The organizers of MARENOSTRUM have published several short videos with these beautiful comments:
“Under the stars, music takes on another dimension. And with Il Volo it becomes something eternal.
The elegance of music in its purest form. Il Volo, live from Marenostrum Fuengirola, with an incredible repertoire in a night to be transported.
Fuengirola sounds different tonight. The starry sky, the illuminated castle… And three voices that are filling every corner with beauty.
Il Volo is not singing. It is touching the soul of everyone present.
The air is cut with emotion. No one bats an eyelid. No one wants it to end. Il Volo is making magic live.
The sound of thousands of hearts beating to the same rhythm. It’s Il Volo live. It’s time. It’s unique.
One night. Three voices. A thousand emotions. This is how Il Volo sounded on the Unicaja stage of Marenostrum Fuengirola.
A concert that touched the soul and left a mark in every corner of the castle.
Final concert and standing audience. Applause that never ends, emotion that doesn’t enter the chest. This was not a concert. It was a gift. THANK YOU ❤️”
Since the day after the concert is Piero’s birthday, people took the opportunity to wish him a happy birthday and give him lots of presents.🎉🎂🎊❤️ TANTI AUGURI PIERO!! 😍
How difficult it can be to present a song when so many people want to express their sincere affection.
I think Piero was touched by so much love.❤️😂
PIERO= The song we just sang and the next one we will sing were written by an Italian composer (a woman hands Piero a rose) …. “Hello, madam, thank you very much, thank you…..it’s Christmas today! (because a line of women has started to hand out flowers and gifts)….thank you madam”.
WOMAN= It’s your birthday!
PIERO= Ah, tomorrow is my birthday and so…. (applause)….that’s why all these gifts. (in the meantime Gianluca and Ignazio also help to get the gifts). Thank you, but you should know that tomorrow is my birthday but in a few days Ignazio will become a father (applause – Ignazio makes a sign to Piero as if to say that it is not in a few days), but yes, a few days, a month, two months, whatever… months are like days, there are a few left…… (Piero tries to resume the presentation of the song)… so we were saying that the next melody we will sing was written by a composer…. (Gianluca interrupts starting the Happy XMas song, laughter.)
What direction is this evening taking?
IGNAZIO= (In the meantime Ignazio also receives some gifts, a onesie for little Gabriele) This is for the gym (laughter).
PIERO= (still tries to resume the presentation of the song, but the gifts continue to arrive) Ok, the melody……thank you ma’am….
IGNAZIO= Surely there is a flower shop outside! Thank you. (laughter)
PIERO= (tries to resume the presentation) OK, the melody…this is the last time I repeat it (laughter), the melody that we sang and the next one was also written by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (applause)…..thank you ma’am….Ennio Morricone. Ladies and gentlemen, the next song is called “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” (SE).
Il Volo also answered questions in an interview.
For those who want to see the whole concert, here is the video.
BG Sound, who organized the concert, wrote these words and published these beautiful photos.
“Emotion. Tears. Laughing out loud. Messages from the soul sent in 3 voices: Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca!
Il Volo made the Palace Hall ring on a summer evening. Il Volo got the audience on their feet, not just the encore. 2 hours of music that transcends time, and takes emotion to another level!
👏 We thank the audience in Bucharest for the sensational evening!”
I would say two more concerts that were successful.
I can say that the atmosphere in Bucharest was really strange, even our guys were very relaxed, almost like a performance among friends, maybe the very informal attitude of the people and I must also say the great heat, influenced a performance with a less perfect tone but very familiar.
But as always there is no time to rest, immediately back to Italy with a stop in Turin for an evening in the square, but we’ll talk about it in the next post!!
Daniela🤗
And finally, here is a prayer composed by our dear friend, Sheila Kilpatrick, for our beloved guys of IL VOLO and fans.
LORD,
In this world, there is a Masterpiece (Capolavoro) Among the waves (Tra le ondé).
Bless the trio of men who show Great Love (Grande Amore) to The World (Il Mondo).
They take Flight (Il Volo), and are so out of sight (Lontano dogli occhi) .
They are very close (Vicinissimo ) to you Again (Ancora).
We ask your love (Your Love) and Call Me Again Love (Chiamami Ancora Amore).
Shower all your blessings on their beloved, if not somewhat crazy fans!
HALLELUJAH
Sheila noted that “Hallelujah” is one of her many favorite songs and was written by a fellow Canadian, Leonard Cohen.
After the break of the Mantua concerts, here we are at the beginning of the summer concerts of the World Tour.
There were also some personal events in our guys’ families, but we’ll talk about that at the end of the post.
JUNE 18
The first of these summer concerts is on the beautiful island of Palma De Mallorca in Spain, at the Estadi Son Moix.
This is the first time that Il Volo has performed in Mallorca, they had already performed there at the beginning of their career but not in a full concert.
As always, I propose to you some short videos.
Surely you will notice a change in Ignazio’s appearance, first of all he seems to have lost weight, he has cut his goatee and also his hair, tell me your opinion, I’ll tell you right away that I’m not satisfied with the haircut. 🤔
Il Volo thrills 3,000 people at Son Moix with their pop lyrics
The Italian trio’s performance on Wednesday was the second event in the ‘Mallorca Concert Series’ organised by Grup Trui.
An unforgettable evening for lovers of Italian music and the great voices of lyrical pop. This was the event held this Wednesday at the Estadi Son Moix in Palma, the traditional stronghold of Real Mallorca, which was transformed into a stage of elegance and emotion with the presence of Il Volo, the acclaimed vocal trio made up of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble. This recital marked the second performance of the Mallorca Concert Series, organised by Grup Trui, and brought together around 3,000 people in a unique atmosphere.
From the first moment, Il Volo won over the audience with their innate charisma and impeccable stage presence. With absolute domination of the stage and an evident chemistry between them, the trio offered a performance that combined the sobriety of bel canto with the familiarity of pop, a formula that has become their unmistakable signature. The complicity between the three artists was palpable both during the performances and in the breaks between songs, where they joked with each other and with the audience, adding a touch of humor and warmth to a special evening.
During the concert, some of their most famous hits were performed, sparking applause from the audience. Songs that have crossed national borders, conquering a privileged place on the international music scene, were intertwined with classical arrangements and emotional versions. The vocal quality of Il Volo, already recognized worldwide since their debut, shone once again.
The Estadi Son Moix, accustomed to the goals and adrenaline of football, this time vibrated with a different emotion, one that only live music can generate, combined with the beauty of well-tuned voices and respect for the repertoire performed by the group.
This concert reaffirmed the popularity of Il Volo and the consolidation of the Mallorca Concert Series as a high-level cultural event on the island. With a varied program and internationally renowned artists, this series turns the Mallorca stadium into a meeting point for those seeking unforgettable musical experiences. It kicked off at the beginning of the month with Joaquín Sabina, who was sold out, and will continue on Saturday 28th with the Mallorcan artist Rels B (the most listened to Spanish artist on Spotify in 2024). Finally, on July 5th, the successful singer Manuel Carrasco will close the series.
JUNE 20
The concert will always be in Spain but in Merida, a city rich in ancient Roman monuments. The place where Il Volo will hold the concert is beautiful.
The concert is part of the STONE & MUSIC FESTIVAL which is the most important musical event in the southwest of Spain. An event that combines music with archaeological heritage.
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!!
The preview of the evening begins with Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio in the rooms of the beautiful Palazzo Te and precisely the Sala Dei Giganti, a beautiful room completely frescoed, enveloping and astonishing, also notable the frescoed ceiling and the geometry of the floor. Splendid!
IGNAZIO= but guys, we’ve gone a thousand turns, right left….we’re lost!
GIANLUCA= Wait, look, look for a moment where you are. We are in the Sala dei Giganti of Palazzo Te, look at the frescoes, look at the perspective there, look at the chiaroscuro. (the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting)
PIERO= Yes, the perspective is fine, the frescoes, everything, but we have a concert to do guys, all the guests have arrived too.
IGNAZIO= The guests, let’s call the guests.
GIANLUCA= Call them, so they can admire them too!
PIERO= (to Ignazio) Giorgia, call Giorgia.
IGNAZIO= You don’t know how many times I’ve looked for her. (It’s a deliberate phrase because the chorus of Giorgia’s last song says: you don’t know how many times I’ve looked for you.)
PIERO= The Kolors (a band of three guys)
IGNAZIO= The Kolors are three, who knows who will answer…
GIANLUCA= We’re not in Ibiza, come on (the biggest hit of the Kolors in a chorus says: this is not Ibiza)!
IGNAZIO= Who can we call? Beppe Fiorello, Arisa, Vanessa Incontrada…..
PIERO= Don’t worry, we’ll get out of here somehow, see you soon at TUTTI PER UNO.
The concert starts with the wonderful THE FINAL COUNTDOWN by Europe, which we listened to all three nights as an opener! 🤩
The first great guest of the evening is introduced immediately, the very talented Giorgia.
She is one of the most appreciated and successful Italian female singers, also because she has a fantastic voice.
In 1995 Giorgia won Sanremo with the song “Come saprei”, her manager at the time was Michele Torpedine.
Last year she co-hosted one of the concerts TUTTI PER UNO.
This performance by Giorgia is part of the second evening I attended and in the editing it was placed in the third.
Giorgia begins by singing in duet with Gianluca her song ORO NERO (2016).❤️
She continues in duet with Piero on his beautiful song QUANDO UNA STELLA MUORE (2013)❤️
The duets end with Ignazio together singing the beautiful song by Giorgia DI SOLE E D’AZZURRO (2001) which reaches particularly high notes. Gorgeous!❤️
At the end of the duets:
IGNAZIO= But can’t you sing a little more low-key songs?
GIORGIA= In fact, I’m very happy to have finally found someone who gives me a hand and what a hand, and it’s beautiful to hear your voices on my songs, your beautiful voices.
GIANLUCA = Did we do well? Great responsibility to sing your songs.
GIORGIA= More than well, magnificently!
A video collage of some moments of Giorgia’s past year is proposed.
Then Piero remembers that the night before they had dinner with Giorgia and stayed until 2:30 a.m. laughing and joking, this to underline that there is a great friendship between them.
At the end Gianluca asks Giorgia to sing her last song that she presented at Sanremo this year, the beautiful LA CURA PER ME (2025), 😍 and together with Il Volo she performs the final chorus!
We continue in style with a splendid solo by Ignazio, the song is from 1975.
IGNAZIO= 1975 is the year in which it was released, I dare say it bluntly, one of the most revolutionary songs in the history of rock, you all know it.
The wonderful BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by the Queen begins. ❤️
Wow, what a voice Ignazio, what a pathos-filled interpretation!
And on with another beautiful duet, this time it’s Piero with Arisa, a good singer that we have already seen together with Il Volo singing in the basilica of Assisi in 2013.
The song they propose is in Neapolitan, written and sung by Modugno, published in 1964, TU SI NA COSA GRANDE. What power of voices!! 😍
Piero’s words:
“I’m very happy, I’m for two reasons, the first is that I’m about to perform one of the most famous Neapolitan songs, and the second is that I’ll be able to do it with one of the sweetest and most elegant voices of Italian song.
Ladies and gentlemen, to TUTTI PER UNO this evening: Arisa.”
It’s time to call the evening’s co-host on stage. She is Spanish, but when she was little she moved to Italy (1999), she is a nice and beautiful presenter and also an established television actress: VANESSA INCONTRADA.
Vanessa performs a skit where she pretends not to know Il Volo and has prepared three indications to help her understand which of the three she is talking about.
Card 1 = He is a male singer, he is part of the group Il Volo, and he won the Sanremo festival in 2015 (this applies to all three) 😂😂
Card 2 = He is very elegant and always dressed in black. (this also applies to all three) 😂😂
Card 3 = He has a tenor voice and wears glasses (we finally recognize Piero) 😂🥰
The concert continues with Il Volo performing the ever-beautiful GRANDE AMORE (2015). 😍
Il Volo continues together interpreting the ever beautiful and timeless song written by Dalla in 1986: CARUSO 😍
I’ve heard many versions of this song sung by various singers, but the way Il Volo performs it is wonderful!
The sweetest moment of the evening has arrived, Ignazio reads some words he wrote dedicating them to his baby on the way, Gabriele.
“You know, many of you know that I will soon become a father (applause), it has always been my desire to be a father.
But before being a father my desire was really to be able to meet my other half, and it is not easy.
Then when you find yourself meeting her, wanting to share your whole life with her, you get married, and there are a lot of married people here tonight, right? (applause) You have not regretted it, have you?
Here, I think that being a dad is a great gift, it is a great fortune and I will succeed, it will be beautiful, I am really excited and I thought of writing a little letter that I will take and read if I manage to finish it, and it is short too……and it says like this:
My dear son, (applause) I don’t know what it will be like to receive the most precious gift that life will give me, I don’t know what it will be like when I am too far away to wake you up in the morning to tell you that I love you.
And I don’t know what it will be like when you take my hand and with your sweet eyes and your sweet voice you will call me dad!” ❤️💙
Another guest enters, she is Alessandra Amoroso, a good Italian singer who shares the same joy as Ignazio for the arrival of a baby, she will soon be a mother.
Together they sing a beautiful song by Stevie Wonder: ISN’T SHE LOVELY released in 1976. 😍
Also on the evening of the concert I attended, this beautiful introduction by Ignazio to the song was made but he sang it solo and not as a duet with Alessandra.
While they sing, Alessandra Amoroso’s growing belly is evident, she also says that hers will be a girl and will be called Penelope and states that she has only one week of gestation difference with Michelle. The happiness of Ignazio and Alessandra who will be future parents is evident!! Congratulations! 💙🧡
Ignazio jokingly says that when he found out his baby was a boy he said to Alessandra: “You see, I’m making you your boyfriend, eh. (meaning Penelope). A good match, a good boy, raised well, from a good family with good values, and then we also get along, so!!”😂😂
At the end Alessandra Amoroso also sings her new song COSE STUPIDE (2025) 🥰
It’s time for Gianluca’s first solo, who with his warm and deep voice performs a beautiful song by Battiato E TI VENGO A CERCARE (1988) 🥰
Gianluca’s words: “Franco Battiato taught me that the invisible saves the world, that the human mind has limits and only by entrusting ourselves to what cannot be explained with reason, such as music, poetry, love, can we get closer to the sacred.
And love for me is not possession but freedom, because it changes us, reflects us and reveals us.
Battiato knew how to sing it like few others, elevating it to the divine and in his words I see myself.
I see my own need… (now he quotes some words from the song) …. and I come looking for you because in you I see my roots, because I need your presence to better understand my essence.
And this evening I want to pay homage to him because today more than ever we need to wake up, to open our eyes and our hearts and start looking at reality with more truth, with more beauty, but above all with more love.” ❤️
It’s time for another duet, this time it’s Piero who with great honor introduces the talented flautist Andrea Griminelli with whom he will perform the beautiful Neapolitan song brought to success by the tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano in 1953 DICITENCELLO VUJE.
Amazing 🥰
GIANLUCA= And now let’s take a trip not only back in time but also to a distant place that we know very well, Mexico.
IGNAZIO= In 1940 a song was born that entered everyone’s heart, not only for the splendid melody but above all for its intense sensuality.
The three guys take their places, Ignazio on the guitar, Piero on the piano and Gianluca on vocals, what a marvel to see them engaged in these different roles, I like them very much and together with Vanessa, who is called on stage, they sing BESAME MUCHO. ❤️
Now Beppe Fiorello enters the scene, he is the brother of Fiorello (Rosario) that we are used to seeing. Beppe is a very good actor and appreciated in Italy.
He is entrusted with the presentation of the next song.
“Good evening everyone. Here we go, good evening, now I’m going to tell you a story.
1964 is the year in which a song by Simon and Garfunkel that I love very much was composed: THE SOUND OF SILENCE, I’m sure you all know it.
The first verse is one of the most famous incipits in the history of rock: – Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again- a poetic but also disconcerting phrase, – Welcome darkness, my old friend –
Paul Simon composed this song when he was only 21 years old, he wrote it in a single night sitting on the floor of his room completely in the dark, and to fill the silence of that darkness there were only the strings of his guitar.
He explained that with those words he didn’t want to make proclamations, no, he was just trying to explain in a simple way the alienation of kids his age, the loneliness they had inside, the difficulties those young people had in relating to the world.
– I saw ten thousand people, maybe even more, who were talking without talking, who were hearing without listening, who were writing songs that no voice would ever share and none of them dared to disturb the sound of silence.
SOUND OF SILENCE is a song from 60 years ago, we know that, and yet I believe that its cry of solitude is still very current, unfortunately I would add, for the many boys and girls of today, who live their great efforts in total silence, perhaps because there is no one to listen to them.” 👏
Il Volo performs the beautiful THE SOUND OF SILENCE.❤️
Another guest arrives, it is the good singer Brunori Sas, with him Gianluca performs LA CANZONE DEI VECCHI AMANTI (1967), a song by Jacques Brel, here sung in the Italian version by Battiato.
At the end the last verse Gianluca and Brunori sing it in French. 😍
It’s time for a young Italian singer: Stash (actually he’s 35 so he’s older than our guys) who is part of a very well-known trio in Italy, The Kolors.
Ignazio says that he and Stash are great lovers of Pino Daniele, of whom, together, they perform A ME PIACE “O BLUES” (1980). 🥰
Then Ignazio leaves the stage and the other two members of The Kolors enter and the group performs a medley of their most famous songs.🥰
PRONTO COME VA (2025)
TU CON CHI FAI L’AMORE (2025)
ITALODISCO (2023)
Another sweet and emotional moment, it is 2010 and a catastrophe arrives in Haiti, in support of the hard-hit population a large group of singers including our then little Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio, brings back to the success WE ARE THE WORLD USA FOR AFRICA of 1985 which this time becomes WE ARE THE WORLD FOR HAITI.
A photo of the singers, including Il Volo, is also projected.
Here the song is performed by Il Volo with the support of the children’s choir of Chiari (Brescia).
Moving and beautiful performance, how sweet it was. 😍
Now it’s time for a good singer that we know well, she was competing in Sanremo this year and on the duet night she wanted Il Volo with whom she sang The Sound Of Silence. CLARA enters the stage and in a duet with Gianluca performs YOU ARE THE REASON (2018) 🥰
Piero calls Vanessa Incontrada on stage who kindly gives Piero lessons in Spanish pronunciation.😁
It’s time for a solo by Piero who performs the very well-known romance from La Tabernera del Puerto (1936): NO PUEDE SER.
Always nice to hear this song with Piero’s splendid voice! 😍
Beppe Fiorello returns and together with Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero they give life to a moment in which they talk about certain gestures, certain moments that have become a must in films.
At the beginning, Beppe kindly wants to say something off the set list, and says that from backstage he heard the voices of Il Volo proposing songs of a certain importance but performed with extreme ease, with great naturalness, congratulations!
The game that Beppe Fiorello proposes is “time in cinema”.
How many gestures in cinema have remained indelible, explains Beppe Fiorello, for example they immediately recall the legendary movement that made Charlot immediately recognizable!
Then he remembers the run on the steps of Rocky.
Then he remembers the special movement of Spider-Man who throws the cobwebs.
Then he asks Gianluca and Piero to recall the legendary embrace of Jake and Rose on the Titanic. Piero asks to play Rose while Gianluca is asked to play the part of Di Caprio and Ignazio has to do the soundtrack.
Then he remembers a scene from The Godfather that caresses her cheek and the legendary dance of Uma Thurman and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction and all four perform some movements of the dance.
Finally he repeats the movement of Tony Manero that by now we all know in the dance of Saturday Night Fever. 😂👏
The concert continues with two beautiful interpretations made by Il Volo.
The first is the timeless UN AMORE COSÌ GRANDE (1976).🥰
And the second is GRANADA (1967), performed in three different ways by Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio.🥰
Both songs, Un Amore Così Grande and Granada were brought to success by the talented Claudio Villa!!👏
Vanessa Incontrada reads a presentation that talks about time…. “time is the heart of music”…..
All this to introduce Gianluca’s next solo: C’È TEMPO (2003) by Ivano Fossati.
Well done Gianluca who gives space to the beautiful songs of Italian singer-songwriters! 🥰
Another solo, this time it’s Ignazio’s turn to give voice…and what a voice…to two beautiful songs brought to success by Bon Jovi:
ALWAYS (1994) ❤️ LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER (1986) 🥰
What a marvel!
A beautiful duet awaits us now with Piero and Mario Biondi. Piero tells how it was written, how this song was born.
I must say that Piero and Mario were able to use different voices and styles on the beautiful song by Sting (The Police): ROXANNE (1978) 🥰
And now a timeless success that we always listen to with pleasure performed by the three beautiful voices of Il Volo: MY WAY (1969) 🥰
Another beautiful duet, Gianluca says:
“Every time has its songs and then there are songs that have no time”.
Gianluca with Piero sing the beautiful song written and performed by Renato Zero: IL CIELO (1978) ❤️
The concert continues with another beautiful classical duet, NOTTE ‘E PISCATORE (1995) performed by the powerful voices of Piero and Ignazio. 🥰
We have reached the end of the concert. Vanessa Incontrada returns to greet the audience of Mantua and Canale 5 and Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio greet her by paying homage to her with the beautiful HISTORIA DE UN AMOR (1955) ❤️
The concert is over Il Volo bids farewell with final greetings and with PER ASPERA AD ASTRA ❤️
Finally a final recap, the images of the Aftershow. 🥰
What can I say, another beautiful concert that closed a trilogy of successes, wonderful songs and good guest singers.
Elegance, friendliness and cheerfulness, even the newspapers and the comments speak well of this type of entertainment and of the fact that Il Volo did not rest on its laurels but continued on its path with great success.
And the voices of our dear Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, always at the top. This time too they made us dream and the television ratings rewarded them.
Many newspapers talked about it but I really liked one article in particular and I will propose it to you translated in the next few days.
See you soon: Daniela 🤗
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