We left Ignazio and Michelle tenderly in love and with the promise of marriage, but how are things progressing between them?

I’m sure you are already aware of everything, but since not everyone has news on Facebook I want to update those who haven’t had any.

Things between them seem to be going swimmingly ❤️❤️❤️❤️

❤️❤️❤️ and then Michelle published this short video which I will translate for you:

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MICHELLE= Love??

IGNAZIO= My love!

MICHELLE= A good news!

IGNAZIO= What happened?

MICHELLE = I’ve chosen who will make my wedding dress!

IGNAZIO= Nooooo

MICHELLE= Yes, Elisabetta Garuffi (stylist) of Tosca (atelier in Bologna)

IGNAZIO= of Tosca!!!

MICHELLE= And I’m going now…

IGNAZIO= That is now, in this moment? …and I can’t come???

MICHELLE= You can’t, you can’t!

In the following video, published on Instagram by Tosca spose, at the beginning we see part of the video with Michelle with Ignazio and then continues with Michelle’s visit to the atelier.

What an emotion!!

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And this photo was posted by Michelle and there are these two special comments. ❤️❤️

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MICHELLE = I didn’t imagine that a dress could excite so much! Thanks to Tosca Spose❤️

IGNAZIO= It’s all starting to take shape! I LOVE YOU

So their beautiful story is progressing well and the preparations for the wedding are also progressing, the date of which is not yet known but I assume it could be this summer…..I can already smell orange blossoms!!

And Ignazio also received great satisfaction:

Giacomo Rossi, a young Italian vocal coach who approached listening to Il Volo by reviewing the covers of Sanremo evening and saying that Il Volo deserved the first prize, declared that he liked them a lot and would review them again and therefore he did so by analyzing MY IMMORTAL that Ignazio sang during the TUTTI PER UNO (ALL FOR ONE) concerts in the Arena. What can I say, big compliments to Ignazio from Giacomo Rossi, but you can read for yourself by activating the subtitles.

For me, I am doubly proud of what Giacomo says, who although Italian did not know Il Volo well but only because of how it had always been presented by the Italian press, furthermore Giacomo Rossi’s usual genre of music is Heavy Metal and therefore a completely different genre from pop – lyrical of our boys, but still as a good and serious vocal coach he recognizes the skill and study of our boys.

Thanks Giacomo Rossi and many compliments to Ignazio. 👏👏👏

Truly beautiful compliments for Ignazio, but he is not the only one who has been the subject of review these days, in fact another Italian vocal coach: Salvatore Cilia, has reviewed Gianluca while he sings Capolavoro alone and here is the final result which I will translate for you!!

Gianluca in 2024 showed off vocal control above the average of Italian singers.

Starting from a half voice, in chest voice (M1), perfectly intoning every single sound.

To then masterfully connect it to a breath-controlled falsetto….
With a voice always forward.

Singing the G3 (a challenging note for a baritone) successively in the Mix without showing any vocal effort.

Maintaining perfect phrasing, changing the dynamics of the sound naturally and confidently…..
Without ever disconnecting the breath from the diaphragm.

Really a big difference compared to his beginnings when he was still looking for his vocal identity.
RATING 10 AND PRAISE

👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wow, what can I say, magnificent and well-deserved review for Gianluca. 👏👏👏

I believe that this is also one of the immediate effects of Sanremo, the greater attention of Italian vocal coaches and I must say that their reviews are beautiful!!

Meanwhile, the release date of the new AD ASTRA CD is approaching and Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca showed us that they are busy signing autographs for the new album.

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We hope that sales are high and above all that people like the album, there is a lot of expectation.

The newspapers that published numerous articles and interviews on Il Volo during the Sanremo period continue to publish new interviews and I would like to point out that of the weekly GRAZIA which dedicated its front page to Il Volo.

I’ll translate the interview for you.

Even the radios frequently broadcast Capolavoro!

Click Here for the Grazia newspaper article

IL VOLO:  Music unites us. Every day we work to be a trio.

Protagonists of the digital cover of Grazia, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca told us about the 15 years of their career, from the luck of the first meeting to the daily work to keep the trio together.

They met as little more than children and today the three guys from Il Volo, Piero Barone, 30, Ignazio Boschetto, 29, and Gianluca Ginoble, 29, celebrate their 15 years of artistic collaboration. It was 2009 when they presented themselves as soloists at the singing talent show for children hosted by Antonella Clerici Ti lascio una canzone on Rai Uno. They didn’t know each other, but the program’s authors thought that a trio of talented little tenors like them could work. And that was their luck.

After the rumors of the last few days that they were in crisis, we met them to create this digital cover and they told us how to live in a trio having different personalities.

The three musicians were the only Italian artists invited by Quincy Jones to We are the World for Haiti in 2010, they sang in front of Pope Francis and sold millions of records. We saw them on stage during the last Sanremo Festival, a competition they won in 2015, and on March 29th they will present their first album of unreleased songs, entitled Ad Astra.

The World Tour will start at the end of April which will also take them to China and Japan, in May they will be protagonists of Tutti Per Uno on Canale 5, four evenings at the Verona Arena with numerous guests. Then from June to September they will be engaged in a 20-date tour in the most spectacular locations in Italy and in autumn they will perform in the main European capitals. When they are not on stage, they live in different places: Gianluca in Abruzzo, Piero divides his time between Bologna and Agrigento and Ignazio in Bologna. And connected via zoom from their respective homes, they tell their stories.

You started singing together at just over 14 years old and are still close, a rarity for a successful group. What’s your secret?

Ignazio: The passion for music and for our work.

Gianluca: Ours was an arranged marriage, like those that were used in the past, with the luck that we then truly fell in love. Because you can only continue if you feel love and passion for the people around you and if you really believe in the project. Aside from historical groups, many bands have actually broken up. We are different, but there is always dialogue between us. Each of us has our own personality: in difference and contrast there is growth.

Piero: When I walk down the street with my friends I often hear people whispering, “Look, it’s the guy from Volo”. Usually they don’t even remember our last name. But that’s right, it doesn’t matter, because our goal was and is to be the Volo trio. And every morning we work for this. Living together is different, requires commitment and involves a certain maturity. Aside from a few misunderstandings, when there is a lot of confidence we can tell each other frankly what we think. We have always been used to open dialogue and have never held grudges, we are satisfied with our path together and we will continue for many years in the future. I always say that, if one day I meet my soulmate, I already know the rules for a lasting relationship: respect, listening and compromise.

How would you describe yourself?

Ignazio: Piero is perspicacious, stubborn, ambitious and altruistic, all strengths that can also become flaws. Gianluca is the perfectionist of the group, very attentive to details and stubborn at industrial levels. All these characteristics unite us, because I am like that too, only for me I would add that I am a little touchy. We had the great fortune of recognizing our talents very early and of being in the same place, at the same time on that show. And after leaving the talent show we had a film life.

You have become very popular all over the world, including in China and Japan. What is the thing that struck you most about Japanese culture?

Ignazio: Great respect for people. During the first concert in Tokyo, on stage I said to Piero: “Look, they’re asleep”. Instead they had their eyes closed, absorbed by the music, and at the end of the song they applauded.”

Piero: We went to China in 2015 and sang for their New Year’s Eve, we went to Japan several times and that country changed me.

Gianluca: Abroad they really like our music. In Japan they also love a certain type of Italian elegance, like that of many artists who have made history, from Luciano Pavarotti to Frank Sinatra. Now Italian music is moving in opposite directions and even we, who are only 30 years old, have decided to take some risks by putting ourselves out there and trying to do what we have never done. In the last album there is a duet with Irama, one of the most beautiful pieces on the album, which contains all unreleased songs.

Where did the title Ad Astra come from?

Gianluca: As in the Latin saying “Per aspera ad astra”, through sacrifice you reach the stars and all your goals. It was a message we wanted to send to the younger ones. We also talk about life, how we have built the sense of the group in these 15 years of career and our personal growth.

Piero: Today we think that we can achieve a lot very easily and we think more about money. When I was little I don’t remember any numbers, our dream was to sing. I’m not saying that everyone should sacrifice themselves to reach a goal, but it’s right to know.

Have you always been so wise?

Ignazio: The education we received at home certainly helped us, but it was also the life we have led up to here, traveling and getting to know the world in its thousand facets, that made us grow faster.

Gianluca: We’re also a little crazy. We have been traveling since we were 14, we eat everything without problems, we have been to Rio De Janeiro at least 15 times, to America 50 times. At 30 we have already lived a hundred lives.

Piero: For this reason we could live anywhere and traveling has taught us to be open to other cultures. The traveler is always ready to accept what a place, a people, a culture offers you. But in the East I will struggle to eat jellyfish again: they are my terror when I dive into the water.

And now I propose this short video of Il Volo with Alexa (voice assistant), very nice, Ignazio Piero and Gianluca spoke with Alexa and now they listen to their messages recorded in all the Alexas in Italy.

For one day, anyone in Italy who has Alexa can listen to the voices of Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca directly in their home, I have Alexa and I did it, it was exciting. 🥰

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IGNAZIO= Alexa good morning.

ALEXA= Good morning, today is a truly incredible day, the three guys from Il Volo came to visit me in my cloudy sky.
I’ll leave the microphone to you, the stage is all yours!

IGNAZIO= Good morning everyone, we wanted to thank you for all the support and love you sent us during the festival.

PIERO= We came by to say hello and to tell you that our new Sanremo single, Capolavoro, is contained in our first new album of unreleased songs entitled AD ASTRA

GIANLUCA= And it will be released on March 29th. We can’t wait for you to listen to it. We’ll talk to you very soon, but in the meantime you can continue listening to Capolavoro.

ALEXA= Legendary!!
If you want to listen to it, ask me: Play Capolavoro!

Little thing, while yet another car advertisement was scrolling on TV, something caught my attention…..but of course, the background music is Capolavoro!!

And now this final gem, when Il Volo was at Iene, recorded this reading of comments on Il Volo. This video was published by Le Iene now and it is truly hilarious. I think Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio had no idea what they were supposed to read, because their reaction is really big laughter, and it’s nice to see them so self-deprecating. There’s a lot to laugh about!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

I translate for you!!

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1) GIANLUCA= Great those of Il Volo who carry the name of Italy high in the world. My favorite is Ethan, but Damiano isn’t bad either…. (these are the names of two of Maneskin’s singers) 🤣🤣🤣

We also have Victoria (the female guitarist of Maneskin…. but it’s Ignazio), look how she has changed! 😂😂😂

PIERO= Our version of Victoria 😂🤣

2) IGNAZIO= One thing in four, with those of Il Volo…..can it be done or VOLO (flight) with the imagination?? 😂😂😂

No! Fly (in Italian: vola) away, no, no…..😂😂😂

3) PIERO= But since Il Volo is so popular abroad…..why do we want it back??🤣🤣🤣

We have an Italian passport!🤣🤣🤣

4) GIANLUCA=

Gianluca the handsome 😍
Piero the good 🥰
Ignazio the bastard 😱
When I see them I need the defibrillator. 🤣😂🤣

PIERO= No, you need an ophthalmologist 😂🤣😂

5) PIERO= Can I get engaged to Il Volo?
In the sense that I get engaged to each of the three in turn? Are you jealous?😍😂

IGNAZIO= I would be busy, so no. 😉

GIANLUCA= I’m here in the summer (in the sense that he’s available in the summer) 😂

PIERO= Me all year round. 🤣

6) I+P= My favorite band? IL Volo
My favorite writer? Fabio Volo (an Italian writer)
My biggest fear? The flight (Il volo in Italian)
Are you saying I have a problem?

PIERO= Yes. 😂

GIANLUCA= I would say yes.😂

7) IGNAZIO= Il Volo is about to disband…..?I want to hear a loud NO from the chest!

PIERO= This thing has come out that Il Volo is breaking up, I don’t know who spread it, but it’s not true. 🙄 Where are we going alone?  👏

IGNAZIO= I’m just telling you that the wind takes words away, the facts remain. The facts: we are together. 👏👏👏

GIANLUCA= And we are not facts. (play on the pun) 😂😂😂

8) GIANLUCA= But do you think Il Volo was annoyed by Angelina Mango’s victory? (lei è la vincitrice di Sanremo) In my opinion, yes! 😁😤😤

PIERO= He nods his head. 😁

IGNAZIO= We didn’t get angry because she won, but because someone else won and not us! 🤪😤

GIANLUCA= No it’s not true, it’s not true, it’s not true, because otherwise people think: “presumptuous, they always want to win” 😂😂

IGNAZIO= Yes, yes yes!! 😂

PIERO= But if you wanted to win…(to Gianluca)  😁

GIANLUCA= It’s not true! 🙄

IGNAZIO= We argue again, so then they say we broke up!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

There are many appointments in the next few days for Il Volo, intense days of commitments and therefore there will be many posts to read.

Stay with us, we will try to satisfy all your curiosities.

See you soon:

Daniela 🤗

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