What can I say, the new year has just begun and we are still talking about what Il Volo did in the last days of 2023.
On December 29th, the repeat of the concert held in the Arena in May was broadcast on Canale 5. It was, in fact, just a rerun and there were new films on the other TV channels.
It was a success, the highest audience of the evening went to the repeat concert of Il Volo. It was an amazing result and I don’t think any journalist expected it and so the next day many articles were read with the headline “Stunning success of Il Volo also in rerun”.
ITALIAN TV
Canale 5 wins the evening with a nice musical rerun.
The concert event of Il Volo which was broadcast for the first time last May, was broadcast again last night 29 December……
And how do you listen! 20% of the share was in front of the TV, equal to 2.7 million viewers.
Let me tell you, I was very happy with happiness, first of all it was wonderful to see that concert again, but the result of the highest audience was really a nice reward for Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, this is proof that the public appreciates and admires the our three young men.
I chose the songs from these videos from the concert
GIANLUCA= WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
PIERO= VOGLIO VIVERE COSÌ
IGNAZIO= MY HEART WILL GO ON
IL VOLO= TRIBUTE TO SERGIO ENDRIGO:
CANZONE PER TE
LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI
The last song is very touching: GIROTONDO INTORNO AL MONDO (Roundabout around the world ) which says that if all the people joined hands, there would be a merry-go-round around the world, a hymn to end wars which are always absurd.
Click Here to view the Canale 5 video
…..and on January 5th there will be a repeat of the second concert, I don’t dare think of another similar result, but it will be fine anyway!
Il Volo then released a short interview about the song they will bring to Sanremo: CAPOLAVORO.
IGNAZIO= Hello everyone, we are Il Volo.
PIERO= And our song is titled:
GIANLUCA= CAPOLAVORO (Masterpiece)
PIERO= Basically it speaks to the moment in which we struggle to see inside ourselves and always look for the answer outside with hope. So hope is our answer.
IGNAZIO= It’s a Hi-pop genre……no I’m joking….it’s definitely pop in our way, certainly with this song we wanted to bring an evolution to what is our musical career.
PIERO= Friends is a big word (he was probably asked if they are really friends and Piero is joking). We are very good friends, this year we celebrate 15 years of our career and it is rare to have such a deep and important relationship, because we didn’t know each other before, we didn’t choose each other, but in 15 years this relationship has always matured and become increasingly stronger day after day.
GIANLUCA= Ama (diminutive for Amadeus) do you love us?
IGNAZIO= But what question is: “Do you love us?”
GIANLUCA= But what do I know if he loves us, we love him. 😁
Then, Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio (who returned from Venezuela with Michelle) gathered in Crotone in Pitagora’s Square, for the end-of-year concert, L’ANNO CHE VERRÀ (The coming year) in which they will participate with some songs.
Here they are at the resort and during rehearsals.
There were a lot of people during rehearsals too.
This video was published by Michele Affidato, a goldsmith from Crotone, friend of Torpedine, with these words:
“Il Volo comes to visit us. I have seen them grow, I have always followed them and I have joyfully shared their success. After years they return to visit me at my showroom together with their manager and my great friend Michele Torpedine.”
Look at the audience’s reaction.
PIERO= We don’t come here often (to Crotone), but we like the way we are welcomed, this warmth, there was no better way to end the year. (Gianluca jokes pretending to be a journalist)
But here we are at the moment of the television evening, the concert that will pass from one year to the next.
Here is the video of Il Volo, that emotion:
HALLELUJAH (short a cappella performance) and GRANDE AMORE
And later they came back and sang a medley like this:
IGNAZIO= ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO
GIANLUCA = LA CURA (even though he had sung ANGELS at the rehearsals)
PIERO= LIBIAM NE LIETI CALICI
These photos were posted by CINGUETTARAI, a kind of comment on RAI programs. I translate:
“The HALLELUJAH sung by Il Volo with the whole audience in the square, in Crotone, has a completely different effect.”
“THE POWER OF GRANDE AMORE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 2015”
Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero thank the Calabria region (Crotone is a city in Calabria).
GIANLUCA= Hello everyone, we are Il Volo, we wish the Calabria Region a good 2024.
IGNAZIO= Happy New Year!
PIERO= Hello everyone, Happy New Year!.
GIANLUCA= I want to send a greeting “on the fly”, a third (because now it’s just Gianluca, therefore a third of Il Volo), to the Calabria Region, thank you for your affection and welcome. See you on stage soon, the Year to come, a good 2024 to everyone.
Piero, Mariagrazia and Gianluca
Il Volo with another trio, Gli Autogol.
And now look at the beautiful Happy New Year wishes we have received.
And finally a very nice interview published by “Quotidiano Nazionale” with this comment:
“Having concluded a 2023 full of problems but also full of ideas for a full restart, we have decided to look at 2024 with new eyes and to focus attention on some good intentions, on objectives to be achieved. For this reason, from today until the 8th January, through representatives of the world of culture, entertainment, science and sport, we present our good intentions for 2024.
First appointment with Il Volo, the interview with Valerio Baroncini 👉”
IL VOLO’S NO TO SELFISHNESS: “UNION IS REALLY STRENGTH. BE KIND ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, SO YOU WILL CHANGE THE WORLD”.
The golden group of Italian music comes down from the stage to tell their story after 15 years of success.
A story of talent, passion and friendship becomes a message to kids suspended between dreams and reality.
At least one teenager in a hundred in Italy cannot do without his smartphone and lives permanently connected. We also discussed this with the young musicians of Il Volo, protagonists of 15 years of an amazing career.
Artists see some risks in the digital world, but also extraordinary opportunities.
The music production process, they say, has also become more accessible and democratic.
Nevertheless. “And yet a different path is possible”, say three young men firmly on a terrace overlooking the sea of Sanremo.
A computer on the table: pages scrolling.
Words, words, words and photos.
Social media as a contemporary diary, window on the world, opportunity, but also a trap.
Three young men and one voice, that of Il Volo, the record-breaking group. To tell today’s kids, but also those of yesterday, that “the path of kindness, of sensitivity against insensitivity, the choice of the right words and a good use of technology are possible. Indeed, they are the first resolution for 2024 full of smiles.”
What does Il Volo expect from 2024?
First you will be in Sanremo, then a new album, concerts at the Verona Arena and a world tour.
IGNAZIO: “We expect a year full of music and we hope to achieve all our goals, but also many surprises”.
PIERO: “It will be a year of celebration: on 25 April 2024 we will reach 15 years of our career”.
GIANLUCA: “A good intention? Unity is strength: reaching 15 years of career today is really difficult. These are years in which being individualistic and self-centered prevail.
This doesn’t happen with us: together we are stronger, this is the message we want to convey to everyone”.
You are young and you speak to young people: what would you say to kids your age who are often accused of having little desire to work or sacrifice themselves? Bullshit or truth?
PIERO: “We believe so much in the individual strength of the new generations. More than giving advice, I can say how we have always tried to approach this profession: with a lot of determination and responsibility. The work must be approached with great discipline.
Today young people, unlike our parents for example, have many means at their disposal to experience success”.
GIANLUCA: “Success is doing what makes you happy, achieving full self-awareness. Great results are achieved through great sacrifices, nothing comes with minimal effort.”
Piero spoke about digital as an opportunity. Or, instead, are new technologies a danger?
IGNAZIO: “In music, having such strong technological advancement helps everyone and has democratized production processes, for example. Then, the flavor of analog is different from digital: there are pros and cons, never lose the human touch.”
PIERO: “As with all things you don’t know, you have to be afraid, a healthy fear, but not scared. We must take advantage of the positive side of technology. But don’t lose control.”
GIANLUCA: “Technologies are one thing. Another is people’s intentions. Those make the object dangerous.”
Inevitable to talk about social media. How do you use them? And do you like how you see them used?
GIANLUCA: “For some artists, appearance and aesthetics sometimes seem more important than music. Aesthetics are welcome, but let’s educate young people to nurture and cultivate culture and intellectual sensitivity.”
IGNAZIO: “I use them institutionally, I don’t like them very much, but I can’t pretend that they aren’t useful.”
PIERO: “Due to the role we hold, we have the strength to say what we think and the duty to amplify some messages.
You can use social media well if you have something to say.
You have to do it.”
The news amplifies this urgency: 2023 was marked by wars, violence, femicides. Communicating becomes fundamental.
PIERO: “Every year we think about good resolutions, we talk and talk again. In 2024, however, let’s put them into action: each of us has the power to change the world. As far as I’m concerned, the promise I make to myself is to cultivate kindness, helping others and not giving space to anger. Kindness, seen as constant work, can improve the world.”
IGNAZIO: “There are bad people, others not bad but influenced by a habit. My good intention, already underway, is to eradicate habits, even in speaking of certain themes.
Often in a futile way we don’t think about what we are actually saying. What, for me, may be a joke, for others may be a wound
or a stab.”
GIANLUCA: “The word is a double-edged sword. We must convey a new sensitivity, give positive messages, raise awareness of the insensitive.
It’s a tough and difficult mission, but you have to hit like a chisel on a stone.”
And how can it be done?
PIERO: “I would give some advice: go and see Paola Cortellesi’s film, the ending will shock you. It forces you to think. Then, she is a female director.”
IGNAZIO: “I hope you lose your amazement over this. Woman, man, talent counts. I hope that the stereotype of being ‘surprised’ will pass, and everyone will condemn the scourge of violence.”
Social media and comments: have you ever been hurt? And what would you say to those who suffer certain violence even just verbal?
IGNAZIO: “I have suffered a lot on social media and cyberbullying is still talked about too little.
Today, already at 11-12 years old you have a mobile phone and are on social media: they are real weapons if not used judiciously. I, and people close to me, have received serious threats. The problem is that I discovered they were kids.
Social media is beautiful, I use it to discover the world. Let’s not throw this opportunity away.”
GIANLUCA: “When you decide to do this profession, you have to take everything, just accepting compliments is emotional immaturity.
Insults and threats are a different thing.
You can’t control what’s outside of you, so strengthen yourself and raise awareness among others.”
Nice way to end the year 2023 and now we are already in 2024 which promises to be a really busy year for Il Volo.
Ignazio and Michelle are really very nice, the next post will be entirely dedicated to them.
See you soon: Daniela 🤗
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Good luck to them all and wish they would come to the UK sometime soon. I would love to see and hear them “live” in concert, but at 80 I’m no longer up to travelling far
I believe that everything can depend on the result of Sanremo, Mrs. June Lamb. So not much left, just 1 month and the festival begins. Fingers crossed.
The Crew has just given us the most wonderful Christmas gift. Thank you Daniela and Pat for the best clips of our guys solos.. Piero’s voice continues to amaze me, I can’t get enough of this young man. I hope he makes it to the opera stage soon (bc I am 84yo) would love to see him on the stage at the Met in New York. Ignazio, his choice to sing the songs made famous by female singers is a step few other male singers would have done. Bravo Igna and congratulations on his engagement to Michelle. When Gianluca speaks or writes his thoughts, I really wonder how this young man can be so wise at his young age. Thank you Gianluca. Happy New Year everyone. It would be great if they would surprise us with a visit to the US this year, even though Piero told someone (me) that it would be 2025.
You’re most welcome, Rose Marie! 😊
Dear RoseMarie, I don’t think age is a brake on you, so I always think that from one day to the next you tell me you’re getting here.
Yes, these three treasures are very good and mature and I hope that their new project will be well accepted by the public. I think that if they come in 2025 for the tour, they will definitely come this year to promote!
Sorry, I also meant to wish them Good Luck at San Remo.
Hello Pat and Daniela. Happy New Year! It’s nice to see a strong start to the year for Il Volo. Thank you again for this post and especially for translating the interview where they talk about social media. I have seen mostly support for their music but it is sad to see many cynical comments about Ignazio and Michelle. I hope they don’t take any of that seriously, but i guess if one is a celebrity and chooses to post about their personal life then one must also be prepared for all the comments, good and bad. I think some of the pictures may be posted by other people, but nonetheless it can’t be a good feeling for them or their families to read such mean comments.
What mean comments could possibly be conjured up in regard to these two handsome and lovely souls. They appear to be deliriously happy and both have approached life so kindly and generously. What more could those mean people want. It would seem most of them have not much of a life of their own.
Makes me angry!
Unfortunately Mark there are really bad people and sometimes very silly fans.
I think the news of the engagement has bothered some Brazilian fans, however the next article will be dedicated to this beautiful couple and you will read more.
You’re welcome, Amy! I wish Ignazio and Michelle have every happiness! 😊
Amy, if you read correctly, the three of them are used to reading negative comments, but Ignazio also said that he and the people close to him had been targeted by very harsh comments made by kids. All this is shocking and I remember that period well, since then Ignazio has published very little and I can’t blame him.
I’m sure that the 2024 year will great for Il Volo and I wish them this with all my heart. They deserve all the best. Ignazio and Michelle are really nice couple and I can’t wait to read the article about them. Thank you very much Daniela and Pat for another beautiful article.
Hi Jolanta, I hope you’ve started the new year well.
The post about Ignazio and Michelle is finished, now I’ll pass it on to Pat, they are a really nice couple.
You’re most welcome, Jolanta! 😊
Thank you Daniela for all your work.
Do you know how we in US can get an Italian VPN so we can vote and watch during Sanremo. Someone mentioned it but I lost it. I thought that it had to be an Italian VP N not one from the US
Thank you
Joyce, I use Nord VPN to watch Italian TV. I don’t know about voting but I know I can see the shows. There are several VPN softwares out there. I was not aware of a specific Italian VPN. A Virtual Private Network masks your location so shows aren’t blocked from you viewing them. For instance, I log into Nord and chose a location in Italy. It connects and then if I log in to RAI or Mediaset channels it looks like I am viewing it from Italy and I don’t get the message saying I am blocked because I don’t live in that area. I hope this helps.
Being able to vote requires the same workaround as watching Italian TV. You’ve to be “in” Italy. You need an Italian SIM card to vote by mobile phone (the easy option) or it’s a complicated procedure using a digital phone plugged into a router which is connected to a VPN (the very hard option).
For all who want to sign up to NordVPN, this link will get you 69% off and three free months:
https://restoreprivacy.com/vpn/best/
The press and radio juries have 50% of the votes and we all know how much they detest Il Volo.🤷♀️ Although a lot of the Italian public hates them too.😡
Thank you, Thordis, for the information about voting (which I have never tried – I mostly pray!) and for the link to Nord and other VPN’S. That’s a nice deal on Nord! 😁
Thanks for the compliments Joyce, Pat and Thordis have already responded to you and I thank you both.
So sad that I cannot buy a dvd of this stunning performance.
It’s true Sally, we would like to have everything about their performances.
Without a doubt all of you girls post are fun to read and interesting but I do believe this one has to be the very best one. I hated for it to come to an end I was enjoying it so much!
It makes my heart swell with pride that so many people and countries have gotten to see what we saw in our boys years ago. They are exceptional young men with intelligence, remarkable voices, very good looks and kind hearts. They were destined to success.
I too wish they would be coming to the U S in 2024. I did get to see them on their tour in 2019 and I hope to make it in 2025.
Again I just wanted to complement you on this post, it was terrific!
Thanks,
Eleanor
Thank you so much Eleanor, knowing that you liked a post makes us proud of the work, and this time, as Pat also told you, it was particularly tiring because the videos didn’t work well for you in the U.S. so we had to search for a long time. Thanks again.
Eleanor, it makes me happy to hear you enjoyed this post. This was, I admit, one of the more difficult ones to pull together for Daniela and I. It is nice to hear your appreciation for our hard work. I told Daniela this one was surely a “labor of love”! 😊💕💗 And thank you for your compliments!
Thank you pitterpat0 for the VPN information. I haven’t tried one and appreciate how you use it. I will try it. It’s another thing to learn about I guess. About the nasty people. They are cruel and no one has such a thick skin that they can easily let things roll off. I pray for their safety and peace of mind as they go into the new year.
Victoria, I hope you have finished unpacking and settled in, however the hard work of moving is more bearable if you listen to the beautiful music of Il Volo!!
Unfortunately there are many bad people, but I must tell you that they are fewer and fewer, now many people who adore our young men, are not afraid to defend them and admit that they love them and so those who denigrate them keep quiet!
You’re welcome, Victoria. I hope you can get a VPN to work for you! 😊👍
Thank you Daniela and Pat for all the beautiful photos and videos of the guys. They seem to just get more handsome. Their comments about social media were so true. For ignazio, who has been so hurt by some social media comments to say that he is going to think about what he says so as to not to hurt someone else just reinforces what a kind, compassionate young man he is, as are all three. If only more people would follow their lead. I wish them much success at Sanremo. Since I can’t vote I’ll be praying along with Pat. But no matter what the outcome they will always be the winners to me.
You’re most welcome, Cathy! And I agree that they guys are already winners in so many ways! 😊
Surely Cathy, for us fans, will be our moral winners, but if they were also the real winners, I think the whole web would be invaded by a healthy and loving euphoria and it would be beautiful.
What can I add to what has already been said?? Nothing! I echo all the comments and wish our young men the best results at San Remo. As for Igna and Michelle, they will live their loving life together, happily, despite all the naysayers. Dol.
Certainly Dolores, Ignazio and Michelle live their beautiful love story in broad daylight and we live it with them, wait until you read what I wrote about them and then you’ll tell me.
So much in this post to thank you for, Daniela and Pat! Great news that the repeat showing of Tutti per Uno lead that evening’s viewing with a 20% share–bravo guys! The video of Il Volo’s portion of the New Year’s Eve show was terrific. I loved the set too, with their names scrolling over their heads. Plus such a huge, enthusiastic crowd! And another nice interview to start the New Year.
Looking forward to the new post about Igna and Michelle!
You’re welcome, Judi! 😊
Yes Judi, that concert was a nice way to end 2023 and luckily my friend Carmen from Il Volo in Clase published that nice video, because all the others didn’t work.
A few more days and you will read news about our two lovebirds.
Daniela, You are building great suspense and anticipation of your next post -great fun and I’m sure it will be as interesting and fact filled as all your other posts. On the edge of my seat!
I’m happy to have created this suspense, Mark, I liked talking about our two lovers, but there’s a video that can’t be seen and we have to solve the problem. I believe Pat will post Thursday afternoon.
Thank you both so much for this wonderful, entertaining and informative post! I agree with Dol how much more could I add! It breaks my heart to hear anyone saying mean things about any one of our boys….. do remember when Gian was going with Eleanora some of the rude and madding things about them that were said and now Igna and his Michelle. It’s not enough to say they have to accept what comes because they are celebrities…that’s so unfair and unreasonable. These guys are sweet, kind, caring and lovely that I can’t thinking but that the nay sayers are just jealous!
I pray for Ignazio and Michelle to have a long and happy life loving each other. Cannot wait for the next chapter!
Affectionately, Carol 💖💖💖🎼🎶🤗🙏🏻🩷☮️
Daniela-san
Happy New Year!
Thank you for this intervew translation.
In this interview Piero said that Il Volo was formed on April 25 15 yeas ago. Nagoya concert is going to be held on this day which is the first day of their Japan tour. What a coincident! we could expect something.
We are going to this concert.
Kumiko & Yukio
Thanks for the good wishes Kumico. It’s really a beautiful coincidence that you are at the concert on the exact day of Il Volo’s 15th anniversary, you’re right, maybe there will be a surprise and I really hope so.
I always hope that one day or another we can meet at some concert, in the meantime I send a big hug to you and Yukio!!