The two concerts at the Teatro Sferisterio in Macerata, on 5 and 6 September were a great success.
I want to immediately translate for you the beautiful words of this article published after the first concert, by Marcheinfinite.
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Il Volo captivates the audience at the Sferisterio in Macerata (sold out) for over two hours of great music. Tonight 6 September we repeat / VIDEO, photos, lineup and review.
Nothing to say. They are good and the public loves them. Sold out for the first (5 September 2024) of the two dates at the Sferisterio in Macerata (tonight it is repeated and there are no tickets, including the gallery) for Il Volo: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
The tour “Tutti per Uno – Capolavoro tour” (produced by Friends & Partners), celebrates 15 years of the group’s career and friendship.
There are many songs in the setlist, but there is no shortage of moments of reflection and chats with Ignazio as the one who gets angry and the other two who tease him. The audience is there, laughs and applauds. “We have been away from Macerata for 9 years and it is an honor for us to be in this magical place”, they begin. Then Ginoble greets his family members present in the Arena and together they thank Michele Torpedine and Maurizio Tosoroni who took them to a memorable concert in the Frasassi Caves.
From young Italian revelations, today the trio boasts a consolidated international career, with hundreds of performances in the most prestigious theaters in the world and millions of records sold. More than two hours of music for a special evening, with Il Volo enchanting and exciting everyone present with a set list of songs
from the album “Ad Astra”, the first of the unreleased ones, which reflects the personal and artistic evolution of the trio – together with great successes from the Italian musical tradition and from the group’s now consolidated repertoire. And, there is no shortage of songs by Ennio Morricone. Supporting them is a large orchestra of over 40 elements.
Il Volo continues the celebrations of an important year in music: 2024 represents 15 years of career and began in February with the success of Capolavoro’, the song – certified Gold Record – presented at the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival, continued with the dates in Japan and arrived at the Verona Arena with Tutti Per Uno (a project by Michele Torpedine), three special concert events with numerous guests on Canale 5.
On the stage of the Sferisterio in Macerata the three artists, together or individually, presented a large group of evergreen songs, from My way by Frank Sinatra to La cura by Franco Battiato, from Caruso by Lucio Dalla to Who wants to live forever by Queen, to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. A tribute also to the place with an intense interpretation of Il Mondo by Jimmy Fontana. We get to the encore with Grande amore… where it all began thanks to Michele Torpedine who immediately bet on those guys.
And it is the producer who reveals the group’s next projects to us: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will be the protagonists of a tour in the main European capitals in autumn and in 2025 they will be in the USA, Canada and Latin America, while in January they will touch the sports halls of Milan, Bologna, Turin and Rome.
The Sferisterio is a very beautiful and particular theatre. I propose this beautiful video collage published in Sferisterio live, where you can also see the beauty of the theatre.
Look at the queue to enter the theatre…..we’ll enter with the people too!!
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We know the list of songs well by now so I’ll just show you a few videos.
This song is part of the new album and it is simply WONDERFUL!!! ❤️
SUCCEDE
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How many times have we heard this beautiful song, I believe that they proposed it from the first moments, but in this case it had a special flavor because Jimmy Fontana, author of this song, is a native of this area, so it was a tribute to him well appreciated by the present: IL MONDO 🥰
My goodness, how much passion Ignazio has in this song, in this short video filmed by your Michelle ❤️ ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO.
This song by Morricone is simply fantastic, with a poignant sweetness: SE ❤️
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AD ASTRA I love this piece. 🥰
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Piero, your voice becomes more and more powerful, congratulations, the studies can be seen and heard!! ❤️ AMOR VIDA DE MI VIDA
You absolutely must see this video, the song is the beautiful MISERERE, a serious song. At the top of the video it says: “Being able to be funny even during Miserere is not everyone’s thing”, in fact here too Ignazio managed to make everyone laugh and now you will understand why.
The beginning of the song is entrusted to Gianluca and these are the words that he must sing:
“But what a mystery my life is
What a mystery,
I am a sinner (and here Ignazio indicates Gianluca nodding with his hand and people laugh) from the year eighty thousand
A liar” (once again Ignazio confirms Gianluca’s words and everyone laughs)😂😂😂
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But certainly the song that received most of the positive comments of these two concerts was the new song proposed by Gianluca, the wonderful MUSIC OF THE NIGHT taken from The Phantom of the Opera. Gianluca you surpassed yourself, what a voice, what thrills, what a feeling, what an emotion.❤️❤️🔥
CLICK HERE to view the Music of the Night
Also, here are two Instagram videos if you don’t have Facebook.
But that’s not all, our Kirsten from Denmark was at her first concert and so as soon as she gets home we expect a nice report as in her style.
And then the surprises of these two concerts aren’t over, because during HERE’S TO YOU, as usual the guys dropped into the audience and Piero recognized someone in particular……but I’ll tell you in detail in a future post!! Don’t miss it.
Another very nice thing is these backstage photos. We are used to seeing Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca always perfectly dressed in their concerts but who thinks about ironing and checking their clothes? In Macerata the STOP IRONING Ironing Shop took care of this. Here are the photos of the holder backstage and her words:
“Me and IL VOLO, (Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto), a great work experience tried for the first time at the Arena Sferisterio and tomorrow it will be repeated.”
I honestly don’t know how many artists would have posed with photos together, well done our guys!!👏👏👏
And now I’ll post some photos of the concerts, there are many and all beautiful just the embarrassment of the choice.
The two concerts in Macerata are over and you will think that the boys are rightly resting, but no!!
On September 7 the boys were invited to a beautiful wedding, not that of Ignazio, but of a singer friend of theirs Arianna Bergamaschi, who had also sung Smile with them in Miami, remember?
She got married in Rome in San Pietro and also invited Il Volo as friends. Ignazio wasn’t there, he must surely be finalizing his preparations, but here are Piero and Gianluca.
Gian and Piero with some guests at the wedding.
But they also did a nice duet to cheer up the guests: MY WAY!
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TRANSLATION:
GIANLUCA= There are two of us and Ignazio obviously also greets you. We are delighted to be here for such an important event, for such a special wedding that has linked us by a friendship for more than ten years. With Arianna we shared wonderful moments, we sang together several times, with Olivier we are bound by this great esteem and friendship. We thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for the affection you show us every time and for the wonderful day you made all of us experience today. (applause)
PIERO= I wanted to thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for a gift you have given us. This year we are celebrating 15 years of our career and for the first time in 15 years we sat at two different tables (laughter) what a great gift!!
GIANLUCA= So??
PIERO= They put me at a table where they are all singers.
GIANLUCA= I am with producers, singers…
PIERO= … there is someone who sold me the impossible. He tells me Grande Amore, Grande Amore, I can’t take it anymore (ironic) Grande Amore,…… we can’t sing it, there are two of us and it’s made for three.
GIANLUCA= But we have a song in our repertoire that can be sung by two and that we all know.
(he continues in English) Is a very famous American song…..
PIERO= in Italian…
GIANLUCA= ….but there are some Americans, maybe…
PIERO= But if they are here in Italy, they make an effort to understand Italian! (laughter and applause)
GIANLUCA= So shall we sing directly?
PIERO= Let’s sing in English though! (laughter)
GIANLUCA= We didn’t do the soundcheck, without rehearsals.
ARIANNA= You are legends!!
GIANLUCA= Are you ready?
PIERO= Yes!
(My Way begins. Arianna, evidently happy with the surprise, warmly embraces Gianluca and Piero. At the end of the beautiful song, Piero goes to the man sitting at his table to make him sing the chorus of Grande Amore) 🥰😂🥰😂
But now guys go and rest because there is the last concert of the Italian summer tour!!
September 9: CASERTA
In front of the beautiful Royal Palace of Caserta, right in the park in front of the entrance, a large stage was set up and in the background of the stage there was the writing IL VOLO!!
You should know that here we are in the Campania region, we are in the Neapolitan area and therefore the song list, as you will notice, has undergone some variations, this is to make you understand how Il Volo is attentive to the preferences of the areas in which their concerts take place. 👏
NELLE TUE MANI
FUNICULÌ FUNICULÀ (This is a famous song characteristic of the Neapolitan area)
SE TELEFONANDO
E LUCEVAN LE STELLE (Piero)
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QUANNO CHIOVE
(Ignazio chose this beautiful solo by Pino Daniele because Pino is Neapolitan and much loved by the people of his area. Quanno Chiove means When It Rains and while Ignazio was singing the song it also started raining 😂)
LA CURA (Gianluca)
UN AMORE COSÌ GRANDE
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And so the Italian Summer Tour is over and I would say it was fantastic, lots and lots of people, lots of love and lots of skill!! Congratulations to Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca.💪❤️
Il Volo, on its official page, published these beautiful words:
Our summer tour has come to an end and we are still full of emotions. Every stage, every city, every stage was incredible thanks to you, who welcomed us with your warmth and energy.
We experienced moments that we will never forget. Your affection has accompanied us at every stage, and for this we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for sharing part of your summer with us. In October we will leave for the European tour, and then return to the Italian arenas from January 2025 where we can’t wait to see you all again.
This is just the beginning of new horizons to share together.
With love,
IL VOLO
❤️❤️❤️
But there is still a new commitment: on Sunday 13 September in the Arena in Verona there will be the TIM MUSIC AWARDS event where all the artists who have received results will be rewarded and Il Volo will be among them, so we will show you their performance and awards ceremony . 🥰
The next commitment will be the start of the European Tour on October 6th in London. 🎉
There are many empty days of commitments, could it be the time of the wedding between Ignazio and Michelle??? No news has been leaked but we will certainly try to inform you immediately if the event will take place. 😍😍
Michelle is getting ready, here is a video of the wedding dress fitting!! In the end Ignazio says that he doesn’t imagine anything, but one day Michelle accidentally showed him a photo and he immediately looked away……but now he sees from Michelle’s look that she is very happy!! 
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See you soon: Daniela🤗
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Daniela and Pat I was waiting for you to cover this concert because I had seen a youtube video of Gianluca singing Music of the Night. I’ve begun to find out what a voice with that range can do.
My other thought was that he was getting into Ignazio’s territory. He seems to specialize in songs sung pianissimo and then going into fortissimo. Am I using the right terms?
I’m guessing Gianluca is singing it the way it has been sung on the stages. There might be a place for him on Broadway if ((God forbid) something were to happen to IL Volo.
Thanks for bringing this to us.
You’re welcome, Gail, and yes those are the correct terms. That takes a lot of talent and breath control to be able to switch from one to the other like that! 😃
I forgot to ask if Broadway style shows are rare in Italy.
In the US it’s common to see Broadway shows in theaters all across the country.
Broadway-type shows are also held here in Italy, they are less renowned, but they exist, particularly in Milan. 😉
Gail, certainly the song MUSIC OF THE NIGHT was really enhanced by Gianluca’s performance. His voice, his interpretation, truly remarkable. I had the feeling you had, when I saw Gianluca the MAGIC NIGHT in Santa Croce in Florence, I didn’t imagine such a full and powerful voice and now he has reminded us what he is capable of! Well done Gianluca!
Absolutely beautiful rendition of Music of the Night by Gian! Such feeling and such a wonderful voice!! Waiting for more surprises from him in future. Many hugs to him, Dol. 🧡🧡
I agree Dolores, Gianluca amazed us!! 🥰
Boy I can’t agree more with all of you! I keep listening to THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT from Gian, it is definitely Broadway material….maybe while Piero sings Opera at La Scala or Lincoln Center, Gian and Igna could do some Broadway!! I get chills everytime he sings that song, it really goes right to the heart! So much passion, emotion and genuine feeling, he is special!
Wonderful article Daniela and photos Pat, I think these three are all special and precious! Thank you both once again!
Love and affection, Carol💖💖💖🎼🎤🙏☮️😘🤗❤️❤️
You’re most welcome, Carol! 😊
Carol, let’s say that if the kids were to also have solo experiences, they would most likely still have good success, but Il Volo must remain their priority, without a doubt! 😉😉
Absolutely!🤗😘🎼❤️🎤💖💖💖😉
Thank you Daniela and Pat for all the great videos and photos. It is so nice to be able to see all the beautiful places and stages the guys perform on and to see them all so full. I too agree with the incredible performance of Gianluca singing Music of the Night. Watching his facial expressions was so moving for all the feeling he put into it. I know he has already sung a couple of songs from Broadway shows but I would love to hear him do more.
You’re very welcome, Cathy! 😊
Maybe Cathy Gianluca will prepare another good song for us for the next tour, who knows I really like what she sings lately as a soloist. 😍
Another great post, ladies, and Daniela, thanks for translating the Marcheinfinite article. So great to again read this totally favorable kind of comment, which is what we’ve been getting these days. Looking forward to the TIM awards–and the wedding!!😍
Thank you ladies for all the wonderful videos and photos. you guys sure do a great job. These three never cease to amaze me, so much talent and personality. Gian did an amazing performance singing The Music of the Night, was truly impressed. Just got through watching the video from the TIM awards and as usual the guys were awesome.
You’re most welcome, Beverley! 😊
Have I missed something? 😮😮 What about these Facebook videos showing Igna and Michelle being married??? With Gian and Piero standing beside them?? Please enlighten me. A confused really old lady. Hugs, Dol. 💘💘
Has anyone else noticed how serious Igna looks in the posed photos of him with his best buddies??
Hello everyone – better late than never ;-):
Having just returned home from my 3-weeks holiday in Italy, I have missed out of the opportunity to follow along and not the least comment here. Hence,,so sorry for this very late entry, which I shall, however, make very, very brief – as in fact I was in the audience of the above concert in Macerata on September the 5th – and I have promised Daniela to write a few lines of my experience to publish here, so I shall refrain from commenting right now. But. what a fantastic concert it was!!! Daniela and Pat have so brilliantly described the concert in details spiced with wonderful footage and videos – so it is really difficult to add anything further. I shall, however, have to leave you in anticipation for yet a while as I need to have my photos and videos edited and sit down and consider what I can add to the above excellent article.
Meanwhile – warmest regards – Kirsten, Denmark