2020 when she held a concert in Taiwan amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

How did Taiwan manage to pull such a stunt when the rest of the world is in lockdown?
Find out the answer in the inaugural episode of livestream.travel’s Nellification Show, hosted by Nell Alcantara.