As I told you, there is no rest for our three guys, we left them in Bucharest and immediately after they ran home to Italy, to Turin for a beautiful performance, among many other singers, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, as part of the feast of San Giovanni.
The participation of the public was incredible, as you can see from the photo below.
It’s a really hot Italian summer and these events in the square attract a lot of people, especially a lot of young people, so I’m very happy when Il Volo joins in on this type of performance, moreover the event was performed live on June 24th, but Mediaset, in particular Canale 5 broadcast it on June 29th.
Here is the moment of Il Volo.
Il Volo sang three songs:
CAPOLAVORO GRANDE AMORE NESSUN DORMA
I start by attaching the two videos from Canale 5, I hope that most of you can see them because they are of excellent quality. The presenter of the evening is Gerry Scotti who introduced Il Volo with beautiful words that I propose to you immediately.
G.SCOTTI= The next ones are artists ambassadors of Italian music in the world.
They are much loved artists with crystalline talent. They are at home on Canale 5, also because they rarely see their real home because they are always around the world with their fantastic concerts, but tonight they are here with us, with you: Il Volo!
(At the end of Grande Amore Gerry Scotti enters the stage and sings with Il Volo. The audience singing with our guys is incredible)
G.SCOTTI= We are about to listen to a timeless masterpiece of Italian opera, and the reason why in introducing you I literally defined you “the youngest ambassadors of Italian music in the world”.
By now you have the success you deserve and the applause of this square is yet another demonstration because I followed your shows on television and you already knew it.
PIERO= Thanks Gerry.
G.SCOTTI= So, the three microphone stands are already positioned, everything is ready, please gentlemen (to the guys) I will make an official introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, it is the first time I make an introduction with this voice, from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini Il Volo sings NESSUN DORMA.
And for those who can’t watch the Canale 5 videos, here is the video of Capolavoro and Grande Amore and Nessun Dorma published by Il Volo en Clase, which we thank.
Towards the end of the evening, a young dancer, Francesco, also performed on stage, performing his dance to the music of WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER sung by Il Volo, so that this song was also heard by the audience.
A series of beautiful photos.
The newspapers talked about the Turin event. I’ll translate for you what they wrote about Il Volo in the DILEI newspaper.
Il Volo, Nessun Dorma, thrilling. Rating 9 They have toured the world with their voices, but seeing them on an Italian stage always has a special charm. The guys from Il Volo arrive in perfectly coordinated black suits, sobriety and class in every detail. They sing with pathos, passion, impeccable technique. They thrill and warm the soul, so much so that Gerry Scotti can’t resist and goes up on stage to join them. But the highlight is Nessun Dorma: a textbook performance, powerful, vibrant, that makes more than one person in the square’s legs tremble. Il Volo confirms itself as the perfect bridge between opera and pop, and on an evening like this they know how to be the absolute protagonists without overdoing it.
But there is still more to see, because on June 26 Il Volo participates in an event on Lake Como, and precisely at Villa d’Este. Nothing has leaked about the evening, Villa d’Este published this press release the following day:
“What can we say about last night? The anniversary of our 150 seasons of emotions deserved to be celebrated with such style and joy! Many thanks to ALL our Guests (not only those who joined yesterday’s celebrations) and to our wonderful staff who made this fairy tale come true.”
(The photo attached to the press release was not taken during the evening but at the same event in which Il Volo participated a couple of years ago.)
Instead our guys sent us these photos taken in the beautiful gardens of Villa d’Este.
But the month of June is not over yet and so from Lake Como, off to Naples on June 28th, and exactly in the beautiful gulf of Sorrento, to the luxurious and exclusive Maya Beach Experience for a private event, of which I can offer you these video fragments.
So, I wanted to summarize separately all the events our guys attended but in family form and I would say to start with the wedding event of Piero’s brother, Francesco.
The wedding between Francesco and Rita took place on June 12th in Naro, here is a nice summary video.
At the beginning of the video the bride’s friend asks if Francesco will cry at the wedding and Piero responds like this:
PIERO= But Francesco doesn’t cry… (and we see the moment of the bride’s entrance into the church and Francesco who instead gets emotional)
RITA= But at least a tear, two…
PIERO= I’ve never seen him cry, I struggle to imagine him.
…….and instead Francesco gets emotional, indeed, because you know Piero, emotion plays bad tricks and you can’t control your heart….❤️
And here is Piero singing the Ave Maria and then signing the register as a witness to the marriage. 😍
Torpedine and the entire Ginoble family, including Claudia, were present at the wedding.
In the following video, there is the wait for the bride and groom to leave the church and you can clearly see Claudia turning and giving Gianluca a kiss.😍
As you may have understood, Ignazio and his family were not present at the wedding.
Piero and Gianluca singing MY WAY during the wedding party.
But even in the Boschetto household there was a reason to celebrate, in fact on June 15th Michelle turned 31, here she is while receiving a beautiful bouquet of red roses sent by Ignazio, I would say that Michelle is in great shape and her belly is now visible!!
I end the moment dedicated to Ignazio with these two short reviews dedicated to him.
In the first short video a vocal coach writes comments on Ignazio’s performance of Mia Martini’s song.
Ignazio Il Volo, Mia Martini sings, vocal coach Aldo Sabatini. “Ignazio Boschetto sings Mia Martini’s song E NON FINISCE MICA IL CIELO in an exemplary way, he manages to reach challenging notes with great confidence, projection and adding local distortions in line with the style of the song.
Sound projection and dynamics, top, top!
A challenging song that lingers several times on A4 and touches Bb4, he manages to get there in different ways, sometimes adding controlled vocal distortions and in line with the characteristic style of the song.
The confidence, projection and use of vibrato are synonymous with excellent vocal management and control.
Also from an interpretative point of view, in my opinion, he hits the song’s intention very well.”
In this second video, the same vocal coach analyses how Ignazio manages to reach certain notes, the song is THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
How did Ignazio Boschetto reach those notes in the original key on the Queen song?
“How did Ignazio reach the notes with that sound? Yesterday we saw the singer who performed on the TV show LIKE A STAR was unable to do this same passage.
It is absolutely not a comparison or a confrontation between the two, I take this episode to explain something that could be useful to singers.
The reasons why Ignazio can do those notes are:
1-Vocal texture, this does not mean that if you are a baritone you cannot do those notes, but reaching them with that sound is not easy.
2- Ignazio did not think of bringing the chest voice up there, but he used mechanism one with consonances of mechanism two, therefore a sort of mix belt.
3- That sound is the result of talent, musical intelligence, training and technique, because that sound requires a certain muscular athleticism, therefore that sound, on that note is not for everyone, but if you understand how to lighten, channel the sound and project it or in any case get there without lowering the tone you can succeed.”
Well, what can I say, he made some beautiful compliments on Ignazio’s skills, what do you think?
Now I dedicate myself to Gianluca.
After the wedding in Naro, Gianluca and Claudia took advantage of it, since they were in Sicily to go to Taormina where the Film Festival was taking place.
Of course. Gianluca and Claudia also enjoyed the beautiful atmosphere in Taormina.
Here is Gianluca with a local group of musicians.
And here Claudia and Gianluca at the inevitable Bambar.
I would say that the Gianluca Claudia couple is working really well and I’m happy for them.😍
In June there was also a nice interview with Ercole Ginoble who proudly talks about his son Gianluca, here it is.
Gianluca Ginoble, pride of father Ercole: My son is an ambassador of Abruzzo
Interviewed by Domenico Ranieri at the Centro party in Roseto degli Abruzzi, he talked about the strong bond between the tenor of “Il Volo” and his homeland
“We show off our merchandise.” With these ironic words Ercole Ginoble, father of the famous tenor Gianluca of the trio “Il Volo”, talks about the indissoluble bond between his son and his Roseto. Originally from the hamlet of Montepagano, where he still lives with his family, Gianluca Ginoble is promoting Abruzzo in every corner of the world through his singing talent. His father Ercole himself proudly underlined this during the interview given to the editor-in-chief of the Center, Domenico Ranieri: “Gianluca is very attached to Roseto and Abruzzo and, through his activity as a musician, he makes our beautiful territory known throughout the world,” he said.
A commitment that is also reflected in the many television appearances on national networks, where the tenor never misses an opportunity to reiterate his origins: “Piero and Ignazio, the other two members of Il Volo, are Sicilian, a region much better known, for various reasons, than ours,” added Ginoble, “this is also because Abruzzo is not sold well, it is not promoted as it deserves.”
It is for this very reason that Gianluca chose to be an ambassador for his region. His father Ercole then told an anecdote: during a dinner in a restaurant in New York, where director Woody Allen was also present, Gianluca, when asked where he came from, referred to Montepulciano wine: “I am originally from Abruzzo, the region where Montepulciano is produced,” a product much appreciated by Americans.
Gianluca’s talent, his father always said during the interview, emerged from an early age: “I noticed that he was particularly in tune around the age of three, he repeated cartoon songs. Growing up, it was Andrea Bocelli’s music that captivated him: in the car he wanted to listen to it continuously.” At eight years old Gianluca joined a small choir in Roseto and began performing in summer recitals on the seafront or in evenings at the municipal villa. The turning point came with his participation in the Rai Uno talent show hosted by Antonella Clerici. From there, an extraordinary career began which, despite his young age, already boasts collaborations with artists of the caliber of Barbara Streisand and Sting.
Back to Piero, because June 24th was his birthday, Piero turned 32.
BUON COMPLEANNO PIERO!!!🎊🎂🎉❤️
Piero you are a charming, serious, intelligent man, an artist of excellent qualities and a good son.
You are strong, we love you!! ❤️
It was a nice roundup of events related to Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca and their families.
I want to assure you that no privacy has been violated, because what I have reported to you has been published on countless fan pages and also highlighted by the newspapers.
And now I hope that they have a restful July, here in Italy it is really very hot and the three of them deserve to relax their body and mind, recharge their batteries and dedicate themselves to their families.
But, while the concert was broadcast on Canale 5 on Monday 2nd June, where were our guys????
The secret was revealed by a video posted on Instagram by Fiorello Rosario, Beppe’s brother, the Fiorello that you all know well.
Fiorello was live streaming with Biggio, an Italian television actor, each in their own room, live, Fiorello was following Sinner’s tennis match while the TV behind Biggio was showing the Il Volo concert.
Fiorello was a bit bored and wanted to end the live broadcast when he saw that Piero Barone was also among the comments and so he invited him to join them.
Piero was calm on a sofa and was following Sinner’s match, but also the Il Volo concert on Canale 5.
Laughing and joking, Fiorello asks Piero where the other two members of Il Volo are and Piero replies that he is in the hotel and also Ignazio is there in the next room, while Gianluca is in Abruzzo. Fiorello asks Piero to knock on Ignazio’s room who unaware comes to open and is live, at the same time Gianluca also appears live from Abruzzo. A comical and very natural situation is born with Fiorello and Biggio in live streaming with Il Volo. 😂😂😂
Fiorello and Biggio saw that Piero was online and wanted him to connect with them.
BIGGIO= Oh, yes, it was just postponed.
FIORELLO= But it would have been nice.
BIGGIO= Tag him (Piero)
Piero connects with them, he is relaxing in a room.
FIORELLO= Here he is!!!
PIERO= Wait, I’m looking at Sinner, I have one eye here and one eye there (he means he is watching Sinner’s tennis match on the computer, but on TV he is following the Il Volo concert.)
FIORELLO= What are you looking at?
PIERO= I’m looking at Sinner.
BIGGIO= But why don’t you look at yourself?
PIERO= I’m looking at myself in the mirror (the TV is reflected in the mirror)
FIORELLO= Who’s there now? Who’s the blonde? (Fiorello sees the TV behind Piero and Biggio)
PIERO= Vanessa Incontrada.
FIORELLO= And does she sing?
PIERO= Yes, but not now, we’re doing the gag.
FIORELLO= Spoiler first …
PIERO= Now she pretends not to know who Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca are.
BIGGIO= Ah, classic!
PIERO= Right after…. I don’t remember what the lineup is.
FIORELLO= Don’t you remember the lineup?
PIERO= No.
FIORELLO= Listen, do you live alone? Don’t you live with them? (Gian and Igna, laughter) Wait, wait, Ignazio got married, right?
PIERO= Yes, now he’s going to be a dad!
FIORELLO= Ginoble instead?
PIERO= No, he’s engaged.
FIORELLO= And you?
PIERO= I’m single.
FIORELLO= You’re single!
BIGGIO= You’re a “bird of the woods”
PIERO= Yes! So I can’t yet…..
BIGGIO= He says it with a smile, so it’s a slightly mischievous smile (meaning that maybe he could be hiding something) eh eh
FIORELLO= You’re as they say “Bird of the woods”. (that has no ties)
PIERO= For now!
FIORELLO= Wait, I’ll pause for a moment, you turn up the volume (at the Il Volo concert) and as soon as they sing you (to Piero) sing along with the TV, it’s an experiment guys….
BIGGIO= We’re making Instagram history again (in the sense that they’re making a nice, completely natural live video).
FIORELLO= Turn up the volume!!
BIGGIO= It’s at maximum!
PIERO= Wait because Vanessa is saying that Ignazio is going to be a father, I can’t sing….
FIORELLO= But now the moment comes…. What magic guys, because there the only one recorded is Barone, (he means in the concert, because Piero is live with Fiorello) and the other two (Igna and Gian) are live (laughter). 😂
BIGGIO= They don’t sing anymore!
FIORELLO= Where are you from in Sicily exactly?
PIERO= Naro, Agrigento, do you know?
FIORELLO= Agrigendo, because you speak like that (meaning with the letter D instead of T, typical of the Sicilian dialect).
PIERO= They didn’t teach us the T when we were little. (says a couple of words with the D instead of the T)
FIORELLO= We Sicilians speak in a strange way.
BIGGIO= Well, like all the regions.
FIORELLO= I was born in Catania, I lived in Augusta province of Syracuse and my parents are from the province of Messina (all Sicilian cities), I am a bastard from all of eastern Sicily.
BIGGIO= He (Piero) is watching Sinner, he doesn’t care about anything!
PIERO= No, I was listening, what is the score? 4 to 3, you know what they say in Bergamo? (a city near Brescia) “scotolone” (I don’t know what it means).
FIORELLO= This is a training match for Sinner (to say that he has an easy opponent). The next one could be a bit more annoying because today Bublik (tennis player) played well.
BIGGIO= Here they are singing (in the concert).
FIORELLO= Go! Silence! (Ignazio is singing Grande Amore) Go Piero!
PIERO= (Starts singing his part until the highest point) I won’t sing it to you or they’ll kick me out! 🥰
FIORELLO= Guys I have to tell you something, do you know who’s watching us? Ginoble and he wrote “fetosi” (Sicilian word that means disgusting). 😂😂
BIGGIO= But let him go up (means to connect), we do the whole Il Volo!!
FIORELLO= Ginoble, Ginoble, make the request please (to enter the chat with them). I saw Candela, I saw Candela. (Candela is a journalist who writes for a gossip weekly.)
BIGGIO= Candela, go with the article eh.
FIORELLO= Go with the article, otherwise I’ll copy your news Candela, I’ll publish your news and say that it’s mine! 😁 But do you know that someone copied the scoop from Candela?
BIGGIO= Really?? But which one?
FIORELLO= They copied but I don’t remember what it was.
Wait, let’s see if I catch Ginoble, if I catch Ginoble guys it’s done!! (he means if he manages to get Gianluca to join the chat).
BIGGIO= Wow, then there’s only one more thing missing.
FIORELLO= Oh but Ignazio’s recently married and is expecting a baby. He’ll be who knows where!
PIERO= No, he’s here in the hotel! In the next room.
FIORELLO= Are you in the hotel?
BIGGIO= But where are you, where are you?
PIERO= Today….in a hotel.
BIGGIO= Yes but where? What city in the world?
FIORELLO= Ginoble do something, knock on Piero’s room and go into Piero’s room.
PIERO= No, no, because Ginoble isn’t in the hotel with us, there’s only Ignazio.
BIGGIO= What are you guys doing?
PIERO= So, I arrived today from Barcelona.
FIORELLO= Wow, so you want to split up, you’re left with two of you….and you want to get rid of one….😁
PIERO= No, no, no, I’m going to Ignazio’s room, let’s see what he does?
BIGGIO= Go, go, go!
PIERO= (he gets up from the sofa) Wait, I’ll at least put on my pants….
FIORELLO= No, in your underwear!! 😂
BIGGIO= No, without, in your underwear!!!😂
PIERO= No what? In my underwear?😁
BIGGIO= But then Candela, what will she write if you go in pants? Instead, if you go in your underwear, the article will come out tomorrow. 😁
PIERO= Wait, I’ll put on my shoes too.
FIORELLO= I mean, guys, where, but where do you have live broadcasts like this? We were dead….(meaning that the chat was boring then Piero arrived and now Gian and Igna are arriving too)
PIERO= Where is the hotel key? Damn me for contacting you.
FIORELLO= We were dead, at least I was dead (meaning bored) then we got a hold of it by watching television, we saw Barone live, we called him…..
PIERO= Wait, I have to do something first.
FIORELLO= Go!
BIGGIO= What do you have to do?
PIERO= What is the reception service usually? 9 I think?
BIGGIO= What do you have to do with the reception?
PIERO= Ignazio’s room, I can’t knock on another one, I know it’s next door but I don’t know which one. (in the meantime he has activated the internal telephone of the hotel) “Hi, can I ask you which room is Boschetto?”
FIORELLO= But where is Ginoble, where is Ginoble? (he is always following the live chat)
BIGGIO= Wait Piero is asking for Ignazio’s room. What room is it?
PIERO= 3 and something? (the live image of Gianluca appears)
BIGGIO= Here is Ginoble!!
GIANLUCA= Fetosi!!! (It’s a Sicilian dialect word that can have many interpretations, in this case I would say: rascals).
PIERO= I’m going to him thanks!
GIANLUCA= Fetosi!
FIORELLO= We’re competing with Canale 5.
GIANLUCA= But really, here we’re taking away five thousand viewers from Canale 5.
PIERO= Wait, wait, I have Ignazio’s room.
FIORELLO= Ginoble what were you doing? You’re too disheveled.
GIANLUCA= Hey, wait (he fixes his hair a bit).
BIGGIO= Let’s have an acoustic session!
FIORELLO= I read in SUPERGUIDA TV (a weekly newspaper) article ready this evening!
PIERO= One minute. (he signals for silence as he knocks on Ignazio’s door)
GIANLUCA= Why don’t we finally have a jam session….
BIGGIO= Wait guys, he’s knocking on Ignazio’s room!
FIORELLO= Attention, stop, stop.
PIERO= (he knocks on the door) Room service! 😂
FIORELLO= Room service …..you show him your cell phone so he can see all four of us.
PIERO= If he answers naked though…..😂
BIGGIO= Better, better! 🤣
PIERO= …….I take full responsibility! 😁
FIORELLO= Accepted.
PIERO= (he knocks again and a surprised Ignazio in a t-shirt and boxers opens the door)
FIORELLO= (everyone continues to laugh) You’re live, guys! Think about it, this is real television, on Channel 5 you’re live….😁
PIERO= Stop, stop guys! (he frames Ignazio’s camera). He (Ignazio) is watching Sinner and he’s not watching TUTTI PER UNO, he has the TV off.
BIGGIO= Him too! (he means that Ignazio is also watching Sinner), no come on, guys!
PIERO= Yes, and he has the TV off.
GIANLUCA= Now Pier Silvio (Administrator of Mediaset-Canale 5) is calling us here guys!
FIORELLO= Yes because we are competing. Ignazio, best wishes!
IGNAZIO= Thanks, damn you (then he says in Sicilian) but don’t you have other things to do??
GIANLUCA= Ignazio speaks in Italian.
BIGGIO= No guys, I wouldn’t understand otherwise!
IGNAZIO= But why Italian?
GIANLUCA= Because otherwise he doesn’t understand (Fiorello, Piero and Ignazio are Sicilian but Gianluca now understands the Sicilian dialect well).
IGNAZIO= Oh, sorry!!
FIORELLO= So, we’re doing a live broadcast, because Ignazio doesn’t know. It was a normal live broadcast, me and Biggio alone, we were commenting on Sinner, at a certain point we see Barone who was watching us and….but how, he’s live on Canale 5, it’s not possible…. and then we called him, he immediately connected. Ginoble, who had a woman in the room, left her there and joined us!! 🤣😂
IGNAZIO= Ah!!! 😁
FIORELLO= Do you understand, because he (Gian) doesn’t say anything to you, do you see that he has worked hair?? 😂🤣
IGNAZIO= Yes. 😁
GIANLUCA= Look, I’m at home, I’m at home.
BIGGIO= Why aren’t you with them at the hotel?
GIANLUCA= I’ll arrive tomorrow.
IGNAZIO= Because he always minds his own business! 😁
GIANLUCA= Because they are from Sicily, it’s further from Rome (the next day they have to meet in Rome and Gianluca arrives the same day because there’s not much distance from Montepagano to Rome, so he sleeps at home).
FIORELLO= Are you going to Sicily now?
BIGGIO= What for?
IGNAZIO= He (Piero) is going to Sicily, his brother is getting married.
FIORELLO= Who, Ginoble’s brother?
PIERO= No, my brother.
FIORELLO= Who spoke?
PIERO= My brother is getting married, I have to be a best man, I’m a best man for my sister-in-law…😁
FIORELLO= Let’s not say where he’s getting married because then all the people will come there. 😁
PIERO= Right, good! 😉
IGNAZIO= In Sambuco (Sicily)
GIANLUCA= (to Fiorello) You make fun of my hair but you cut your hair! (he says it in Abruzzo dialect).
FIORELLO= Look at my hair!!
GIANLUCA= What hair you have!
IGNAZIO= Anyway, I was watching Sinner and if you don’t mind, I’ll continue watching Sinner.
FIORELLO= Wait, it’s four all in the third set.
IGNAZIO= Four all in the third set!
FIORELLO= Wait. Biggio, put on Channel 5, let’s see what they’re doing there live.
BIGGIO= But it’s Channel 5, there’s advertising.
GIANLUCA= Advertising. Now let’s pay tribute to Franco Battiato.
FIORELLO= Come on, come on.
BIGGIO= Go, beautiful!
FIORELLO= Silence, I’m pausing, go! (he thinks Il Volo sings in chat)
GIANLUCA= No, no, on TV (in the concert), soon.
BIGGIO= Oh soon.
FIORELLO= With which song?
GIANLUCA= “TI VENGO A CERCARE”
FIORELLO= Make me a piece here, slowly.
I+P+G= And I come to look for you…… (They start singing the chorus but then stop)
BIGGIO= They don’t know the words. 😁
GIANLUCA= (he says a few lines of the song then asks Fiorello to continue).
FIORELLO= (he follows the music and says this) I don’t know the words and I have to invent them….
PIERO= Only he knows them (in concert it was a solo by Gianluca)
P+I= (Piero and Ignazio intervene singing a very famous song by Battiato and then Gianluca and Fiorello join in with Biggio singing).
FIORELLO= We are better than Channel 5. Anyway look at Ginoble’s culture, so many books.
GINOBLE= No, these are just… I’m doing it on purpose, you understand? (he jokes)
BIGGIO= Is it furniture?
GIANLUCA= Yes, they are furniture, they are fake, there is nothing there.
FIORELLO= So Ginoble, you are in Rome.
GIANLUCA= No, I am in Abruzzo in Roseto degli Abruzzi.
FIORELLO= Guys, I don’t want to take up any more of your time, but this live broadcast with you has been truly fantastic, while you are live on Channel 5, that is, recorded on Channel 5, you are live here!
PIERO= Don’t talk bullshit, we are live (he jokes because everyone knows that the concert is recorded).
FIORELLO= It’s true, we are the ones registered (he plays along)
PIERO= There’s still advertising (on TV at the concert)
GIANLUCA= There’s advertising and we went backstage to call Fiorello!
FIORELLO= We are the ones registered here.
IGNAZIO= Yes, but we would like to greet you in our own way.
FIORELLO= What??
I+P= The two of them start singing and Gianluca joins in right away and they start singing TIRICHITOLLA, a slightly mischievous Sicilian song that they always perform when Fiorello is there! 😁
FIORELLO= So, long live delirium, long live Il Volo!!!! Bye guys thanks (he sends a kiss), awesome! 🤣
FIORELLO= No guys, but they are out of their minds, how is it possible crazy things!! 😂😂😂
These guys are truly incredible, Fiorello is engaging, Biggio has been his “sidekick” for a long time but credit to Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio who kindly participated in the live chat without it being prepared, delightful to see them like three ordinary guys in their private moments, disheveled, dressed just enough, but always adorable.
In the end Piero and Ignazio were in Rome because the next day Il Volo was participating as a guest at the Fiorella Mannoia concert from the Baths of Caracalla. Gianluca, living in Abruzzo, doesn’t have a long way to reach Rome and so he was at home and would have arrived the next day.
So, I immediately propose the complete video of the very beautiful moment of Fiorella Mannoia and Il Volo.
What can I say, Fiorella was one of the first Italian female singers of a certain importance to duet with Il Volo. I remember that just after Sanremo 2015 in an interview the guys were asked why they didn’t duet with Italian female singers and they replied that there was a sort of snobbery on the part of Italian female singers.
Perhaps this was always due to the haughty image that journalists had painted of Il Volo.
Now I realize that all the singers have really gotten to know the character of our guys and I note with pleasure that with everyone there is a sort of nice camaraderie that really pleases me. 🥰
I had told you that many newspapers had written articles about the concerts in Mantua, one in particular seemed really well written and with a lot of nice and deserved praise for our guys, it was published by TUTTO NOTIZIE, I’ll translate it for you.
IL VOLO, WHY THE TRIO DRIVES ITALIANS CRAZY: THE REASON BEYOND MUSIC
Il Volo – Tutti per uno: a grand finale of emotion and Italian pride, but why does this wonderful musical trio drive everyone crazy? There are reasons that go beyond music.
Magic has returned to fill the screens of Canale 5 with the third and final episode of Il Volo – Tutti per uno – Viaggio nel tempo, aired on Monday 2 June 2025. A highly anticipated event, which saw the trio formed by Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble conclude in grand style a season that has managed to combine tradition, emotion and entertainment. The setting chosen for the epilogue could not have been more evocative: Palazzo Te in Mantua, one of the jewels of the Italian Renaissance, which was the backdrop to an evening designed to celebrate music and culture in all its forms.
Alongside them, once again, a female presence capable of enchanting and entertaining: Vanessa Incontrada. Her fresh and engaging hosting added vivacity to a show already full of intense moments and surprising collaborations. The strength of Tutti per uno lies precisely in this: in the ability to mix the cards, to make accessible and fascinating even what is usually perceived as “niche music”. And when duets, stories and tributes to the great Italian musical tradition alternate on stage, the result can only be a success.
Il Volo, why does everyone like the musical trio? It drives Italians crazy.
The audience, at home and in the stalls, responded with enthusiasm. It’s not just a question of ratings: it’s a question of shared emotion. In an often fragmented and fast-paced television landscape, Il Volo manages to bring attention back to a way of putting on a show that doesn’t compromise on quality. Every note, every dialogue, every tribute to our musical history becomes an occasion for pride and belonging. But what makes Il Volo so loved by Italians? The answer must be sought in their uniqueness, in the strength of a project that has managed to remain coherent over time, while evolving intelligently.
The trio, formed in 2009, has chosen from the beginning to go against the grain. In an era dominated by pop, trap and increasingly standardized international rhythms, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca have decided to focus everything on the lyrical-classical repertoire. A genre that, for many, seemed destined for a niche audience. Instead, they have brought it back to the center of the scene, they have made it accessible, modern, exciting.
One of the secrets of their success is precisely this: the ability to enhance tradition without being anachronistic. Their interpretations of songs like ‘O Sole Mio, Grande Amore, Volare, or international classics like My Way and Nessun Dorma, have become a symbol of an Italy that does not forget its roots, but expresses them with strength and pride in the world. Their vocal talent is indisputable. You don’t need great musical knowledge to recognize the excellence of their performances. Even those who are not particularly passionate about the genre are struck by the power, precision, and emotion they can convey with their voice. And this is a rare gift.
Young people who speak to different generations
There is another fundamental element: the ability to speak to different generations. Adults find in their concerts the melodies that have accompanied important moments in their lives. Young people, on the other hand, discover, or rediscover, a part of Italian music that is often undervalued, but which thanks to Il Volo comes back to life. Families follow them because they represent a “clean”, elegant, quality proposal, capable of uniting rather than dividing.
Il Volo has thus become a transversal phenomenon, a point of reference for those who seek something more in music than a simple hit on the charts. Their path has not always been easy, but the coherence and humility with which they have faced it has rewarded them. In a world of entertainment that often consumes talent quickly, they have managed to build a solid, international career, without ever giving up their own identity. Perhaps this is precisely what makes them so beloved. The trio has become, over the years, a symbol of Italian excellence, a bridge between past and present, between tradition and innovation.
This is why the love that Italians feel for them goes beyond music. In fact, they have become a true symbol not only of Italianness and tradition, but also of a desire to return to the ‘pure’ and the ‘simple’. We saw it, after all, also this year at the Sanremo Festival. It would seem, in fact, that Italians want to rediscover the traditional music that has made the history of the country. A return, therefore, also to the singer-songwriters that have made Italy one of the first in the world for intelligence of lyrics and emotional musicality.
Well, what can I say, I felt really proud reading this, I think that finally many journalists are really noticing our jewels.
Now I’m waiting for some nice reviews from the vocal coaches and that I will surely propose to you.
I hope you also enjoyed knowing what was said in the live chat with Fiorello, of course you know how to catch the funny side of the whole situation.
Soon our guys will be in Mallorca, so soon they will be back on stage.
For now I say goodbye with a nice video that our RoseMarie sent me, thank you!!
Do you think that after the U.S. tour and the three concerts in Mantua, Il Volo enjoyed a well-deserved rest???
That’s not exactly the case.
In reality, I don’t understand where those three find the strength to do all this, but they are certainly young and have a staff behind them that works well.
Of course, after the hard work in Mantua, our guys each returned to their family home, but not much time has passed, in reality only five days and Gianluca is making people talk about him, he gave a lesson at an institute in his Abruzzo.
Everything is well described in this article from May 16 that I’ll translate for you.
IN VOLO WITH STUDENTS, GIANLUCA GINOBLE’ LESSON: “TECHNOLOGY HAS ANESTHETIZED US TODAY”
The singer was the protagonist of a meeting at the Lucatelli Institute as part of a course dedicated to the value of words.
Words are not just a means of communication, they are body, life, desire.
Words can imprison us or make us free, make us live in anxiety and fear or bring us joy and serenity.
Words unite but often, unfortunately, they are also occasions of closure and conflict.
This and other things were discussed yesterday during the meeting held in the Comprehensive Institute of Tolentino Lucatelli-Don Bosco to complete the school project “La cura delle parole”.
Special guest, singer Gianluca Ginoble from Il Volo, who gave a lesson to the kids on the value of words and the importance of reading.
“Today, technology – the famous singer observed – has anesthetized us, we have become much more fragile and dependent on the means of communication that, more often than not, distract us from our priorities or duties. Social media often represents a source of linguistic impoverishment.
Young people no longer want to read, indeed they consider reading a useless thing, of no practical value.
However, they must not be a display of knowledge, instead it is necessary to internalize what we read to find within sentences and words a meaning to what we experience.
Taking care of words means covering the depth of the language, analyzing a topic in depth and school represents the privileged place to promote itineraries and strategies aimed at arousing curiosity and love for everything that concerns verbal communication, to bring out the need and pleasure of this ability. Furthermore, it leads young people towards the knowledge of many emotions.”
“Reading Dostoevsky, for example, makes us understand – Ginoble added – what pain is without needing to feel it.
Flaubert makes us feel all the passion of love even without being in love.
Words are therefore not just a tool for communication: through conscious language, we can create images and emotional states within ourselves and also in those who listen to us.”
The project LA CURA DELLE PAROLE (The care of words) involved students from the third class and a second class from the primary school. All classes focused their attention on an aspect of the word, with individual and group work. Many were the questions that the students asked the Abruzzo member of Il Volo, interested in knowing the singer’s habits, his sources of inspiration and his favorite team, Roma.
Gianluca Ginoble finally invited the students to discover their own vocation:
“Do what you feel, don’t let yourself be influenced too much by others, there will always be those who appreciate you and those who criticize you.”
And towards the teachers:
“Respect them, they take care of you, you too take care of them as you take care of your parents.”
Finally, the students gave the singer a painting they had painted depicting a spring landscape with the words, “The voice of silence”. A word, silence, to be rediscovered, was privileged for reading.
A short video of the lesson where an interviewer asks Gianluca his opinion on “letting go – change”.
GIANLUCA = Letting go like changing, even in the old version of me I never had a hard time, in fact I can’t wait to change because there are people who say: “I’m made like this”, and that is the most wrong thing you can say, because it means that you don’t give yourself the chance to be reborn every time and I have never been afraid.
I had a hard time letting go of the people with whom I had shared time, for a question of attachment, when you recognize that it is no longer love but a habit, an attachment, it is hard (to let them go).
But in fact I also wanted to ask you a question (the students laugh because Gianluca who is being interviewed wants to ask the interviewer the question).
You know why, it is clear that you must not be a slave to your own mind, but I think it is a question that everyone asks themselves: “How important is it to learn to let go?”.
(Too bad the video ends here)
In a few days, it’s May 20th, Il Volo reunited, is in Cannes for a private event hosted by the jewelry house CHOPARD.
The private event was held during the Cannes Film Festival.
Here is what the house of Chopard published.
“ @chopard A creative twist on Cannes’s most exclusive night. Caroline’s Universe evening invited the festival’s most distinguished guests into an enchanted forest of artistic imagination without limits. A celebration of the daring vision of Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Chopard by Caroline.”
Here is an excerpt from an article dedicated to the fashion event and published by Globestyles.
During the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Chopard organized “Universe”, an immersive gala dinner conceived by Caroline Scheufele. Hosted in a hangar transformed into a dreamlike universe, the event featured exclusive musical performances, a High Jewelry show with 78 unique creations, and the new dresses from the Caroline’s Couture collection. International guests included stars from the worlds of cinema, fashion, and music.
Guests included a lineup worthy of major film premieres: Festival juror Halle Berry, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabelle Huppert, Carla Bruni, James Franco, Patrick Schwarzenegger.
The evening opened with an aperitif at sunset, followed by a spectacular dinner in a setting inspired by a cosmic forest. Mirrored tables unfolded like luminous orbits, creating an immersive visual effect. The musical interlude was entrusted to the group Il Volo, who introduced the theme of the sensory journey, central to the evening’s imagery.
Only a couple of short videos have reached us.
But immediately after the event in Cannes, the immediate return to Italy, but this time towards Naples for another private event taking place in the Royal Palace of Naples.
This following photo of the entrance staircase was sent by Gianluca.
Nothing is known about the event, but there is a summary video of various musical moments.
So, from Italy Il Volo flies to Brazil on May 27th to record their presence at the famous ATLAS HORA show which will then be broadcast on Saturday May 31st on Brazilian TV.
But there is also time for humanitarian events, on May 29th Il Volo performed at the Clube Atlético Monte Libano, in Brazil, in a private event in support of the Syrian-Lebanese hospital. 😍🥰❤️
We all thought that immediately after the concerts in Mantua there would be a period of well-deserved rest for Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero, but as we saw it was not like that at all.
Congratulations guys, hats off, you have so much energy and also a heart of gold that also thinks about supporting humanitarian projects.
On April 29, on the show LE IENE, a report was aired that once again took stock of the situation of FAKE PROFILES that take advantage of unsuspecting people to take MONEY from them.
The report is hosted by Veronica Ruggeri and Piero Barone is involved in the scam!!
Even though with great regret, because these things MUST NOT happen, I firmly publish this video because we must disseminate these SCAMS as much as possible in order to alert as many people as possible!!!
Thanks to LE IENE for their excellent service!
MAN= She still believes that he is the real Piero Barone, he made her all kinds of promises.
AMALIA= I have definitely spoken to him, I am absolutely convinced.
VERONICA= This sweet lady is called Amalia, she is 78 years old and lives in Palermo (Sicily) and for 6 months she has been convinced that she is the girlfriend of Piero who is 31 years old and is a famous singer all over the world. (in the video: Piero singing Grande Amore)
Yes, Piero Barone from Il Volo.
AMALIA= You are the right woman for me (phrase that the fake Piero allegedly said to her).
MAN= “Auntie, look, Piero Barone is young, he has money and will NEVER ask for money”…….but we can’t convince her!
VERONICA= Mrs. Amalia is the victim of an emotional or romantic-sentimental scam as one might say, one of those scams that have become increasingly widespread in recent years, which first strike the HEART and then empty the WALLET.
Mrs. Amalia has been a widow for 9 years now and since she lost her beloved husband she has not had a partner in her life.
MAN= No, no, nothing, she has always been faithful, very faithful.
VERONICA= At a certain point what happens?
MAN= We saw that the aunt was posting videos of Piero Barone…..
VERONICA= Several videos, and not because she is just a fan, but because a FAKE profile that pretends to be Piero Barone, this one (the profile in the photo), hooked her up 6 months ago and since then she has been convinced she is messaging the famous singer every day.
In fact, listen to how she talks about him on the phone with a dear friend of hers:
AMALIA= “He’s so polite, he’s ashamed, I swear to you….”
MAN= He promised to take her to America to some of his concerts.
AMALIA= He takes me on tour with him.
MAN= And he makes her understand that a certain type of relationship can be established, even a sentimental one.
AMALIA= He wants to marry me one day.
AMALIA ‘S FRIEND(on the phone) = With all the women he has, does he prefer someone like you?”
AMALIA= Because girls are only looking for money, he told me.
MAN= He even suggested phone sex.
AMALIA= He wants to make love, he wants to have sex.
VERONICA= And when friends and family, who luckily Amalia immediately confided in, tried to open her eyes…..
MAN= Auntie, you see that it’s FALSE!!
VERONICA= She reacted like this:
MAN= No, it’s true!
AMALIA= I’m sure it’s him, 100%.
AMALIA’S FRIEND(on the phone) = Amalia, let’s not get our hopes up about all these things. BE CAREFUL!!
AMALIA = At this point, I have nothing to lose.
VERONICA = Instead, she has lost, indeed! Because the person behind this FAKE profile is a professional scammer who did all this just to get money from her.
MAN = Her children saw these transfers and asked her: Mom, what are you doing? And she: I’m making payments to Piero Barone because he wants to invite me to one of his concerts, I have to make payments because he has to give me the VIP CARD.
VERONICA = Obviously there is no VIP CARD, but Mrs. Amalia doesn’t know this and agrees to pay.
MAN= More than 2,000 euros (about 2,000 dollars) the last payments were made two days ago of 30 euros each…
VERONICA= For a lady who lives only on her pension.
MAN= She lives on her pension. Let’s say it’s a criminal organization.
VERONICA= A criminal organization that with only the smartphone and writing with the help of automatic translators, deceives and defrauds hundreds, thousands of people all over the world every day.
MAN= Even the tobacconist told her: “Madam, don’t make these payments, they’re fake.”
There was no reason, she goes to the tobacconist at 8:40 in the morning and it’s the first thought she has in the morning.
VERONICA= She’s really in love!
MAN= She’s in love.
VERONICA= And it’s no coincidence that the victims are often people who are a bit lonely.
MAN= She has our affection, maybe she misses what Piero Barone FALSE is making her relive, from when she was young.
VERONICA= But she just can’t go on like this.
MAN= The only attempt that can be made is to have her video call the real Piero Barone, because only he can dismantle this thing, no one else can do it. It’s the only hope.
VERONICA= First of all, let’s get some sweets for Amalia, also to make the revelation that awaits her less bitter in some way.
How these things make me nervous, to death.
(Veronica and the television crew enter Amalia’s house)
MAN= Auntie, let me introduce you to a friend of mine, her name is Veronica.
VERONICA= Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Veronica, I brought her some sweets.
AMALIA= There was no need!
VERONICA= Of course not, come on!
Amalia gets the tablecloth….. I’ll help her then….
AMALIA= There’s no need, don’t worry.
Eh old age….
VERONICA= Old age? How old is she?
AMALIA= 7 – 8.
VERONICA= 78 years old, but still in great shape.
AMALIA= Well, anyway!
VERONICA= We explain to her that we are there because her family, a large and beautiful family, is a little worried about her.
Do you know why?
She immediately anticipates us:
AMALIA= Anyway, I blocked everything.
VERONICA= She claims to have already blocked the numbers of the FAKE Piero Barone, but only to make her children and grandchildren happy.
AMALIA= I am convinced that I definitely spoke to him, I am absolutely convinced of it.
VERONICA= Often children and grandchildren do not know how to help, because when a person is experiencing love, it is difficult to make them understand that this story can hurt them so much.
Were you in love?
AMALIA= Yes! I say it!
VERONICA= But this is beautiful.
AMALIA= I’m telling the truth.
VERONICA= What did this person here tell you?
AMALIA= That he loved me, that he wanted to take me to his country, he wanted to take me to Paris, he made me go with him to concerts and he made me go on stage.
VERONICA= Behind all these dreams there are constant requests for money.
When was the last time you gave him money?
AMALIA= Last week, maybe. Lately he wanted to make me a passport and so I had to pay for this passport.
VERONICA= But to go where?
AMALIA= To Paris.
VERONICA= To visit him during a concert?
AMALIA= No, no, with him.
VERONICA= The romantic getaway??
AMALIA= Yes, yes!
VERONICA= You liked the young man, huh?
AMALIA= Eh, yes!
VERONICA= You understood!!
Also because he told her:
AMALIA= “I want to marry an older woman because she gives me more love, you are the right woman for me!”
VERONICA= But fortunately Mrs. Amalia does have some doubts about this whole story.
AMALIA= Also because he made me so many promises but didn’t keep them.
VERONICA= What promises did he make you?
AMALIA= That he came here, he came to Palermo and he had to come to me. He didn’t come because he always wanted money.
VERONICA= But do you think Piero Barone needs our money??
AMALIA= No! In fact I even told him: “You send it to me!”
VERONICA= Good!! Good. The attitude seems right to us and so the time has come.
Now I have a surprise for you!
Amalia has already understood everything and in fact laughs and worries about making a good impression.
AMALIA= If I had known, I would have put a nicer tablecloth! (laughter)
VERONICA= Everything is ready, all we have to do is call Piero Barone, the real one, the only one who can really convince Amalia once and for all to stop wasting time and money on those SCAMMERS. (The video call with Piero begins.)
PIERO= Veronica!?
VERONICA= Hello!
PIERO= How are you?
VERONICA= I’m very well, I’m here with a friend of mine, her name is Amalia.
PIERO= Hi Amalia! Nice to meet you.
AMALIA= Hi Piero, nice to meet you.
VERONICA= Amalia, since last October, has been writing to a person who says they are you, so since October she’s been convinced she’s in a relationship with you.
PIERO= Wow! So, I know about these things. It’s something that unfortunately has been going around a lot lately, IT’S ONLY PEOPLE WHO PRETEND, WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S KINDNESS, we don’t write to anyone on Instagram, we don’t contact anyone. Our job is something else, we just have to sing.
VERONICA= He told you that you were going to one of their concerts, and where?
AMALIA= Yes, of course, everywhere he went.
Where you went (she turns to Piero), I went with you.
PIERO= But madam, I have the other two (Gianluca and Ignazio) that I have to take with me, there’s no room on the plane (laughter).
But where are you from, madam, let me understand.
AMALIA= Palermo.
PIERO= Ah, she’s Sicilian like me.
AMALIA= Yes, yes.
PIERO= Now we know each other.
AMALIA= Indeed!
VERONICA= Piero, don’t give her any hope because I’ll come and get you!! (laughter)
PIERO= Let’s look on the bright side, Mrs. Amalia, we understood that it’s a scam, I hope you didn’t spend a lot of money, but I’ll take advantage of this to officially invite you and your family to one of our concerts.
VERONICA= For real this time, eh!
AMALIA= Look how many of us there are (the video shows all the relatives who are there listening – laughter)
RELATIVES= Hello!
PIERO= I take back what I said! (laughter).
VERONICA= Amalia seems to have taken it very well, but when we hang up, she gets a little emotional.
Does it make you want to cry?
AMALIA= Yes!
VERONICA= My love. (they hug each other)
AMALIA= Of course, I feel bad, because I hoped it was really him, never mind!
VERONICA= What did you like about him?
AMALIA= Everything! He spoke to me tenderly, very sweetly.
VERONICA= It’s right to look for it and want love.
AMALIA= I found it with my husband!
VERONICA= Exactly.
Loving again, dear Amalia, is possible indeed, even at 78 years old.
So if it happens to you again, if ALBANO writes to you, I’ll name you at random, first go to your nieces and ask if it’s the real ALBANO or the fake ALBANO? We need to be careful about this. Are you calm now?
AMALIA= Yes, of course.
VERONICA= Didn’t I hurt you by telling you this?
AMALIA= No, no. In fact, you helped me feel better.
VERONICA= How sweet! Can we eat now or have you lost your hunger?
AMALIA= While I was with him, I wasn’t hungry.
VERONICA= Weren’t you hungry?
AMALIA= I was stuck.
VERONICA = It was love, of course!
Also ACTA, Associazione Contro Truffe Affettive (Association Against Affective Fraud), and Lotta al Cybercrime, took an interest in the case, publishing the video from LE IENE, with this comment:
AMALIA at Le IENE: LOVE HAS NO AGE—> Amalia, a seventy-eight-year-old woman, has been believing for six months that she is the girlfriend of Il Volo singer Piero Barone.
Congratulations to Veronica Ruggeri who with empathy and simplicity makes Amalia understand that she has been yet another victim of an emotional scam by making her speak to the real Piero Barone. Veronica Ruggeri is an example to be imitated by those relatives of victims who act with arrogance, thus making the victim close up like a hedgehog. Amalia has been subjected to hypnotic manipulation and certainly does not need that arrogant and judgmental attitude that so many superficial people have.
This matter is really incredible, but unfortunately we know well that every day many people are enticed by these FAKE PROFILES who promise affection and kindness, to send MONEY.
Please be careful, none of Il Volo or their staff or their families need our MONEY, this is interesting for the FAKE PEOPLE who pass themselves off as them!!!!
Just before the Easter holidays, our editorial team received an email (another one unfortunately) from a kind fan who was scammed. We asked her if we could publish her email, here it is!!
April 13, 2025
TO: Il Volo Staff
I experienced this fake profile of Piero and his so-called manager. Both were asking me for money. One wanted iTunes cards. And the other one wanted $10,000 to meet with Piero, so he could stay with me for a month. Of course, in between his concerts. There were so many red flags. The only problem is, I did send iTunes cards.
The only time he’d get upset was when I said, no, I’m not sending you anymore cards. Otherwise, he would over-do the “I love yous “.
He sent many, many photos of Piero and some of his family and ones of his many cars, etc., those kind of things you can get right from the Internet, which he probably didn’t realize I knew. I was a fool but I learned my lesson. This all started when I sent a message on Instagram to Piero, expressing how much I loved the Trio. I was probably only on Instagram for a month. I never really followed Il Volo before. Then I got caught up in a fake. This all started around March 30 through March 31 and I just ended it on April 13, 2025. I told him I want my money back and I’m going to report him.
Piero even sent a video (or who I thought was him at the time) – it had his exact face and voice saying he would never hurt me or do anything to me, I love you. The face was Piero. But, It had to be AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Today, April 13, 2025, I received a voice message, and he said he loves me, and, I could immediately tell it definitely was not Piero. I could tell the difference. This man was trying to act like Piero!
He said my VIP card was in the mail but it never arrived.
He also sent me gifts of: a framed photo of Piero & I, a t-shirt with a picture of Piero & I, and a stuffed pink teddy bear. I received these items on the 12th of April. I did not go for that. I told him that the real Piero Barone would never have time for all this. Is there anything I can do to report this? Federal Trade Commission??
These people owe me approximately $6000-$7000 in iTunes cards, which I know I won’t get back.
Thank you for your time. I know this not Il Volo’s fault. I just wanted people to be aware. I am a widow and he took advantage of me.
Sincerely: Deborah.
Dear Deborah, we are all on your side, we are very sorry for what happened to you, luckily you realized the deception!!!
Thank you for sending this testimony of yours and for allowing us to publish it, I hope it can help to pay more attention to the trust that is often stolen by these shady individuals.
Be smart, open your eyes.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca do not answer any fans and above all they do not ask for money!!
There are no words for these despicable actions, the internet can be dangerous, so only trust serious and well-known sites or pages.
BEWARE of those who offer you private contact.
Trust is very important and should only be given to serious people.
A hug to all of you!!
Daniela 🤗
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