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Gianluca, Ignazio, Il Volo, Piero

Il Volo – Comerica Theatre, Phoenix September 1, 2013

Ignazio announced Il Volo’s arrival in Phoenix!  With four concerts behind them, Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio relax and enjoy the sun before tonight’s concert at the Comerica Theatre.

“ignazio boschetto ‏@IBoschetto Phoenix.. http://instagram.com/p/ds8ZHpsRFT/ ”

“Piero Barone Il Volo ‏@piero_barone   After a long workout some fun in the sun ☀ #SwimmingPool #Phoenix #hotel #dayOff http://instagram.com/p/dskIn2EzNB/ ”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble  Biking at the gym…”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble #NowPlaying Softly as I Leave You by Frank Sinatra…The best…… https://twitter.com/GianGinoble/status/374068574718939136/photo/1 ”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble Listening to #franksinatra before going to bed…💤👌”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble Buonanotte!  💤   http://instagram.com/p/dtcn9SMyv1/ “

Gianluca, Ignazio, Il Volo, Piero

Gianluca, “Thank you FRESNO … sold out!!”

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Tweets before, during and after Il Volo – live at the Fresno Grand Opera, August 30, 2013.

“Il Volo ‏@ilvolo   Want you pls surrender to me..!!! http://instagram.com/p/dqIxzQiaBb/ ”

“Il Volo ‏@ilvolo   G&P  http://instagram.com/p/dqLkjYiaFk/ ”

“Il Volo ‏@ilvolo  Chillin’  http://instagram.com/p/dqKXErCaDy/ ”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble Tenor voice crack! LOL!!! I’m DYING!!!!!! Ahahah http://youtu.be/9UUPEo849_s ”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble    Ready for the show!!  😉 http://instagram.com/p/dqaNxCMysW/ ”

“Elaine T ‏@tse_etsecpa  @GianGinoble Looks great. You sound so good #intermission #Fresno Grand Opera”

“Piero Barone Il Volo ‏@piero_barone  Feelings! #live #concert #cool #italian #style #lather http://instagram.com/p/dq_OC3kzEE/ ”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏@GianGinoble  Thank you FRESNO for the sold out!! What a wonderful concert!”

Gianluca, Ignazio, Il Volo, Piero

Il Volo at the Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles, August 28, 2013

On Thursday, August 29, 2013, Il Volo tweeted a couple of pictures taken at the Wednesday night concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca look handsome as always and so does Quincy Jones!

“Il Volo ‏@ilvolo   Us and @QuincyDJones at our LA show! http://instagram.com/p/dm6_CTCaKZ/#”

“Il Volo ‏@ilvolo  #WeAreLove Tour 2013 in LA!  http://instagram.com/p/dnND-EiaJN”

While Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca were performing at the Gibson, it seems Flight Crew members were watching video from the Sleep Train concert the night before and were so blown away by their performances – just had to tweet …

“@IlVoloFlightCrw  @IBoschetto @piero_barone @GianGinoble     Love your solos!  #wearelovetour2013 – awesome!”

“@Sheridan543  @IBoschetto  Your solo Caruso was wonderful!”

“@favouritesinger  @piero_barone   Piero loved your solo saw it on you tube looking forward to hearing at concert perfect amazing fantastic voice congratulations”

“@IlVoloFlightCrw @GianGinoble @IBoschetto @piero_barone   We love the videos from the concerts!  Congrats – looks like all is going better than amazing!”

“@favouritesinger  @iboschetto Ignazio just saw you singing Caruso, magnificent congratulations on perfect singing saw Pavarotti also you are every bit as good even better”

“@Sheridan543 @piero_barone   Your new solo was magnificent.  Please continue to sing music like this”

“@MariellAnastasi @IBoschetto   Your Caruso!  Love it!  Love it!  Love it!”

“‏@IlVoloFlightCrw @GianGinoble  Love your solo!  #wearelovetour2013 -awesome!”

Gianluca, Ignazio, Il Volo, Piero

Il Volo – Sleep Train Pavilion

August 27, 2013 –  Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio guide us through their activities today leading up to tonight’s concert at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord.  Be sure to check out all the pictures and the keek; a guest drummer makes an appearance!  Don’t miss it!

Around noon California time Gianluca said,  “Gianluca Il Volo    Goodmorning ! Drinking my first coffee of the day..   https://twitter.com/GianGinoble/status/372428359961018368/photo/1”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏ #shopping pre concert !  https://twitter.com/GianGinoble/status/372433217497731072/photo/1”

“Piero Barone Il Volo ‏  Just woke up!!!  And I can’t wait to sing at the #SleepTrainPavilloon here in #Concord.. #ilvolo #LIVE #TOUR2013 #WeAreLoveTour”

“ignazio Boschetto   Going the theatre #sleeptrainpavilion   See you there guys..!!!! http://in stagram.com/p/dh3mTsMRPu/”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏ Having lunch at the #SleepTrainPavilloon before the #soundcheck https://twitter.com/GianGinoble/status/372461622393978881/photo/1”

“Gianluca Il Volo ‏ Almost ready! #sleeptrainpavilion   http://www.keek.com/!o8Rbdab”

“Il Volo   this is our way to get concentrated 😳😂 @piero_barone @gianginoble @iboschetto    http://instagram.com/p/diGHKNiaA3/ “

Gianluca, Ignazio, Myron's Music Notes, Piero

Music Notes ~~ by Meheaton….Their Voices

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Here is the next installment in Music Notes!  Enjoy!

 

 I have had some requests for a little discussion about our boys’ voices.  (Just remember that there is always a lot of back and forth amongst music directors.  The old tale goes like this:  “ The only thing two choral directors agree upon is how terrible the third one is.” )  Well, given that here goes:

 
Ignazio:  In North America he would usually be referred to as a lyric tenor.  Sometimes in Europe that kind of voice would be called “Spinto tenor”  from the italian – “ lirico spinto”  – a voice that can float high above all the other sounds but can, when needed, become powerful to dominate.  From my personal standpoint as a voice teacher/coach, I admire his ability to give enough solid breath support to create gorgeous high notes that are not “forced” but fluid or “ lirico”   – lyric.   This guy will always be a great tenor.
 
 Piero:  in America he might be called tenor to tenor-baritone.  In Europe he would be called “Heldentenor”  in german – Heroic tenor .  This type of voice was made famous by the composer Richard Wagner in his operas.  A robust voice with a clarion texture or timbre with unusual endurance.  A voice that can stand out over the chorus if needed.   At his age it is possible that his voice will keep dropping in range and he ends up being a tenor-baritone going forward.  A lot depends on how he and his voice coach handle the sound which can, if not handled right, become tight and closed in.  Piero is a very fine musician and they all have a great voice coach (love to meet him one day).
Gianluca:     In America he would be called a “Romantic Baritone”  and used as a tenor-baritone in a lot of musical or opera roles.  In terms of pure vocal size, his voice is the largest with very rich chest resonance which you can hear even when he talks.  Of the three, he has the greatest vowel control with nearly perfect vowel shape and purity.  He has also been working on supporting his “head tone”, what some people call “falsetto”, which he has used in some songs in this season.  His range is huge and dropping even now in the last three weeks from what I have heard.  This is time for the voice coach to be with him every day just so he does not over work it.
 
I know this is repeated a bit but I will say it again:  The human voice is the last organ to mature.   Usually it takes up to between 32 years and 35 years of age.   In the meantime, these three wonderful natural instruments will expand in range and increase in size (not the same as volume) and build in richness.  God help us what they are going to sound like by 25 or 28  !!!