Il Volo arrived in Taormina.

Taormina is not only a beautiful place, but also a place in full swing when there is IL Volo, a magical place, where in addition to listening to good music you can meet Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca walking through the streets or eating a granita at Bambar. 

 

And it is here that Barbara di Palma met Gianluca and Piero and gave them a short and nice interview for the WEEKLY, a new program broadcast on RAI1. 

BARBARA = I moved, I’m in a symbolic place in Taormina. The greatest artists stop here to eat the famous granita, and so I thought, for our first episode, to try to organize a little surprise. 

I wanted to do it triple, but in reality I managed to do it double: Gianluca Ginoble and Piero Barone … Il Volo !! 

(from the studio a voice “The friends of Il Volo, how wonderful.”) and I do the third. 😁

GIANLUCA = Look at Ignazio how beautiful he is, how Ignazio has changed.😁

PIERO = Can I ask you a question Ignazio?

BARBARA = (she imitates Ignazio’s voice) Tell me Piero, tell me.😁

PIERO = For 10 years I have seen you with a goatee, you are more beautiful without a goatee. 😁

BARBARA = This morning I took off my goatee to be younger, because I’m growing up (laughter) 😁

GIANLUCA = Good morning from Taormina, from the wonderful Taormina.

WOMAN = (voice from the studio) Hi guys, what a nice surprise!

BARBARA = Tonight and tomorrow night they have to sing, cheer the whole audience of the Greek theater of Taormina, and you don’t know what’s behind the cameras, then I’ll show you (she refers that behind the cameras there are all the fans who are waiting).

PIERO = We weren’t ready for the unexpected, it was something suddenly …… (Piero jokes to make it clear that they knew the interview was there)😁

BARBARA = In fact we came to eat a granita ….

PIERO = ….. I go out in the morning wearing this (he shows the earphone to his ear, Gianluca has it too, precisely because there was the interview).

You got it, I feel comfortable wearing this !! 😁

GIANLUCA = You from the studio and you from home, for those who are watching us, what a surprise, look how wonderful ….. (Saretto del Bambar’s daughter arrives and brings them the slushes).

BARBARA = The famous granita. So, Federica (Saretto’s daughter), at this moment I am Ignazio.
What’s your favorite flavor?

FEDERICA = Ignazio prefers peach and raspberry.

BARBARA = And they (Gian and Piero)

FEDERICA = They prefer almond and strawberry.

BARBARA = By now they are like little brothers to you.

FEDERICA = Of home, we have known them for many years.

GIANLUCA = We also greet the father, Saretto, who is watching us.

PIERO = Do you know what her father Saretto did?
One day for my birthday in Naro, two hours from here, he came as a surprise with the trolley of slushes, we were celebrating 4 or 5 years ago and he arrived with the trolley of slushes. Saretto, a huge kiss (he sends a kiss).

GIANLUCA = We love you!

BARBARA = Taormina, you really have it in your heart, because it was also the first great theater that welcomed you, before the great success of Sanremo.

GIANLUCA = Yes, we were here in July 2014 (they won Sanremo in 2015), it was the first Italian concert, while our career started in 2009. Then, after the victory of the festival they started to know us also here in Italy, but it was weird for us.

BARBARA= The Greek Theater of Taormina believed in you, before the others!

GIANLUCA = Then, our musical genre is suitable for these prestigious and beautiful places like the Theater of Taormina, like the Arena of Verona. It’s always a pleasure to be able to sing and maybe represent our music, in such places ….. beautiful, let’s say.

BARBARA = In fact it is a curiosity that I had, that is, when you sing at the Arena of Verona or at the Greek Theater of Taormina, which have a truly unique setting, when you interpret the songs, does it give you an extra boost compared to a normal stage?

PIERO = It is clear, having the awareness of singing in a prestigious place, makes us feel privileged, sharing our music in these beautiful places, especially in Italy, but also in other places, in America, in Japan, we try not to lose never that emotion, that desire to be amazed and perhaps this, after 13 years of career, is the reason why, when we go on stage, we always feel the same sensation.

BARBARA = Instead you see here, your audience on the street following you … tell me Carolina (the woman from the studio)

CAROLINA = I was actually listening to the stories about the various tours and I was wondering what was the stage that they didn’t do, but that they would like to do …. where?

PIERO = In Italia?

CAROLINA = Even abroad, all over the world.

GIANLUCA = Look, there is a place where we would love to sing and it is the Baths of Caracalla (in Rome, where the concert of the 3 tenors was performed), and therefore it is not very far and it is a magical place ….

MAN = (from the studio) and then you come here to Weekly ….

GIANLUCA = Absolutely, then we come to you, but we invite you to one of our concerts, let us know where you want to come, it would be nice …

CAROLINA = Where can we come ???

PIERO = Let’s start from Italy, we will sing in Taormina, Agrigento in the Valley of the Temples, Torre del Lago, and many other concerts. Then we move to America, Japan and after 10 years, we will finally return to Australia.

We had two and a half years off, finally it seems that everything is back to normal.

After two and a half years we have planned a tour of around 100 concerts and so we are loaded.

BARBARA = I don’t know if you have heard, but the people behind us speak the languages of half the world.

GIANLUCA = Yes.

BARBARA = Two women from Brazil came to Taormina for their concert.

MAN = (from the studio) I wanted to ask Piero and Gianluca something, a hot comment, Ignazio is good though, is he getting along as a correspondent? (He means Barbara in the part of Ignazio)

GIANLUCA = Ignazio gets away with it, yes.

PIERO = Can I tell the truth?

MAN = Sure!

PIERO = I called Ignazio and he answered the third call and I said:
“Igna, where are you? Maybe we need to do an interview, there is a live broadcast on RAI1”
And he: “You do it, I’m sleeping”
This is reality! (laughs).

GIANLUCA = It’s not true, he’s kidding!

PIERO = He went to sleep late, tonight he has to sing, he also has to rest.

BARBARA = I haven’t tasted the granita yet. Good, peach and raspberry.

CAROLINA = Next stop?

BARBARA = This evening and tomorrow evening the Greek Theater of Taormina.

PIERO = Do you know what the next step is?
In a week we will have the honor of singing for Pope Francis at the world meeting of families on June 22nd. So see you on June 22nd.

BARBARA = And a few days ago, you interpreted our hymn in a way that always excites us a lot, with the celebration of June 2nd, and we have a little piece, right Carolina and Fabio?

CAROLINA = Sure, let’s watch it, let’s watch this video of June 2nd with you protagonists. Thanks to the friends of Il Volo.

 (the video begins where Il Volo sings the Italian National Anthem)

And here they are Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio, shaking hands with our President Mattarella.

Very proud of them !! ❤❤❤

And now I am translating a video that aired on RAI 1 on 07 June.

But first I have to give a long explanation, so that you can see and rate this nice video without misunderstandings.

First of all, I’ll explain who Drusilla Foer is.

At the registry office, Drusilla Foer responds to the name of Gianluca Gori: photographer, painter, singer and actor originally from Florence, one day, out of nothing, he created this character that soon became a web phenomenon.

Her character is liked, because she is elegant, refined, is not coarse and does not show parts of the body (as many showgirls do), in short, it represents a little elegance that often, in many programs, is left aside to make room for voices more and more screaming and using vulgar terms and elegance has given way to transparencies and many centimeters of exposed skin and flesh.

Drusilla this year was co-presenter for one evening in Sanremo and was very successful.

Now she has been entrusted with this small 5-minute column entitled “Almanac of the day after” in which Drusilla has given space to “The enthusiast of the day after”, that is a small space where already famous people are invited , but pretending to be unknown.

In the second episode it was the turn of  Il Volo and Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio were very good at keeping up with the game.

Drusilla interviews the boys giving them little space to explain and she ridicules their answers, as often people unknown to the world of entertainment have to undergo in their first approaches with interviews.

With all this premise, I am now translating to you what has been said.

DRUSILLA = Here we are with our guests:  PIERO …. and then … Piero, who is from Naro, right?

PIERO = Yes.

DRUSILLA = Where is Naro located?

PIERO = In Sicily, in the province of Agrigento.

DRUSILLA = Very good.
Ignatius instead?

IGNAZIO = I was born in Bologna, even if it doesn’t seem like it ….

DRUSILLA = This story is long ….

IGNAZIO = No, it’s short, that’s enough!

DRUSILLA = Enough … good.
Instead, you will be Gianluca.

GIANLUCA = I’m the Abruzzese of the group.

DRUSILLA = Ah, Abruzzo.

GIANLUCA = From Roseto Degli Abruzzi.

IGNAZIO = Enough!

DRUSILLA = Very good.
So guys I am truly enchanted by this common passion of yours. Let’s summarize a little. Do you travel the world always together?

GIANLUCA = Yes, we take many flights !! 😁😁

DRUSILLA = Because you travel far away? 😁 Not only from Abruzzo to Molise 😁 (these are the two neighboring regions)

GIANLUCA = We get together every now and then, we have many dreams, we hope to ….

DRUSILLA = How nice, that is, you go to the places and sing in the places where you go to work.

IGNAZIO = We have brought some photos.

DRUSILLA = Do you have any photos?
(On the screen there is the photo of the video “Ecstasy of Gold” that they shot in Sardinia)

IGNAZIO = Here we are in Texas 😁 (before Texas he says in a low voice Sardinia).

DRUSILLA = In Texas, and you go to Texas dressed in the blue suit?😁

GIANLUCA = With the blue suit, we sing in the middle of the sand. 😁

DRUSILLA = Ah, so really ??

PIERO = We are afraid to get a tan.

IGNAZIO = You know why, now all these social networks are in fashion …

DRUSILLA = Are you afraid that there is someone taking pictures of you? But who knows you !!!! 😁😁😁

GIANLUCA = Look at those beautiful smiles. (There is a photo with them at the Arena and it is wet on the ground because it rains)

DRUSILLA = How cute, where are you in the pool? 😁

PIERO = No, we had just left the dentist, we wanted to show our teeth! 😁

DRUSILLA = Then what’s up (the photo changes, is made in Japan). Ah, how beautiful, but look, where are you here? In Molise, in the Marche (other region)

IGNAZIO = I think we are in America.

GIANLUCA = No, here we are in Japan.

DRUSILLA = In Japan, of course I recognize Japanese architecture! 😁

I hope that this dream of music will come true, maybe you will become international stars.😁

GIANLUCA = We would like to win Sanremo!

DRUSILLA = Ah Ah, but what are you interested in Sanremo (as if to say that it is something unattainable). 😁
But have you ever sung with a real pianist? 😁

Or do you just use Karaoke backing tracks? 😁

IGNAZIO = Sometimes.

DRUSILLA = Little though, would you like to try? I have a pianist, he’s excellent, his name is Maestro Di Leo.

IGNAZIO = Let’s say that in Japanese karaoke, there is no piano available. 😁

PIERO = He is very elegant.

DRUSILLA = He is very elegant, I have forced him to dress well.

PIERO = And how are we dressed?

DRUSILLA = Very good, very happy.

GIANLUCA = Thanks for giving us this chance.

DRUSILLA = Come on guys, let’s go to the piano.

Don’t be intimidated, I know that the first time at the piano, it upsets you a little. 😁

IGNAZIO = We can sing you something …..

DRUSILLA = What would you like to sing?

IGNAZIO = …… that puts us at ease ?? 😁

DRUSILLA = Yes.

IGNAZIO = One of our favorite artists has always been Jimmy Fontana. (Il Mondo)

DRUSILLA = Ah!

PIERO = See, we have this in common, we like the same musical genre, we sing the same songs ….

DRUSILLA = Beautiful, beautiful …

PIERO = We like the same artists …

DRUSILLA = But this beautiful thing (and then pretends to get bored and fall asleep) 😁

GIANLUCA = We are guys from other times! 😘

DRUSILLA = Well, very cheerful!

IGNAZIO = Do you start singing?

DRUSILLA = What song would you like to sing? I really like Jimmy Fontana

IGNAZIO = Since we talked about travel, places ….

PIERO = You know IL MONDO?

DRUSILLA = IL MONDO, if I don’t remember the words can you suggest them to me ???

PIERO = I suggest them to you.

DRUSILLA = And the hue ??
Come on guys don’t worry, how it comes it comes … 😁

IGNAZIO = But we follow you …😁

DRUSILLA = Yes, come on, come on …

(The song begins, Drusilla pretends not to know the words and Piero suggests them to her, then at the refrain IL VOLO brings out all their voices and amazes Drusilla who is offended for having been deceived) 😁😁

GIANLUCA = Enough, (he turns to Ignazio) We understand that you are good.

DRUSILLA = Not good ….. the technique needs to be changed a little, the emission is a little scarce ….😁😁

PIERO = Two more days of karaoke …

IGNAZIO = I miss karaoke in Japan.

DRUSILLA = No, guys, study! 😁

GIANLUCA = You seem a little annoyed … are you annoyed by any chance?

DRUSILLA = No, imagine,…. one two and three, out of the studio ……. come here with coaxing …. but please go far …. go out ….

IGNAZIO = We salute the piano teacher.

PIERO = We hope to see you again soon.

DRUSILLA = (to Piero) What goodbye, stop it …. (to Gianluca) goodbye ….. (to Ignazio) go to karaoke ….

IGNAZIO = But we go often …

DRUSILLA = …. to karaoke in Japan, especially you, you are disgusting, go ….. (Ignazio approaches her)
Security !!

IGNAZIO = Shall we do a duet? 😁

DRUSILLA = What a duet, but go do it with Barbra Streisand !! 😁

IGNAZIO= We did it …..😁

DRUSILLA = But go away …… arrogant …. gne gne gne ….they travel …. rude … but who sent them here? ….. I’d like to know where is the casting one …..😁

What can I say, they were all very good at making this pungent irony.

Even the articles in the newspapers wrote that Drusilla was very good and also Il Volo who lent himself to this game with great self-irony.

The day after the broadcast, Il Volo published the photo together with DRUSILLA with this comment:
“It was a real pleasure to participate in the ‘Almanacco del giorno dopo!’ Thank you so much @drusillafoer for hosting us!”

And now the last video I translate for you, a very important video, the news that Il Volo will be at the World Meeting of Families 2022 in the Vatican on June 22nd.

GIANLUCA = Hello everyone, we are very happy and excited to come to Pope Francis’ home and celebrate the World Meeting of Families together with the families of Rome and our families.

PIERO = On that day we will witness the importance of the strength of the support of our families in our life.

IGNAZIO = I will personally take my mother and my sister.

PIERO = I will bring mom and dad, my sister Mariagrazia and my brother Francesco, and we can’t wait to be able to hug Pope Francis.

GIANLUCA = I will come with my family, we are numerous, but the best thing is that I will be able to bring my grandfather Ernesto who, at the age of 88, will be able to shake hands with Pope Francis. These are the most important things, the most beautiful emotions in life, like a mother who is a refuge, a father who is a guide, and this is really the importance of the family.

IGNAZIO = In all these years we have always reiterated how important our families are and are still important to us, they have been like a pillar for our careers, like a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean, here, a meeting point.

So, we are really happy to be able to share this moment with them.

PIERO = In addition to our families, we will also bring our music.

See you on June 22nd. Hugs to all!

GIANLUCA = See you very soon!

IGNAZIO = Ciao!

As always, I am very happy with what Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca have said in these videos.

I hope you liked the translations and shed a little light on what was said by them.

Daniela 

Credit to owners of all photos and videos.