Certainly this interview with Verissimo had not been planned, because Il Volo was supposed to be on a promotional tour in China, which however has been postponed for the moment and therefore having some time available before leaving for Japan, Sunday 21 April (recorded on day before) we managed to have this last appearance on Canale 5 on Verissimo, the beautiful program hosted by the talented and kind Silvia Toffanin.
Here is the full video that I translate for you.
SILVIA= They are three wonderful voices, Piero Ignazio and Gianluca: IL Volo. (The boys enter to the tune of Capolavoro).
Welcome back.
IGNAZIO= How are you?
SILVIA= Well and you? Piero, is everything okay?
Welcome back to Verissimo. How beautiful.
PIERO= It’s always nice to see you.
SILVIA= Thank you. (they sit)
How is it going? How are you guys?
IGNAZIO= That’s fine.
SILVIA= Is that okay? I see you in good shape.
PIERO= Very happy.
GIANLUCA= Today I wanted to be dressed a bit like you, did you see? We are two and two.
SILVIA= Two couples.
GIANLUCA= Let’s play doubles in tennis.
SILVIA= 15 years together..
PIERO= In a few days….in four days…
IGNAZIO= Not long left…
SILVIA= How have these 15 years been?
IGNAZIO= Well, it’s been 15 years, it’s 15 beautiful years, of sharing, of experiences, of personal and artistic growth, let’s say we can’t complain, that’s it.
SILVIA= An album AD ASTRA was released which is a beautiful name, what does this title mean?
IGNAZIO= There wasn’t one, we thought AD ASTRA…😂😂
PIERO= We were inspired by the phrase PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, through hardships and difficulties, great goals are achieved. Maybe we can’t talk about great sacrifices, because in everyday life we all face beautiful moments and less beautiful moments, but I believe that in the end it’s the journey that makes you enjoy the arrival. Perhaps this is also our strength, that of working every day for an event, for a concert, for a particular event, and then immediately think about the next one.
SILVIA= You never stop, do you..
GIANLUCA= No, because great results are achieved only with great sacrifices, nothing comes with minimal effort, which is the aim of this album which tells what we have become today after 15 years, we started when we were teenagers and therefore it is normal that perhaps the contents, the thoughts have changed and today we needed to record our first album of unreleased songs after a career, let’s say, based on covers, therefore on the successes of others, the songs of our tradition and therefore we are very proud of this project which began precisely from the Sanremo festival.
SILVIA= Which is truly a Capolavoro! Which by the way is the song that is contained….
PIERO= Yes, did you like it?
SILVIA= Very much! How have these 15 years been, how have you evolved Ignazio?
IGNAZIO= Definitely starting…
SILVIA= ….as kids…
IGNAZIO= …..as kids, having to share everything with two other people is not easy, especially…..
PIERO= Come on, it’s not easy, it’s beautiful…..
IGNAZIO= ……it’s not easy, it’s the truth, it’s beautiful, but it’s not easy and therefore in these 15 years we have also learned to live together, to understand each other and to clash….
PIERO= We have learned to tolerate you…
IGNAZIO= ….and from the clashes you have learned to tolerate me, because I tolerate you two..
SILVIA= Exactly, you see!
GIANLUCA= Support, even when….
IGNAZIO= Yes, it’s more tolerate than support, but…..(in Italian it’s almost a play on words: sopporto-supporto = tolerate-support)
PIERO= Do you understand that today I had to tell him to shave? He was coming here with a bum like that and I told him. “But take the razor and shave.”
SILVIA= Why?
Are you in a white phase?
GIANLUCA= A Can Jaman phase (a beautiful Turkish actor with a beard very famous here in Italy)
IGNAZIO= No, it was a bit of protest…
SILVIA= But towards them?
IGNAZIO= But no, it’s to be a non-conformist.
PIERO= He shaved his beard twenty minutes ago in the dressing room.
SILVIA= Is he in Turkish version?
GIANLUCA = Exactly!
SILVIA= He (Ignazio) is Can Yaman (Turkish actor) and you (Gianluca) are Timothée Chalamet (actor from Dune, very famous).…
GIANLUCA = “De noi altri”….(dialect phrase meaning – of us others – is a way to reduce the comparison made by Silvia)
SILVIA= ….and you (Piero)...
PIERO= I can say…
IGNAZIO= Sorry, wait (to Piero)….who am I?
SILVIA= You are Can Yaman! He said it (Gianluca)
IGNAZIO= Can… who? 😳😳
SILVIA= He’s a Turkish actor. A bit like Antonio Banderas but better.
GIANLUCA= You met him in Venice.
IGNAZIO= I would be….
SILVIA= Like Banderas and Timothée Chalamet (Gianluca).
PIERO= Piero Barone, don’t worry, I like it, they won’t take me etc.
GIANLUCA= He doesn’t want replacement, as Battiato (Italian singer) said: “I don’t work on replacing myself”.
PIERO= I am looking for the best part of myself.
GIANLUCA= Exactly, that’s right!
IGNAZIO= But what is this, Psychology, or is it still VERISSIMO?? 😂😂😂
SILVIA= It’s: VERISSIMO but very psychological!!
But how do we get into arguments, bickering….
GIANLUCA= Every day…
PIERO= How nice it is to hear people talk:
“IL VOLO IS DIVIDED” oh my…
SILVIA= But do you realise? A shock!!
PIERO= But what happened!!
SILVIA= Worse than Albano and Romina (two very famous Italian singers, husband and wife who are now separated both in life and in their career). This could be devastating!
PIERO= A national case!!
IGNAZIO= What happened? (he pretends not to know anything).
SILVIA= Did you separate and come to say it today?
GIANLUCA= I say one thing, being together every day, you forget that there are cameras and this shows that we are always ourselves, and that episode happened on the radio but….
IGNAZIO= But why is there so much confidence…
SILVIA= Between the two of you?
IGNAZIO= I wasn’t there….when I’m not there….
PIERO= Ask him where he was, ask him (Ignazio) where he was.
SILVIA= Where were you?
IGNAZIO= I fell asleep…
SILVIA= Ah, he wasn’t there!
IGNAZIO= But you see, when I’m not there everything happens!
GIANLUCA= He is a latecomer, he is an impressive latecomer…
SILVIA= But then you two made peace…
PIERO= A first plan please??
SILVIA = Close up for Piero!!
PIERO= IL VOLO DOESN’T DIVIDE, FORGET IT, RESIGN YOURSELF. 👏👏👏
GIANLUCA= In reality we didn’t want to argue, absolutely, but even if that were the case, we’re okay with it. Imagine if there were cameras inside all Italians’ homes, imagine how many people argue without cameras.
SILVIA= You’re right.
IGNAZIO= But then there is such confidence between us that we can allow ourselves to say everything.
SILVIA= It’s an arranged marriage, some of you said this.
GIANLUCA= Well, it’s still a marriage, even if marriages are some compromises, you sacrifice a little “your individuality” to give it to others. They are compromises but for us….
IGNAZIO= Then you sacrifice yourself….
GIANLUCA= In the sense that in any case it is clear, when there is a success like this, and there is a constant love from the public that has supported us for so long…..
PIERO= But the lady just said (a woman from the audience):
“Ignazio you are unique”…..and the other two????? 😂😂
GIANLUCA= the other two nothing….😁
SILVIA= But because there are groups, there are fanbases of Ignazio, Gianluca, and Piero who I see as silent on this topic, do you want to comment too? Arranged marriage but then you fell in love in the end?
IGNAZIO= But who??? 😳🤣🤣
PIERO= The three of us???😳
IGNAZIO= But who’s sorry?? 😂
SILVIA= It was born as an arranged marriage, Gianluca’s definition, right?
GIANLUCA= They put us together, yes yes….
SILVIA= They put you together, then in the end you fell in love, I mean, you had a good time together…
IGNAZIO= But no, we “ci vogliamo bene” (“love each other…”),
SILVIA= You love each other, period!
(for us Italians, “volere bene” is different from loving, “volere bene” means having a lot of affection towards someone, but love is only towards one’s partner).
IGNAZIO= We’re fine…. let’s not spread ourselves. (he means let’s not exaggerate)
PIERO= There is a lot of respect, well, I believe that respect, above all respecting the private life of each of us, I believe is the greatest way to demonstrate love towards another person, in this case two other people.
SILVIA= So you manage, even when you are always together, to have moments of solitude, alone?
IGNAZIO= Absolutely.
SILVIA= You’re not always stuck together.
IGNAZIO= No, no. I personally am always the one who seeks solitude the most.
SILVIA= Loneliness…
IGNAZIO= But because I feel good in my solitude. Then in life you change, you meet and then you feel like sharing your loneliness with someone special and therefore it becomes an extended loneliness!
SILVIA= Which we will talk about later, in the meantime this is my gift to you for your 15th birthday, practically half of your life.
PIERO= Exactly half of our life.
IGNAZIO= You understand, don’t you?
SILVIA= I understand. Yes.
(a video starts with various fragments of Il Volo’s career)
VOICE= Taking flight (in italian Il Volo) to transform destiny into the symphony of immense success.
GIANLUCA in video= We started when we were 14 years old, we met at the same time in the same place and our musical journey began from there.
VOICE= since that meeting Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero have never stopped, starting a story that has never known boundaries.
THREE VOICES ONE SOUL, THIS IS IL VOLO (it is said in Spanish)
The unstoppable talent of this trio was able to excite the whole world.
From 2009 to today, an incredible career, made up of sincere affection, applause and dozens of awards.
Il Volo has truly opened its wings wherever it wanted, between collaborations with the greatest and breathtaking performances on memorable stages and as international stars they have also triumphed in Italy.
From Sanremo to Saremo, they have shown the versatile talent of those who know how to evolve while always remaining faithful to their essence.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca hold firm to the values of an entire life.
IGNAZIO in video = We support each other, we help each other. ❤️
VOICE = They transform every day on stage, in a place where distances are canceled out in a single, infinite applause.
PIERO= In the end the common goal of all three is always Il Volo! ❤️
SILVIA= How wonderful!!
PIERO= Wow.
SILVIA= How beautiful! How many things.
PIERO= You have told a lot, in just a few seconds, but it is all incredible and perhaps the goal of all three is really to never lose this enthusiasm. In the end, in everything you do you must always find the enthusiasm to do things, whether big or small, but if you lose your enthusiasm I think you have stopped living, everything we have seen we have done with extreme enthusiasm and we can’t wait to leave, we will leave tomorrow for Japan, we will go on tour for two weeks and I already know that personally I will never feel alone, because we will all three go on a tour in the East experiencing the same emotions, listening to the same applause …
IGNAZIO= Wait while I read it to you (the Japan tour poster written in Japanese has appeared, Ignazio imitates Japanese speech) 😂😂
PIERO= ……and then think, what is the most beautiful part of Il Volo? Now we have two weeks of tour in Japan, then we will return to Italy and land directly in Verona to do three evenings on Canale 5…
SILVIA= Yes, how beautiful!! 🥰🥰🥰
PIERO= ….we have to face a mountain, three evenings are different from each other, but we know that it will go well…
SILVIA= And then there is always the relationship with your origins, I know that you have always maintained a bond with the land where you come from..
IGNAZIO= Don’t let him advertise Abruzzo, everything he says Abruzzo Abruzzo, Abruzzo…😁
SILVIA= He cares…
IGNAZIO= Maria (exclamation)
PIERO= Our origins are our safe haven, what makes us maintain contact with reality, because sometimes, some experiences can distract you a little…..
SILVIA= Especially when young..
PIERO= ….instead when you come home with people who love you for who you are, because they saw you grow up, I think this is the greatest privilege, all three…
SILVIA= But who knows what kind of shit they’ll do to you when you get home…
PIERO= No! They respect our everyday life. They also got used to this, they got used to it. It’s clear that after the Sanremo festival, they are all proud, but for all three, in our villages, he (Gianluca) lives in Montepagano in a village of … how many are you?
GIANLUCA= 300 souls.
PIERO= I live in the village of Naro in Sicily, it really is our home.
SILVIA= You have told a lot about yourself, you have all told a lot about yourselves, let’s see your emotions, then we have some arguments….
IGNAZIO= My goodness!
PIERO= I’ll leave him with you alone!
SILVIA= You too dear….
(another nice video starts)
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VOICE= The voice of the singer seeks within itself the depth of an emotion to give to the listener. The most authentic feelings that become a single melody.
IGNAZIO in video = We lived the most important moments of life together and we grew up together, that’s it. ❤️
VOICE = United, thanks to those who were able to see a different light in them from an early age.
PIERO in video= My grandfather Pietro and my father discovered my voice, he never stopped believing in me.❤️
GIANLUCA= A mother, a brother, a father, a grandfather, will always wait for you. ❤️
VOICE = Together as a family, even in the face of the greatest pain.
IGNAZIO in video= I haven’t lost my father, my father is always with me, well, I like to think like that. He was my father but it’s a bit like he was everyone’s father.
Your Love is a song that means a lot to us, also because we performed in Sanremo three days after my father’s death. 🙏❤️
PIERO in video= Ignazio taught us a lot and I have to thank him for this, he is a strong man and we love him so much. ❤️
GIANLUCA in video= In my opinion, beautiful things are always born from pain. .
VOICE= And it is love that makes the strings of three souls united by the same profound values ring.
GIANLUCA in video= Love conquers all. 😍
PIERO in video= I see a beautiful future with children, in my opinion that is the reason for living. 😍
VOICE= To continue to grow, and to give everyone a new voice to today’s dreams.
IGNAZIO in video= It’s those things that happen to me once in a lifetime, when you meet a person who gives you the feeling that time stops, I no longer need anything else. ❤️❤️
IGNAZIO= (happy but embarrassed, gets up) Oh, hi, grazie mille!
Thanks (to the public)
Silvia it was a pleasure, see you next time.
SILVIA= No, dear, stay, stay, because love is a wonderful thing, right?
IGNAZIO= Love is a simple thing.
SILVIA= Who do I start with?
PIERO= From me definitely.
IGNAZIO= From Gianluca, start from Gianluca.
SILVIA= From Gianluca.
IGNAZIO = every two years we come and there is the bulletin.
GIANLUCA= It starts with you. It starts with you who are experiencing beautiful things, you have made a very important decision in life, eh!
IGNAZIO= What do you want to know?
SILVIA= Gianluca is helping me, you’ve made an important decision, why, is there a wedding or am I wrong?
IGNAZIO= Who, when, what’s happening??
SILVIA= Piero right? Are you invited to the wedding?
GIANLUCA= Do you forget?
PIERO= I accompanied him to buy the ring.
SILVIA=Did you accompany him?
PIERO= My goodness, what an effort!
SILVIA= Tell me!
PIERO= Anxiety, I had everyone….😳
IGNAZIO= But you were anxious, not me! 😁
SILVIA= For the proposal?
PIERO= I was more anxious than him! I swear.
SILVIA= You two alone?
PIERO= Alone.
SILVIA= In the jewelry store.
PIERO= The shop closed, in a private room, and I had to give advice…
IGNAZIO= Because I had quite clear ideas:
“Piero, I have to buy this, I’ve already seen it, I want this.”
PIERO= We went together because he (Gianluca) lives in Abruzzo, we both live in Bologna, so he called me, “Will you come with me?”
SILVIA=And did you accompany him?
PIERO= Yes and no one knew. If he tells me that no one knows, I won’t even tell my brother. So I’ll let you imagine the effort I had, because I also find myself in difficulty, it’s a new experience for me to advise a friend which ring to get, I don’t know, do what you want.
IGNAZIO= Because I had to make him try it: “Piero, let’s see how it goes”.
PIERO= He made me try it.
SILVIA= You also did the proposal simulation.
IGNAZIO= No, no. But they are those moments that you share with a friend, an important person… we shared joys and sorrows, he was in Bologna, so who better to share this moment with than Piero and so I said: “Will you accompany me”, we spoke, we saw each other…..and yes, I’m getting married, I won’t tell you when, because obviously we are doing something intimate, very private, restricted, and what more do you want to know??
SILVIA= The bride’s name is Michelle.
IGNAZIO= Her name is Michelle.
SILVIA= It’s beautiful…
IGNAZIO= Yes, she is very intelligent, above all.
SILVIA= Here you see.
PIERO= Very good.
IGNAZIO= I can tell you that I think that any person reaches a certain point in life where…. we are three kids who have lived, fortunately life has led us to have both emotional and economic stability, and therefore I have always been the most dreamy one in the family, having a family, creating a family and when you meet a person who has the same wishes as you and who in any case has the same pleasure of facing and living life and growing together in life, there is no more beautiful step what can I say ok, let’s live it together, let’s grow together. 😍😍
SILVIA= What magic you are experiencing!
IGNAZIO= Yes. I’m very happy, I’m fine.
SILVIA= Is your mother happy?
IGNAZIO= Yes, well it’s normal, I think like any mother, right?
SILVIA= You obviously introduced her to him.
IGNAZIO= Yes, yes, yes!
SILVIA= And you? (to Gianluca)
GIANLUCA= So, there is a very nice thing, because one of the last times I came here, when you review the video from the past, there is a sort of judgment that you can give to yourself, because with a lot of unconsciousness I told you :
“Come on, I’ll be back in two years and nothing will have changed”
SILVIA= Exactly.
GIANLUCA= Because then in that moment it is always nice to think that things last forever, when in reality everything can change, we change continuously, therefore, even the people who are with us in that moment can take a different path, or the things can also end.
So today, with a little less recklessness, I can tell you that things have changed, but I think it’s really important…..
IGNAZIO= I knew it, I said it.
GIANLUCA= …..that before making any decision about how I live my life, work on yourself, on self-love. Because love is an act where you have to abandon the ego, possession, jealousy, there are things where it is important to maintain a certain freedom from this point of view, because we do not possess anyone, and therefore over time, especially when we are little ones we don’t know what we want and we don’t know how to manage feelings like love which is one of the most important feelings in life and therefore there is personal growth and I have to tell you that right now I’m very happy and I’m loving, which is the main thing .
SILVIA= But who? But yourself or someone?
IGNAZIO= Himself, always.
SILVIA= Always.
GIANLUCA= I have to tell you that…
SILVIA= I didn’t understand, sorry…..
IGNAZIO= You understood very well, but no…..
SILVIA= So it ended up with the girl with whom….
GIANLUCA= I’m loving and that’s the beauty of it, I can’t tell you anything else but I’m in a phase where, from that point of view, it’s giving me a lot of serenity and helps you live everyday life in a lighter way .
IGNAZIO= Exactly what I wanted to say, which is what’s important to understand, “forever” doesn’t exist, it exists today, so today I want to live as well as tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow and that’s the fundamental thing .
SILVIA= (to Piero) Don’t be vague, you’re being vague, you’re looking around. Apart from the marathon, apart from running, is there room in your life for love?
IGNAZIO= He runs away, that’s why he runs, he runs away.
SILVIA= While running, maybe you meet someone running.
PIERO= No, that day when they explained this topic at school (love) I was absent.
SILVIA= It’s not true, so you’re alone?
PIERO= Oh yes!
SILVIA= You are alone and you run alone.
PIERO= So, I have to tell you that it’s such a delicate topic, that if you go looking (for love) you can’t find it, so if it comes, it will come on its own.
SILVIA= In the meantime, will you sing it, here it is, where are you? At the New York Marathon? (there is a photo of Piero)
PIERO= Yes.
SILVIA= At the New York marathon, like Gianni Morandi (Italian singer).
PIERO= I did it now, in November.
SILVIA= Recently.
PIERO= It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life, it was a great goal achieved.
SILVIA= I imagine so.
PIERO= Yes because it was during the tour in Europe and South America, so between the tour and the travel I had to include training.
SILVIA= The training sessions.
PIERO= Now we have two years of touring all over the world, I promised myself not to participate in any marathon, we have to concentrate because doing a tour like the one that awaits us in Europe, in the East, 22 dates in Italy, that’s five marathons put together .
SILVIA= So now you’re off to Japan.
PIERO= I do the calendar part.
SILVIA= Go!
PIERO= The East in Japan, two weeks, we return with 4 concerts at the Verona Arena and 22 summer dates in Italy, then we will leave on tour in Europe: Madrid, Paris, Barcelona….
GIANLUCA= If you need a travel agency we are here because we can advise you on any…
SILVIA= Then there are three evenings on Canale 5 very soon to see…
PIERO= Yes, in May.
SILVIA= In May.
PIERO= We can’t say the dates but in May.
SILVIA= Soon, we’ll be there.
PIERO= We are about to arrive.
SILVIA= At this point, have a good trip guys.
PIERO= We already have the list of guests who will come on these evenings.
SILVIA= They will be super…
PIERO= We will surprise you, we thank you, we thank the guests, but above all I wanted to thank, and it’s not a figure of speech, but our audience who allowed us to celebrate 15 incredible years…
SILVIA= It’s true!
PIERO= If I had to really describe the term LOYALTY, I would associate it with our audience. 🥰
SILVIA= Who loves you immensely.
Thank you.
Congratulations (to Ignazio).
IGNAZIO= Grazie mille…
SILVIA= Happy wedding, happy tour, happy everything, long live Il Volo!
(final greetings, kisses, hugs)
But that’s not all, because a couple of days before Verissimo, Il Volo was interviewed by Malcom Pagani for an episode of THEY SAY ABOUT YOU. It’s an audio interview, but listen to it and turn on the subtitles.
DICONO DI TE
And then there is this beautiful interview published by the Repubblica newspaper. Nice questions asked by Silvia Fumarola, to which, as always, Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio responded with great sincerity.
Il Volo: They told us we were crazy because we were talking about meetings with the stars. Now let’s shut up.
Money is used to make loved ones happy, but beware if you become a victim. And we tell you our fears…
They don’t argue but discuss, they repeat that their passion for music unites them. They were teenagers when the group was formed in 2009, they all took part in the show TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE with Antonella Clerici.
Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble became Il Volo.
Fifteen years have passed, several world tours, they were the only Italians invited by Quincy Jones to “We are the world for Haiti in 2010”, they won the Sanremo Festival in 2015 with Grande Amore, sold over 20 million records and sung before the Pope.
As Vasco Rossi put it, “I’m still here”. (Vasco Rossi is an Italian singer, a phrase from his song says: I’m still here).
They grew up different in character, with their own dreams.
They have published AD ASTRA, ALL FOR ONE awaits them, the event concerts at the Verona Arena, on 9,11,12 and 13 May, the first three evenings on Canale 5.
The tour will continue until September, on 8 June at the Baths of Caracalla, on 4 July in Piazza S. Marco in Venice, in October a stop in the European capitals, in 2025 the United States, Canada and Latin America await them.
So you guys fight too. How are things?
IGNAZIO= Like all groups in this world we discuss, we have different ideas. A good thing, it helps to avoid being monotonous.
GIANLUCA= After Sanremo we had a lot of visibility. We have to be more careful, always with the cameras pointed.
PIERO= If there were cameras in Italians’ homes, who knows what would come out…..
What do you disagree with?
PIERO= Ignazio on how Gianluca and I dress.
IGNAZIO= Can I have different tastes?
GIANLUCA= We have changed. Sometimes you have to take risks to get what you never had, you can’t stay the same. There is comparison but let’s try to understand the other.
And what unites you?
PIERO= We respect the private lives of each of us. What unites us is the fact that we know what is best for Il Volo. For example, in ALL FOR ONE concerts everyone sings the musical genre that best reflects them, Il Volo are three personalities.
What if you had to define yourself?
PIERO= In my opinion the way we define ourselves is different from how others see us. We are never one thing, I am rational, but not only that.
GIANLUCA= Sensitive, at times instinctive. There are people you’ve known for years who never get to know you. It is also possible that a relationship that remained infantile was created between us, we met as children. It’s difficult to discover the other because there’s no intimate sphere, there’s always work involved.
IGNAZIO= I think I’m instinctive.
What scares you?
PIERO= What can happen tomorrow. And lose the urge to know the world, the curiosity.
GIANLUCA= It scares me to live without knowing who I am. Success is a consequence, but if I make money as an artist and don’t express my true essence, it’s not good.
IGNAZIO= Waking up in the morning knowing I can’t eat: diets. The real fear is losing enthusiasm.
The relationship with money?
IGNAZIO= They count. We don’t have the problem of making ends meet, we are very lucky. I enjoy life and have great respect for money. Many young people don’t have a passion, just the idea of becoming a millionaire.
GIANLUCA= I don’t consider myself materialistic, if a thief were to come to my house he wouldn’t find anything to say back. Collecting watches or cars doesn’t belong to me. I don’t spend 5 thousand euros on a bottle in a nightclub, it seems immoral to me when there are people who earn that money in five months. I spend it on travel, books, anything that enriches me as a person.
PIERO= I see them as a means to a comfortable life, and above all to make the wishes of loved ones come true. We must recognize the value of money, and never become its victims.
The most surprising encounter?
GIANLUCA= The one with De Gregori and Venditti (Italian singer-songwriters), unforgettable. To think that I listened to them in the car with my dad, we established a friendship, they told me about their lives, what inspired them in the writing process.
PIERO= The meeting with Woody Allen in New York didn’t seem real to me. And when I found myself singing “O sole mio” with Djokovic.
IGNAZIO= Barbra Streisand, life teacher. We only did one tour together, but the simplicity and dedication with which she does things have remained with me. Natural perfection.
Always traveling around the world, how do you maintain a sense of reality? Do you do the shopping?
IGNAZIO= I like it a lot, the absurd thing is when they look at me: is it him? I feel good at home, that’s my normality: I almost never go out.
Ignazio, is it true that you are getting married?
IGNAZIO= Yes. But I won’t say where or when.
Let’s go back to shopping.
PIERO= I exaggerate in everything, I see and buy with my eyes first.
GIANLUCA= I go to the supermarket, of course, and they look at me but only if I’m out. In Montepagano, my town in Abruzzo, no one stops, we all know each other.
For years you have had the reputation of being unpleasant: have you ever wondered why?
IGNAZIO= Abroad you have unique experiences, we found ourselves with Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, and maybe sometimes we made mistakes too.
In what sense?
PIERO= For us it was nice to share our life. We no longer say what we experienced in detail so as not to appear conceited or presumptuous. If we keep quiet, maybe it’s better.
GIANLUCA= We suffered because we started our career abroad, for us the saying “Nemo propheta in patria” applies. To demonstrate what we were doing, the problem was ostentation. They asked us: who do you see, what are you doing? And we said that we had met the big stars. We went to the festival and won. Too many things at once. Today we have grown, we are more mature.
Do you have a goal?
PIERO= We have our audience, mothers see us as children.
For me, making young people passionate about lyrical pop.
IGNAZIO= Conquer people of our age with our songs.
GIANLUCA= Do better. Success came early, never take it for granted.
Ever dreamed of waking up as a soloist?
P+I+G= (in chorus) NO
IGNAZIO= We don’t even get to Fiumicino alone!
These three interviews are really interesting, every time we discover something new about them and every time they amaze us with their mature answers and their simplicity and genuineness.
This is all for now, meanwhile our tireless Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio have arrived in Japan, the tour is starting!!!
A presto: Daniela 🤗
Maestro Rota traveled with IL VOLO to Japan.
But since today is April 25th, and it is exactly 15 years since Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca performed “O Sole mio” together for the first time at TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE, and they were not yet Il Volo, we want to give them our best wishes for a happy continuation of this beautiful and long career!!!
BUON ANNIVERSARIO:
IL VOLO 15 ANNI INSIEME ❤️
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Gracias Daniela, leyéndote encuentro la mejor forma de seguir su carrera,de encontrar en tus crónicas todo por lo cual los admiro,de entender aún más todo ese talento y la emoción que generan tantas y tan hermosas emociones.
Luz, tus palabras siempre son tan amables. ¡Conocer mejor a Piero, Ignazio y Gianluca siempre es un privilegio!
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Luz, your words are always so kind. Getting to know Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca better is always a privilege!
They have enriched so many lives. They don’t know just how much of a gift, to their fans, they really are. A true phenomenon.
Actually Mark, I really don’t know if they realize how much their fans like them, not only because they are undoubtedly good singers, but also for their human qualities.
Another masterpiece, Daniela & Pat. Perhaps it is just me but I relish knowing the details of who they are. I don’t need to know private details.. only those things that open their hearts to us. I think they have gone far not only because of their amazing talent but because they have always shown respect to their fans of all ages. Your messages meet my interests and calm my never ending questions that circulate in my head! 😂grazieeee & thank you!!! ❤️❤️
Thanks Judy. I feel as you do. I love hearing what the guys think about everything in their lives. It is a real insight into who they are. 💗
Thanks for the compliments Judy and I think you are absolutely right, they have gone far thanks to their talent and also due to the respect of their fans. They were very humble and sensitive kids and they became men maintaining the same characteristics.
See you in Verona!!
Daniela and Pat, this one was especially enjoyable.
And I’d really like to know about that shirt Gianluca was wearing. Wow! He keeps surprising me with his clothes.
I’m glad you liked this post, Gail. Daniela did a wonderful job on it! 😃 I think what Gianluca wears surprises all of us from time to time!
Gail what can I say, I also really like Gianluca’s shirt, yes he amazes us with his way of dressing, in Sanremo maybe he was a little too eccentric, now I like him a lot. I don’t know who the designer of that shirt is, but as soon as I know I’ll let you know.
Agreed 100% on the shirt and his pearl necklace. A very refreshing and elegant look. It’s such a beautiful look,
Thank you Daniela. The guys are so generous in sharing their thoughts, emotions and dreams with us. They share so much that is going on in their lives and we learn so much more about them in these interviews. I love the respect they have for each other. I laughed at Piero and Ignazio describing the ring event. With those two it would have been fun to watch. I wish them all the best in all their upcoming concerts.
Cathy, it is truly a great gift that Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca give to us fans in these interviews, putting so much sincerity in what they say, as well as so much maturity.
Yes, the scene of Piero and Ignazio at the jeweler’s is truly unique!
Thanks again Daniela ,they all ways speak from the heart ,i am glad Ignazio has found his true love and hope they will be very happy ,i wish Piero would find his but being on tour is very hard ,they have a long tour and i wish them all the very best ,regards
Pamela, you can see from Ignazio’s look and you can hear from his voice that he is happy, he has found the woman for him, his love and we are happy for him, true love will come for Gianluca and Piero too!
Daniela and Pat, I was hoping to get this one after watching it and struggling with my limited Italian vocabulary trying to figure out what they were saying! And thanks also for the other interviews too–always a treat getting your posts!!🤗
You’re most welcome, Judi! 😊
Judi is always a pleasure for me too and I have to tell you that every time I am amazed by their answers, what can I say, I love them!!
Daniela – and Pat – what a fantastic piece you have prepared for us here. Bravo! 3 so absolutely different interviews refreshing our knowledge, enlightening us with new facts and not the least clearly underlining that IL VOLO considts of three outstanding guys all very bright, smart, educated, polite, respectful, well spoken and with beautiful souls and hearts of gold. Something very rare these days – or really out of this world. They need to be applauded in all aspects. In spite of having lived a life that most singers/stars can only dream of – they have managed to stay grounded and never lost themselves. 3 totally different individuals merged into a single soul by music.
I am almost breathless having just listeed to not the least the Chora Interview that reeveals so much of their personalities while likewise clearly proving how much they respect and accept their differeces and as they have lately likewise stated over and over that united they are strong. While I do normally enjoy the Veressimo intervviews this one turns out like a thin cup of tea next to the following two interviews that digs a lot deeper and give us a lot more of the genuine, true IL VOLO guys. Of course it is always wonderful to experience them joking and teasing each other – and in this show it feels good to see Ignazio not just looking more handsome than ever but with a sparkle in his eyes so big that it is so obvious that he has found love and it means a million to him. Gianluca slides off the girl-friend issue elegantly but also leaving not just the hostess but likewise me with a question, what does he really mean? He holds the cards close to himself with the airy reply that he is in love… I think he means that he has started to love and accept himself fully following several years of low self esteem and a need for constant confirmation from his fans. Maybe I am wrong and he means something quite differently?
In the third interview I couldn’t avoid getting a big smile on my face leaning of Piero’s excitement assisting Ignazio in picking out the right ring for Michelle. And keeping it a deep secret. It was so cute :-). The Chora interview I did truly enjoy being a lot more profound. I need to re-see it as the text was difficult to read as they spoke so fast – especially Gianluca – so I hadn’t finished reading the line before the next came up. And there are references to artists of whom I am not familiar – but I found the interview of great interest as it gives a picture of their inner thoughts and visions for the future and a lot more. So if you haven’t taken the time yet to listen to it, I can only advise you all to do so. It is lengthy but absolutely worth the while to get aquainted with.
Thanks Daniela and Pat for yet an epic article – I am so appreciative of your many hours of work to give us these great experiences. Warmest regards and hugs – Kirsten
Kirsten, it is always my pleasure to help Daniela get these stories and translations to everyone! 😊
Kirsten, the Chora interview was a great source of news and validation. Deep questions with exhaustive and equally profound as well as sincere answers, really well done.
You’ll want to listen to it several times because there are many details to discover.
Verissimo is always a pleasant show, thanks also to Silvia’s friendliness and elegance.
In the last interview I really liked Piero Ignazio and Gianluca’s respect for money, they come from humble families and have made the most of hard times and therefore now they are not guys who squander what they have and on the contrary, they think of the people who struggle to get to the end of the month.
Piero was really embarrassed to have to recommend an engagement ring, what a laugh.
Thank you Daniela and Pat for translating and posting these beautiful and interesting interviews. I wish Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca wonderful celebration of their 15 anniversary, they deserve all the best and I wish them that with all my heart. In two weeks I will be again in Verona, I’m so excited. Hugs and see you in Arena di Verona, I hope 😍😘
You’re welcome, Jolanta! Have fun in Verona! 😊
Jolanta, it’s very close to Verona, but I really hope that the weather improves a bit because lately the cold has returned and honestly I wouldn’t want to see another concert in the rain…….but I know I will same!! 😁😘
Thank you ladies for all your work. I really enjoy hearing of their escapades. The ring story was just adorable. This year and next seem to be very busy for our team.
I still think that we need a Cd of solos and duets. There are so many wonderful songs. That would be nice to hear outside of YouTube. They would definitely be streamed often.
You’re most welcome, Joyce! 😀
I agree Joyce, they should make a CD of their duets, I think it would be fantastic.
Daniela and Pat, what can be said other than you really outdid yourselves on this one! I love to listen to their opinions and who they know themselves to be….it’s fascinating! I loved the sweet story of the ring, definitely a brothers thing! So thrilled for ignazio and Michelle!
I pray that Gian finds his true self soon. It has to be hard to find yourselves on a flight to stardom when you are just a child…..who am I really. I’d find it difficult to imagine that all three have at one time or another felt those growing pains and self doubt. I hope he’s getting some good council in to help him with his struggles….such a sweet young man!
The interviews were all terrific, informative and enjoyable, especially the Chora one! Thank you a thousand times thank you, really don’t know what we’d do without the two of you….Pat all the photos and videos you find are amazing and Daniela your translations and investigations are such a gift to each of us!
With great admiration and affection, Carol💖💖💖🎼🎤🤗❤️🙏☮️🕊praying for Peace in the world! Also for our guys to have a safe and healthy trip while in the East and one their way home!
You’re most welcome, Carol! I really liked this one too. Actually Daniela gathers most everything for these posts. I sometimes help her look for other videos when one won’t work here in the US (sometimes they are blocked). I mostly take everything Daniela sends to me, I read it and fix minor things or ask her about translations that are not clear to me. Then I place it all in WordPress, pretty it up and then post it. 😃 In my “other life” I was a typesetter and layout person for our printing business that my husband and I owned. I really miss doing that. Helping Daniela satisfies that need. We have great fun doing it and have become very good friends. She’s the best! 💗
I agree with you, Daniela is the best and I hope to meet her someday. Ahh, you had a business doing some of the same work you do for Daniela and us……I bet you do miss it and probably your hubby more😟! I hope we can all meet someday!😉❤️.
Pat 💖💖
Carol, thank you so much for your appreciation. 😘
Me too, Carol!! 😁
Yes Carol, this time too they amazed us with their answers, sometimes you think you know them well, but then interviews like Chora’s come along, so detailed that they make you understand their beautiful personalities even more.
Sorry I haven’t commented sooner but it has taken me three days to get through the videos and translations. I can’t imagine how long it takes you both to do your magic and get the finished product to us. Thank you so much. 💕💕 Dol.
Dolores, don’t worry about when you reply, sometimes I can’t reply right away either.
I started translating Verissimo immediately the day after the show, because certain interviews, if they are not done immediately, lose interest and in this period Il Volo has done so many interviews.
You’re welcome, Dolores! This was a great post by Daniela! Took me a while to go thru it all! 😄
Hello Pat and Daniela. How wonderful you are to put together another article for us. Thank you thank you ❤️You really help us enjoy Il Volo even more. The interviews show how they have matured but also stayed the same sweet boys from 15 years ago.
Yes Amy, the interviews demonstrate their maturity, but I have to tell you that while looking for a suitable video to celebrate their 15-year career I found some interview videos from 2009 that I had never seen and, despite their young age, they say truly remarkable things . I’ll make a post about it that we’ll publish, so if you’re curious, stay with us!!
You’re most welcome, Amy! 😊 I am pleased but not surprised that our guys have grown up, become famous and not let it go to their heads. They are still so sweet and kind.