Il Volo captivates the audience at the Sferisterio in Macerata (sold out) for over two hours of great music. Tonight 6 September we repeat / VIDEO, photos, lineup and review.
Nothing to say. They are good and the public loves them. Sold out for the first (5 September 2024) of the two dates at the Sferisterio in Macerata (tonight it is repeated and there are no tickets, including the gallery) for Il Volo: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
The tour “Tutti per Uno – Capolavoro tour” (produced by Friends & Partners), celebrates 15 years of the group’s career and friendship.
There are many songs in the setlist, but there is no shortage of moments of reflection and chats with Ignazio as the one who gets angry and the other two who tease him. The audience is there, laughs and applauds. “We have been away from Macerata for 9 years and it is an honor for us to be in this magical place”, they begin. Then Ginoble greets his family members present in the Arena and together they thank Michele Torpedine and Maurizio Tosoroni who took them to a memorable concert in the Frasassi Caves.
From young Italian revelations, today the trio boasts a consolidated international career, with hundreds of performances in the most prestigious theaters in the world and millions of records sold. More than two hours of music for a special evening, with Il Volo enchanting and exciting everyone present with a set list of songs
from the album “Ad Astra”, the first of the unreleased ones, which reflects the personal and artistic evolution of the trio – together with great successes from the Italian musical tradition and from the group’s now consolidated repertoire. And, there is no shortage of songs by Ennio Morricone. Supporting them is a large orchestra of over 40 elements.
Il Volo continues the celebrations of an important year in music: 2024 represents 15 years of career and began in February with the success of Capolavoro’, the song – certified Gold Record – presented at the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival, continued with the dates in Japan and arrived at the Verona Arena with Tutti Per Uno (a project by Michele Torpedine), three special concert events with numerous guests on Canale 5.
On the stage of the Sferisterio in Macerata the three artists, together or individually, presented a large group of evergreen songs, from My way by Frank Sinatra to La cura by Franco Battiato, from Caruso by Lucio Dalla to Who wants to live forever by Queen, to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. A tribute also to the place with an intense interpretation of Il Mondo by Jimmy Fontana. We get to the encore with Grande amore… where it all began thanks to Michele Torpedine who immediately bet on those guys.
And it is the producer who reveals the group’s next projects to us: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will be the protagonists of a tour in the main European capitals in autumn and in 2025 they will be in the USA, Canada and Latin America, while in January they will touch the sports halls of Milan, Bologna, Turin and Rome.
The Sferisterio is a very beautiful and particular theatre. I propose this beautiful video collage published in Sferisterio live, where you can also see the beauty of the theatre.
Look at the queue to enter the theatre…..we’ll enter with the people too!!
How many times have we heard this beautiful song, I believe that they proposed it from the first moments, but in this case it had a special flavor because Jimmy Fontana, author of this song, is a native of this area, so it was a tribute to him well appreciated by the present: IL MONDO 🥰
My goodness, how much passion Ignazio has in this song, in this short video filmed by your Michelle ❤️ ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO.
This song by Morricone is simply fantastic, with a poignant sweetness: SE ❤️
Piero, your voice becomes more and more powerful, congratulations, the studies can be seen and heard!! ❤️ AMOR VIDA DE MI VIDA
You absolutely must see this video, the song is the beautiful MISERERE, a serious song. At the top of the video it says: “Being able to be funny even during Miserere is not everyone’s thing”, in fact here too Ignazio managed to make everyone laugh and now you will understand why.
The beginning of the song is entrusted to Gianluca and these are the words that he must sing: “But what a mystery my life is
What a mystery,
I am a sinner(and here Ignazio indicates Gianluca nodding with his hand and people laugh)from the year eighty thousand A liar”(once again Ignazio confirms Gianluca’s words and everyone laughs)😂😂😂
But certainly the song that received most of the positive comments of these two concerts was the new song proposed by Gianluca, the wonderful MUSIC OF THE NIGHT taken from The Phantom of the Opera. Gianluca you surpassed yourself, what a voice, what thrills, what a feeling, what an emotion.❤️❤️🔥
But that’s not all, our Kirsten from Denmark was at her first concert and so as soon as she gets home we expect a nice report as in her style.
And then the surprises of these two concerts aren’t over, because during HERE’S TO YOU, as usual the guys dropped into the audience and Piero recognized someone in particular……but I’ll tell you in detail in a future post!! Don’t miss it.
Another very nice thing is these backstage photos. We are used to seeing Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca always perfectly dressed in their concerts but who thinks about ironing and checking their clothes? In Macerata the STOP IRONING Ironing Shop took care of this. Here are the photos of the holder backstage and her words:
“Me and IL VOLO, (Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto), a great work experience tried for the first time at the Arena Sferisterio and tomorrow it will be repeated.”
I honestly don’t know how many artists would have posed with photos together, well done our guys!!👏👏👏
And now I’ll post some photos of the concerts, there are many and all beautiful just the embarrassment of the choice.
The two concerts in Macerata are over and you will think that the boys are rightly resting, but no!!
On September 7 the boys were invited to a beautiful wedding, not that of Ignazio, but of a singer friend of theirs Arianna Bergamaschi, who had also sung Smile with them in Miami, remember?
She got married in Rome in San Pietro and also invited Il Volo as friends. Ignazio wasn’t there, he must surely be finalizing his preparations, but here are Piero and Gianluca.
Gian and Piero with some guests at the wedding.
But they also did a nice duet to cheer up the guests: MY WAY!
GIANLUCA= There are two of us and Ignazio obviously also greets you. We are delighted to be here for such an important event, for such a special wedding that has linked us by a friendship for more than ten years. With Arianna we shared wonderful moments, we sang together several times, with Olivier we are bound by this great esteem and friendship. We thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for the affection you show us every time and for the wonderful day you made all of us experience today. (applause)
PIERO= I wanted to thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for a gift you have given us. This year we are celebrating 15 years of our career and for the first time in 15 years we sat at two different tables (laughter) what a great gift!!
GIANLUCA= So??
PIERO= They put me at a table where they are all singers.
GIANLUCA= I am with producers, singers…
PIERO= … there is someone who sold me the impossible. He tells me Grande Amore, Grande Amore, I can’t take it anymore (ironic) Grande Amore,…… we can’t sing it, there are two of us and it’s made for three.
GIANLUCA= But we have a song in our repertoire that can be sung by two and that we all know.
(he continues in English) Is a very famous American song…..
PIERO= in Italian…
GIANLUCA= ….but there are some Americans, maybe…
PIERO= But if they are here in Italy, they make an effort to understand Italian! (laughter and applause)
GIANLUCA= So shall we sing directly?
PIERO= Let’s sing in English though! (laughter)
GIANLUCA= We didn’t do the soundcheck, without rehearsals.
ARIANNA= You are legends!!
GIANLUCA= Are you ready?
PIERO= Yes! (My Way begins. Arianna, evidently happy with the surprise, warmly embraces Gianluca and Piero. At the end of the beautiful song, Piero goes to the man sitting at his table to make him sing the chorus of Grande Amore) 🥰😂🥰😂
But now guys go and rest because there is the last concert of the Italian summer tour!!
September 9: CASERTA
In front of the beautiful Royal Palace of Caserta, right in the park in front of the entrance, a large stage was set up and in the background of the stage there was the writing IL VOLO!!
You should know that here we are in the Campania region, we are in the Neapolitan area and therefore the song list, as you will notice, has undergone some variations, this is to make you understand how Il Volo is attentive to the preferences of the areas in which their concerts take place. 👏
NELLE TUE MANI
FUNICULÌ FUNICULÀ (This is a famous song characteristic of the Neapolitan area)
(Ignazio chose this beautiful solo by Pino Daniele because Pino is Neapolitan and much loved by the people of his area. Quanno Chiove means When It Rains and while Ignazio was singing the song it also started raining 😂)
And so the Italian Summer Tour is over and I would say it was fantastic, lots and lots of people, lots of love and lots of skill!! Congratulations to Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca.💪❤️
Il Volo, on its official page, published these beautiful words:
Our summer tour has come to an end and we are still full of emotions. Every stage, every city, every stage was incredible thanks to you, who welcomed us with your warmth and energy.
We experienced moments that we will never forget. Your affection has accompanied us at every stage, and for this we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for sharing part of your summer with us. In October we will leave for the European tour, and then return to the Italian arenas from January 2025 where we can’t wait to see you all again.
This is just the beginning of new horizons to share together.
With love, IL VOLO
❤️❤️❤️
But there is still a new commitment: on Sunday 13 September in the Arena in Verona there will be the TIM MUSIC AWARDS event where all the artists who have received results will be rewarded and Il Volo will be among them, so we will show you their performance and awards ceremony . 🥰
The next commitment will be the start of the European Tour on October 6th in London. 🎉
There are many empty days of commitments, could it be the time of the wedding between Ignazio and Michelle??? No news has been leaked but we will certainly try to inform you immediately if the event will take place. 😍😍
Michelle is getting ready, here is a video of the wedding dress fitting!! In the end Ignazio says that he doesn’t imagine anything, but one day Michelle accidentally showed him a photo and he immediately looked away……but now he sees from Michelle’s look that she is very happy!!
The tour continues, the stop is on Lake Como, exactly in Cernobbio in the beautiful Villa Erba.
26 July CERNOBBIO
Start of the concert and NELLE TUE MANI, I know I have already played this song many times, but it is so beautiful that I never get tired of listening to it.
The next video is SE, and I wanted to post it because there’s all the speech before the song that’s really funny and so I had to translate it for you.
PIERO= Marriage is already difficult for two, imagine yourself as three, and there is no lover, we are three spouses next to each other and we live on meeting points, I decide one thing, you decide one thing , vice versa….
IGNAZIO= The important thing is to find the right position! (laughs)😂😂
PIERO= When it comes to choosing the set list of songs for a concert, there are those who like to sing some songs and those who don’t…
GIANLUCA= For a reason, explain why.🤔
PIERO= …..one minute, I conclude, SUCCEDE, it’s a song that I don’t hear very much, because the two of them sing it, they are lost in love, they crashed right into a pole, and they want to sing it at all the concerts to dedicate ….
IGNAZIO= It’s because we believe in the power of love, do you understand?😍😍
PIERO= This hasn’t happened to me yet!
IGNAZIO= Look, if it happened to Gianluca, it can happen to you too! (laughs)
PIERO= Have you understood? I make a choice on the songs, Morricone etc…..they on feeling, love….
IGNAZIO= Of course!!
PIERO= And so I, do you know when they take you to a meeting as a friend and you have to act as a “poster”? I am the “pole” with them in this song. 😁😁😁
IGNAZIO= But no, actually you should see it the other way around, you should think: “Shit, I’m a loser but I sing.” (laughter) 😂😂
PIERO= So there is a lot of hypocrisy while I sing it… do you understand why?? (the last words are spoken in Sicilian)
GIANLUCA= Cernobbio, province of Palermo. 😂😂
PIERO= However, in 2021 we released an entire album by maestro Ennio Morricone…..(at this point the video resumes while the boys sing SE and Ignazio tries to make it up to Piero, definitely laughable) 😂😂😂
Le Serre Music Festival, which took care of the location, published these beautiful words:
“All for IL VOLO… IL VOLO for all! 🌟
The incredible voices of Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca enveloped the Villa Erba audience in a daydream .”
This photo video published by Project-Photo is very beautiful.
It is the first time that Il Volo performs in Umbria, another beautiful Italian region. Marsciano is a town in the province of Perugia, the “Music for the villages” event takes place here.
Unfortunately the few video do not have a very good resolution.
Il Volo captures 4 thousand spectators in Marsciano with Musica per i Borghi
The trio of singers performed an emotional concert.
Marsciano, a small town in Umbria, hosted a very successful musical event on July 28th. The final Musica per i Borghi concert attracted an audience of 4 thousand people to the ‘Alberto Checcarini’ municipal stadium. The trio of singers known as Il Volo, composed of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, performed an exciting concert, accompanied by a large orchestra.
Il Volo presented the repertoire that made them famous during their 15-year career, offering the public evocative and emotion-rich performances. The event was a great success among the organizers and the municipal administration of Marsciano, who expressed their satisfaction at having brought artists of national caliber to their city.
The mayor of Marsciano, Michele Moretti, praised the Musica per i Borghi festival for bringing music and artists to the area. He underlined the importance of events like this for the valorization of the city beyond its territorial borders.
Francesco Narducci, president of the Musica per i Borghi association, expressed pride in the progress of the festival, which saw the participation of top-level artists. He also announced that the organization is already working to prepare a next edition that lives up to expectations.
The director of the festival, Valter Pescatori, underlined how the final evening of Musica per i Borghi is always a very important event in the Umbrian summer. This year, with the Il Volo concert, the stadium was packed in every row of seats.
And finally, on 29 July in Sirolo, a municipality in the Marche region, there was an event which saw Tipografia Flamini receive the nomination of Ambassador of Kindness Company with this motivation:
”For the sensitivity and support of social projects that benefit the local and national territory.”
The award was presented to 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲, our Ambassador of Kindness.
Many compliments to Gianluca, our kind ambassador, still many nice recognitions for the Il Volo tour which is proving to be much appreciated.
There are three concerts left before the 2-week stop for our boys, concerts which I will give you a review of when I return from Sicily, where I am heading for a week.
Music, voice and energy: “Il Volo” conquers the Pompeii Amphitheatre
POMPEII. In the evocative setting of the Pompeii Amphitheatre, the famous Italian trio “Il Volo” offered an unforgettable evening to all the spectators present. The Pompeian stage of the “Tutti per uno – Capolavoro” tour saw the enthusiastic participation of an audience of all ages, who packed the arena in an atmosphere that perfectly combined music and antiquity.
For “Il Volo” it is a welcome return to the excavations of Pompeii, after the event that saw them perform in the Teatro Grande in 2015. What better occasion, therefore, to “celebrate” the milestone of the first 15 years of activity together even in the shadow of Vesuvius?
The trio, composed of the tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto and the baritone Gianluca Ginoble, brought to the stage a varied repertoire, ranging 360 degrees across the musical panorama: from cinema soundtracks to famous arias from the Italian opera tradition, from homages to the great of pop music, up to the international successes of pop music.
Accompanied on stage by the orchestra directed by Edmondo Savio, their performance once again demonstrated the unique ability of “Il Volo” to combine impeccable vocal technique with overwhelming passion.
The opening of the concert was marked by the song “Nelle tue mani”, theme of “Il Gladiatore”, which immediately captured the attention of the spectators, transporting them into an epic and solemn atmosphere, perfectly suited to the place. The audience responded with warm applause, creating an immediate bond between artists and spectators.
After A love so great and “ Nessun Dorma”, the long-awaited greeting from the trio: «Good evening Pompeii!» which unleashes the first interminable applause from the audience, including, exceptionally, the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano.
The “Tutti per uno – Capolavoro” tour also highlights the individualities of the three artists who have been sharing a unique musical path for five decades, on the common thread of a pop-lyrical original. Ignazio thus decides to pay homage to Pino Daniele and touches us deeply with his interpretations of “Resta cu’ mme” and “Quanno chiove”.
Gianluca remembers the beginning of Elvis Presley’s career, an episode of one day from 70 years ago, and then sings “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Finally, it is Piero’s turn to give a (further) test of his qualities as a tenor with “E lucean le stelle.”
The trio comes together to offer four highly applauded songs that unleash the desire of the fans to sing: “Se Telephone”, “Capolavoro” (the song that “Il Volo” brought to Sanremo 2024), “Frammenti di Universo” and “Miserere “. Then again solo parentheses that enhance the individuality and sensitivity of the three artists. Ignazio moves with “At least you in the universe”, Gianluca excites with “La Cura” while Piero excites everyone with “Maravilla”.
We return together for Nuovo cinema cielo, for “My way” by Frank Sinatra and for “Hallelujah” which in the intentions of “Il Volo” becomes a sort of “prayer” «for the victims of these difficult years which have seen the pandemic, natural disasters and wars , which we now thought we could only read in history books.”
For the next piece, “Here’s to you”, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca give the audience a welcome surprise by getting off the stage and walking in the audience, while their fans are almost in disbelief. Then we return to the stage for the final rush, which sees L’estasi dell’oro follow one another, before “ Il mondo all’ incontrario” and “Ad Astra” which belong to their latest album Per aspera ad astra. And they still cannot be missed: “Caruso” (among the most emotional moments of the show), “Who wants to live forever” and “Il mondo.”
But isn’t there still a piece missing from the set list? Obvious, and it is the one loudly requested by the fans throughout the evening: it is “Grande Amore” with which the Trio triumphed in Sanremo in 2015. The powerful and harmonious voices of the trio echoed in the amphitheatre, giving the public a moment of pure ecstasy. The evening ended with thunderous applause and ovations, with Il Volo thanking the public and Pompeii for the warm welcome.
Of this second video, I’ll translate the conversations between the guys so you can laugh a little. 😂
Gianluca tells his companions that the people welcomed them with festive shouts and Ignazio replies that he would have preferred them to greet them with kebabs in their hands (an Abruzzo specialty, roasted meat strung on sticks).
Then Gianluca reads some signs held by people and it says “THE CAPOLAVORO IS YOU” and Ignazio says: “Be careful not to mix up the lines, otherwise it reads: YOU CAPOLAVORO ARE THE” 😂😂😂😂
Then Gianluca says that he is happy to be there to celebrate 15 years of career and Piero he says that in all the concerts Gianluca always asks if there are any people from Abruzzo and he can’t find any so Ignazio confirms that tonight they are all from Abruzzo and therefore Gianluca is happy and says: “Finally at my house.”
Then Piero asks if there are any Sicilians and someone answers and then Piero says: “You see, they are always there, whereas you from Abruzzo are always here, you never move.”
MISERERE
How beautiful is this video below shot by Ercole Ginoble, what emotion and what pride.
How nice to see such intense participation of the people and…..have you noticed how many young people???
SE TELEFONANDO
During CAPOLAVORO it happens that Gianluca takes little Ambra from the audience, how sweet these images are. 🥰
Gianluca’s words are beautiful in this video below, and I will translate them for you:
“While I’m here, I want to say hello to all my family who are all here, you’re all here, but above all my grandfather Ernesto who is right there, grandfather get up! Great grandfather! And grandmother Teresa too, here they are. I love you, I love you, thank you, I am very happy, moved, excited. Thank you! 😍
And how beautiful, touching, sweet is this special hug to Grandpa Ernesto? Incredible and so sweet!! ❤️
I won’t add anything else, but it’s clear that Abruzzo welcomed Il Volo with great warmth. 🤩
So far the Italian tour is going very well, even the comments made by the press and people are nice and the local radio stations are highlighting the concert.
It’s a shame that Barbara isn’t there to see these successes! 😥
A nice roundup of photos of Lanciano.
In the next photo a restaurateur delivers to Gianluca (I think during the rehearsals) the famous meat kebabs, specialties from Abruzzo. 🤩
But how beautiful are these latest photos of Lanciano? In one shot so much emotion and complicity.
These photos really make us understand that Il Volo is a large extended family. 🤩
Gianluca and Torpedine ❤️❤️
Gianluca with his father, Ercole ❤️❤️
Ignazio, Gianluca, Ercole and Ernesto ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ercole and Piero ❤️❤️
22 July – FLORENCE
The concert is held in Pratolino, near Florence, in the Medici Park of the beautiful Villa Demidoff, within the framework of the MUSART.
FRAMMENTI DI UNIVERSO
UN MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO
AD ASTRA
SE
This video below is shot by IL VOLO FINLAND and published with these words in Florence on 22.7.24.
Il Volo‘s performance was touching and elegant, even devout in places.
Unbelievable experience in Pratolino Medici park.
⭐⭐⭐
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
This is the dedication of those who filmed:
“One of the best concerts I have ever seen. Il Volo, Italian pride. Prodigies!!!”
These three videos that follow were published with this beautiful dedication:
One of the most magical evenings of my life… ✨🌌
Thank you from the bottom of my heart… ❤️
An invincible group that proves that true friendship between professionalism and fame can still be possible… 💪🏼🙌🏼 You are truly the best!🔝🎶🇮🇹
“Musart Festival Florence 2024” – Il Volo concert in Pratolino
Il Volo, the most famous Italian trio in the world, performed last night in concert at the Musart Festival Florence in the evocative setting of the Medici Park of Pratolino, a handful of kilometers from the city centre.
Il Volo is the trio formed by the talented Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble and with the summer tour “Tutti Per Uno – Capolavoro” they decided to celebrate 15 years of career and long friendship with the Italian public, bringing the new songs from the first album of unreleased songs “Ad Astra” released last March. Among the songs performed, also the single “Capolavoro”, presented at the last Sanremo Festival.
In addition to the unreleased songs, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero thrilled the audience with a setlist full of emotions, attempting the greatest hits of the Italian and international musical tradition, showing the many facets of the artistic evolution of its individual members. In fact, there were many moments in which each of them performed singing individually, thus also giving space to the telling of anecdotes and memories linked to the personal history of each of them.
There were also some real moments of entertainment with which the members of the trio demonstrated, once again, that they know how to entertain the public not only thanks to their undeniable singing skills.
Another magical evening in front of the Giant of the Medici Park of Pratolino.
And to end on a high note, I propose this beautiful article by OK MUGELLO, I was really happy to read the beautiful and sincere words of the author Massimiliano Miniati.👏👏👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩
Il Volo in concert – All the emotion between opera and pop
On the stage of the Musart Festival “Tutti Per Uno – Capolavoro” the tour of the 15 years of activity of “Il Volo”, the most famous Italian trio in the world…
I make amends, when they came out of Clerici’s talent show, three kids singing and posing as grown-ups left me a bit annoyed, then they grew up and last night in the Pratolino park, I discovered that they have become “Great” not only of age and, what I had decided to go and see more for “news purposes” than for pleasure, turned into a truly extraordinary event.
On the stage of the Musart Festival “Tutti Per Uno – Capolavoro” the tour of the 15 years of activity of “Il Volo” the most famous Italian trio in the world which was welcomed by the applause of an oceanic crowd who had reached the park of Villa Demidoff with every means made available by the organizers.
They open as a trio, then a piece each as soloists: Ignazio Boschetto sings and makes everyone’s skin crawl with “Almeno tu nell’Universo”, Gianluca Ginoble “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and Piero Barone “E lucean le stelle “ and from that moment it is a succession of emotions and applause with a deliberately pandering set list which, sooner or later, manages to drag you into the vortex of notes, whether you are a lover of opera or pop music.
They sing “Se Telephone” “Capolavoro” (the song presented at the last Sanremo) “Miserere” “The sea, impetuous at sunset…” Then one of the songs from the new album, the beautiful “Succede” and again a tribute to Morricone with the soundtrack of “Nuovo cinema cielo” which they transformed into “Se” and from the new album “Il mondo all’incontrario”.
They ask to turn on their cell phone flashlights and sing “Hallelujah” as the park transforms into a beautiful carpet of white lights. Then again Morricone with “Here’s to you” which Gianluca Ginoble comes down to sing in the audience, the inevitable “Caruso” and a thrilling interpretation by Piero Barone of “Who Wants to Live Forever” and in trio (and all the audience who sings) with “Il mondo”.
Inevitable ending with “Grande amore” of this beautiful concert, full of emotions, great music and three great voices that made everyone understand that those three kids have become great, indeed very great and to me that sometimes being a little prejudiced is wrong and that, it is not easy to change your mind, but fortunately, sometimes “It happens”! (Succede)
This beautiful video of Hallelujah was taken by the author of the article.
I thank our friends Yukio and Kumico for recording the entire video with Ignazio’s words which I translate……what a heart these guys have!! 🤩
So, I wasn’t supposed to play the guitar this evening, but I decided to play it because there’s something beautiful about it. Basically, this guitar was given to me by Mr. Paoletti who is Tuscan and has a huge company that is growing in Italy but is famous all over the world, he makes some crazy guitars.
I’m not here to advertise because he gave me the guitar, but because together with them, who are fantastic people, a very serious company, we came up with this idea at the end of the tour, to give this guitar away by auctioning it and donating all the proceeds from the children of S. Orsola in Bologna (Applause) All this together with Paoletti, then maybe on our social networks we will put “auction starting 0.2 cents, a bit like E-Bay, remember E-Bay, is it still there?
Here, so and the proceeds will be given there, and now I will try to make a bad impression with the guitar. (The song IL MARE IMPETUOSO AL TRAMONTO begins.)
It is the first time that Il Volo held a concert in Val d’Aosta which is a small region in the north, on the border with France and Switzerland.
The concert was held in the Bard Fort which is a beautiful fortified complex in the middle of the Alps, a typical example of a barrier fortress from the early 19th century.
The concert took place in the internal courtyard which has been used for the event. The performance of Il Volo opened the concert series.
Unique emotions. A great evening of music with Il Volo which opened the 2024 summer of Forte di Bard. A musical journey that celebrates 15 years of activity of the famous trio.
And here are some moments from the concert. (turn on subtitles)
I remind you that after this concert, on July 9th, unfortunately and with immense pain, Barbara Vitali died.
On July 11th there was a concert in Catania and we talked about it in the post previous to this one.
July 9th, a very sad date, Barbara Vitali is no longer with us, with her beloved boys.
“The show must go on” and we’ll continue with the chronology of the concerts.
July 13, concert in Palermo, the beautiful city full of wonderful monuments and the capital of Sicily.
The concert was held in the Falcone-Borsellino velodrome, the two magistrates killed by the mafia.
I immediately propose this beautiful video which contains many clips of the songs of the evening.
Before singing Hallelujah the boys made a beautiful dedication to Barbara and then sang for her with emotion.
I thank our friends Yukio and Kumico Kobayashi who were present at the concert in Palermo and recorded the video of the dedication to Barbara which I translate for all of you.
IGNAZIO= This is a special song and it is even more special for us, because in life the beautiful thing is to create relationships, friendships, real relationships, human relationships, and we had created one of these relationships with a wonderful person, a wonderful person who was our shadow for 15 years.
(applause). She was perhaps one of the five most important people in our lives outside of our family, who helped us grow, helped us become the men we are today.
PIERO= Her name was Barbara (applause) she traveled with us to every part of the world, without her we wouldn’t go anywhere. (applause) We ask you to turn on the flashes of your cell phones one at a time to create an atmosphere and perhaps go up there.
At the end of the song all the people stood up and gave a very long warm applause.
LA CURA (Gianluca) On a special note, before starting the song Gianluca spoke about the love and care that a person must have for the person they love. At the end of the speech he said that he is in love and that she was there.
So Gianluca is in love again! 😍
AMOR VIDA DE MI VIDA (Piero)
SHOW MUST GO ON (Ignazio)
MISERERE
CAPOLAVORO
A sweet moment during the concert.
This little girl who sings CAPOLAVORO is truly beautiful and this comment was written by her mother, Tsvetelina Rizzuto:
My wonderful daughter is a super fan of, as she calls them, “our boys”. Going on stage yesterday was a dream of hers and she was very emotional! We came from Bulgaria to see the concert in Palermo! It will remain a beautiful memory for both of us. 🥰
Ignazio asks the little girl who her favorite is and suggests he say Piero, the little girl nods.
Piero greets the little girl and tells her to go back to Santa Claus (Torpedine). 😂
But the performances in Palermo are not over yet because on July 15th in Palermo Santa Rosalia, patron saint of Palermo, is celebrated.
This festival is deeply felt by the people of Palermo and this year marks the 400th celebration.
The story goes that the plague and the dark ages had invaded Palermo, there was pain, disease and famine.
Rosalia, a very young girl from Palermo who was martyred, will free Palermo from the plague.
It is a very long ceremony that takes place in several stages.
The statue of Santa Rosalia is carried along the main avenue starting from the Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace) and reaches the Cathedral where Il Volo will perform singing two songs from the roof of the Cathedral.
They will sing NESSUN DORMA and CAPOLAVORO, but only Nessun Dorma will be filmed on local TV because, due to copyright issues, Il Volo cannot be recorded for more than three minutes. So we will only be able to see Capolavoro recorded from fan videos.
The procession will then continue to the Quattro Canti and then arrive on the seafront where there will be splendid fireworks.
300 thousand people were expected, it is a truly very special event.
The Sicilian moment of Il Volo with the concerts in Catania, Palermo and the Santa Rosalia party ends here.
Our boys quickly return to Bologna, on July 15th there will be the funeral ceremony dedicated to Barbara 🙏❤️, Il Volo communicated it with these words:
For those who wish to say a final farewell to Barbara Vitali, the funeral will take place on Monday 15 July with a Holy Mass which will be celebrated at 11.30 am at the Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi – Strada Maggiore 43 Bologna, and at 4.00 pm with a Holy Mass. Mass at the Parish of Santa Maria Villiana hamlet. Gaggio Montano.
The Bologna newspaper IL RESTO DEL CARLINO published this article.
Il Volo at Barbara Vitali’s funeral: “You were our second mother”
The funeral of the 54-year-old manager who died in an accident in Gaggio Montano: the Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi in Bologna was packed. The coffin was carried by relatives and friends united in grief. The singers also spoke to remember their collaborator and friend.
Bologna, 15 July 2024 – A day of condolence for the numerous people who gathered this morning at 11.30 to say a final sad farewell to Barbara Vitali, inside the Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi, in Strada Maggiore.
The coffin is surrounded by family and friends of the 54-year-old, historic collaborator of the tenor trio Il Volo, who died on Tuesday 9 July at Sant’Orsola due to serious injuries sustained in a car accident that occurred two days earlier in the Gaggio Montano area.
Inside the Basilica the coffin was carried by relatives and friends united in grief over the passing of their loved one. The tears of the emotional eyes of those who came to the commemoration are hidden inside the dark sunglasses and the hugs are more of pain than anything else. And so the Basilica became the frame and mourning box for those present at the funeral.
The arrival of the coffin inside the small square was followed by that of the guys from Il Volo and Michele Torpedine, the manager of the three singers and friend of Barbara.
The singer Nina Zilli also brought her greetings to Vitali.
During the ceremony, we were moved by the memory of Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero, the three tenors of Il Volo, who paid tribute to Barbara with their voices, singing during the ceremony and then speaking. “Our second mother and she made us the men we are today. Events that remind us how ephemeral and precious life is. There are no words to describe our pain”, says Gianluca Ginoble, tenor of Il Volo, during the funeral. Even more moved was Ignazio Boschetto, part of the trio, who told some anecdotes about Barbara and remembered “her contagious smile”.
Piero Barone, of the trio, also described Vitali from the microphone: “Barbara is the only person who could have written a book about us perfectly. She demonstrated to us the seriousness of the work and what it means to dedicate yourself to your passion. Thanks to your father Gianni for making her the woman she was.” The head-on collision last Tuesday also caused the death of the driver of the other car, 49-year-old Pietro Bervicato from Cremona. Vitali, on the other hand, who turned 54 last June 13th, had been at Sant’Orsola since the late evening of Sunday July 7th when his Fiat 500x was involved in a dramatic accident on the ss64 Porrettana in Gaggio Montano. Following this, at 4pm, there will be a second mass in his area of origin, the Apennines, in the church of Santa Maria Villiana in Gaggio.
IL RESTO DEL CARLINO also filmed the moment in which Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio said some words in memory of Barbara.
PIERO= How she met us, how she loved us, no one.
Barbara showed us the seriousness in work, what it means to dedicate your life 360 degrees to what you do, with passion.
A little while ago the priest was reading the questions that are asked at the end of life: have you loved? She knew how to love.❤️
GIANLUCA= How ephemeral life is and how precious it is to enjoy every moment with the people we love, and that’s what we did with Barbara in 15 years of our life, she was our second mother, she accompanied us in all the moments our travels, made us grow artistically, personally, made us, I can say, the men we have become today.
Maybe it’s a natural process, you have to accept it, but it’s the hardest thing especially when you know the pain at such a young age. There are no words to describe the pain. ❤️
IGNAZIO= I don’t want to say that this loss is the worst, but I can tell you that I feel the same way. Because as Gianluca said in those 15 years I spent more time with Barbara than with my family. We shared joys and sorrows and unfortunately, due to my personality, I can’t remember Barbara without a smile, I don’t know, I imagine her now telling me:
“When you go to drink a spritz, get one for me too”.
I want to remember her so.❤️
Il Volo sung Panis Angelicus during the mass for their Barbara.
The man who hugs Ignazio outside the church is Barbara’s elderly father, her mother was not present, she is not well.
On July 6th there was the Il Volo concert in Bard, forgive us if this time, given the sad events that have occurred, we will give priority to talking about the concert in Catania.
After the terrible news of the death of dear Barbara, we were all waiting to know if the concert in Catania would be suspended, even though in our hearts we knew that it would take place.
In fact it was like this, Il Volo honored its commitment with heartbreak.
Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio went on stage and began their concert, then the moment of Hallelujah arrived and at this point it was a unique emotion.
Sitting on their stools, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero made a long dedication to Barbara, the sweet Barbara who always followed them and who was always backstage waiting for them.
I cried while I watched the video and I think you will cry too seeing these three boys hold each other in mutual comfort and in the memory of their “angel”.
I translate for you.
PIERO= We started this profession when we were 15 years old and we traveled the world and with us there has always been a person who traveled all over the world with us, every day. (applause)
She was a mother when we were younger, she was the person, the most important figure for us in our travels and we would like to publicly say that we, but above all our families, will be eternally grateful to her, because our parents when they knew that she was with us and we were with Barbara, they slept soundly. (applause)
It’s very difficult (applause) and this evening, this concert will be the first of all those we will dedicate to it throughout our lives. (applause)
GIANLUCA= We are all united, everyone, everyone, everyone for our Barbara, everyone, from the crew, from the technicians, from the musicians, from Michele Torpedine, all for her, because she was a special person who will continue to live inside us and will give us strength to continue doing this work, because we will sing for her, Barbara we will sing for you, for a lifetime, for a lifetime, we love you. (endless applause, and the guys and the people all standing)
IGNAZIO= And as I said before, we would like to make this moment even more special if you help us with the flashes of your cell phones to illuminate the whole square, so for those who believe in it, someone from up there is watching us.
A beautiful photograph of a happy moment with Barbara, Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca is projected on the screens.
Gianluca’s voice trembles, the emotion makes its way, heartbreaking to see Piero turning his gaze towards the orchestra so as not to show his emotion and perhaps his tears and see Ignazio continuing to dry his face.
Gianluca Ignazio and Piero bring the stools closer together to gain more strength , like in a consoling embrace, each touches the other’s leg in a message of support, the tears flow.
A friend of mine was present at the concert and said these words to me: “I was in the second row. Ignazio and Gianluca were devastated, they both cried a lot, the one who contained himself a little more was Piero, but the suffering could be seen on his face. Ignazio, who is usually irrepressible, didn’t speak almost not at all. I must say that the audience was very involved, everyone was on their feet during the dedication.”
In fact, everyone stood up for a very long final applause, the boys’ emotion took over.
Another touching moment of the evening, Gianluca singing ANGELS visibly moved.
Ignazio sang ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO presenting it with these beautiful words:
This is one of those songs that, thanks to the lyrics and thanks to the melody, has reached the hearts of many people, because it is one of those songs that help you feel close to the people who unfortunately you can no longer have close to you. I’ve been singing this song for four years now because it’s one of those songs that really gives me emotions that are hard to feel. I hope that you too, together with me, can feel closer to the people you would like to be close to at this moment.
Definitely the sweetest and most affectionate photo of the whole evening.
The GIORNALE DI SICILIA published this article: The first time of Il Volo in Catania, sold out at Villa Bellini and fans in raptures
The first time of the three boys of “Il Volo” in Catania, led to a sold out, in the new version of the Piazzale delle Carrozze at Villa Bellini. The works carried out have transformed the area into a beautiful arena, which will allow many fans to comfortably enjoy the music of their favorites. Works that have brought the most important tours right to Catania, with related activities that will produce great benefits for the local economy. Last night the first act, with the concert of the three “young people” on tour to celebrate their first 15 years of career, which began in 2009 in the show “Ti lascio una canzone”.
Among other things, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone are two Sicilians flanked by Gianluca Ginoble from Abruzzo. A career spent between television and major world tours to bring the most loved Italian songs around the world, and participation in a Barbra Streisand tour in North America in 2012 as a special guest. Great applause last night, especially when they remembered their collaborator Barbara Vitali, who died on July 9th following an accident on July 7th, to the tune of “Hallelujah”. The 54-year-old woman had been following the three boys for years who projected a photo with her during the song, to remember her. Long applause and the audience standing, even, at the end of the concert which closed with “Grande Amore”, the song with which they won the 2015 edition of the Sanremo festival. A great evening of music, organized by Puntoeacapo di Nuccio La Ferlita, which opens the many musical events planned in the next few days at Villa Bellini.
My goodness, what a great emotion, as I have already written to you, I cried seeing the video of Hallelujah, too touching and too evident that Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio were suffering.
There were other such sad moments, such as the death of Vito and grandfather Pietro, but these events were expected, illnesses had accustomed us, if possible, to the final absence. But Barbara was in full health, she had gone to visit her parents and upon returning her life was unfairly and prematurely taken away.
The rest of the concert took place with great professionalism and for this I appreciate even more Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero who faced this event with a broken heart.
Once again you have shown us, without any filter, your sincere affection. Thank you guys!!
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