Il Volo adds 2026 tour dates, bringing operatic pop to more cities – Exclusive
The Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo will be figuratively running it back in North America and for two of the members, literally running back through the States this fall. USA TODAY can exclusively reveal the group of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will extend their world tour with additional North American dates. The eight-city trek kicks off Nov. 10 in Hollywood, Florida and wraps Nov. 21 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Tickets go on sale April 17 at 10 a.m. ET on the group’s website. The announcement comes as Il Volo prepares for its spring trek in the States, which runs April 15 through May 2.
For Barone, 32, and Ginoble, 31, that will mean another chance to lace up their running shoes and explore. The singers reveal over a recent Zoom interview with USA TODAY that when they visit New York, a Central Park run is a must. The trio will play the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden Nov. 17, so hopefully they pack their cold-weather gear. Barone ran the TCS New York City Marathon in 2023 and calls it “the best experience of my life.”
“We are used to emotional feelings on stage,” Barone says, noting it’s a privilege to have that experience with their audience. “But the feelings of the marathon, it’s something that I suggest to all my closest friends because it’s something you will never forget in your life.”
You could call Il Volo’s journey a marathon in its own right, although the group’s name translates to “the flight.” The singers met as teenagers in 2009 while competing on the Italian TV show “Ti Lascio una Canzone” (“Leavin’ You a Song” in English). They signed to Geffen Records shortly after and released their self-titled debut album internationally in 2011.
In 2015, the trio represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest, placing third but earned the top vote from both the accredited press at the event and the telephone fan vote. Since inception, the group has toured every continent and racked up hundreds of millions of Spotify streams.
As far as the extended North American tour, Boschetto, 31, teases that the group “loves Christmas,” and with the additional dates near the holidays, that will change the setlist.
“Most of our repertoire is inspired by The Three Tenors,” Ginoble adds, referencing the trio of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras. “So that’s our goal, especially in the States and all around the world, to keep bringing bel canto (beautiful singing) to those people who used to listen to it and lived ‘The Three Tenors’ and (Andrea) Bocelli, but of course to the new generation.”
Yesterday, April 9th, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero were with you and will participated in the Today Show!!
They sang the theme song from The Gladiator – Nelle Tue Mani.✨ What a powerful performance it was! 🎤🎵🎶
Here’s the Today Show video.
Furthermore, for the last episode of the program SUPERNOVA hosted by Alessandro Cattelan, a funny interview was aired, recorded before the departure of the South American tour. (Turn on subtitles.)
And finally….
Before the World Tour kicked off, I told you that several articles had been written announcing the tour. I’ve already shared some of them with you, but there was one that really caught my attention. I told you I’d translate it later because it deserved the attention for the depth of the words reported. It was written by Progetto Radici.
Radici (with its website Progetto Radici.it), “The newspaper of Italians from around the world,” is an independent newspaper founded in 2018, which offers daily in-depth journalistic columns on cultural events affecting Italy and Italian communities around the world.
Il Volo World Tour 2026: Italian music around the world
Il Volo on a world tour: the Italian voice that crosses continents
Il Volo World Tour 2026: a journey through community and roots
Italian music continues to speak to the world through one of the most recognizable bands of recent years. Il Volo’s 2026 World Tour will kick off outside Italy, with an international schedule that will visit Latin America, the United States, and Europe before focusing on Italy.
This is no coincidence: starting abroad means immediately encountering Italian communities living far from the peninsula, transforming every concert into a moment of collective belonging. Not just musical performances, but true cultural gatherings where language, emotion, and shared memory take center stage.
March 2026 will see the trio perform in Latin America, an area with a historically strong presence of Italians and their descendants.
Here, the concert takes on a value that goes beyond music: it’s a call to one’s origins, a way to feel close to one’s homeland through songs.
Each stop represents a different story of Italian emigration, made up of generations who have kept alive the bond with their culture of origin.
United States: A Meeting of Tradition and New Generations
In April and early May 2026, the tour will continue in the United States, another key territory for Italy’s global presence. The audience here will consist not only of long-time emigrants, but also of young professionals, students, and second-generation Italians who often rediscover the Italian language and music through artists like Il Volo.
In these cities, the concert often becomes a family event, where several generations meet under the same melodies.
Europe: Summer 2026 and a Look to 2027
After the American leg, the tour will arrive in Europe. A highly anticipated summer date has already been confirmed:
These European stops strengthen the bond with the Italian communities living on the continent, offering a meeting opportunity that combines language, music, and a sense of belonging.
Beyond Music: Identity and Cultural Continuity
Il Volo’s 2026 World Tour confirms how Italian music continues to play a central role in the lives of Italians abroad. Each concert becomes a small, symbolic return home, a moment when geographical distance and cultural differences fade.
It’s not just a show: it’s a collective celebration of identity, memory, and continuity. Different stories meet in the audience, yet united by the same musical language, capable of crossing borders and generations without losing its essence.
How exciting to see the November dates released!!!
The tour is definitely turning into a long journey around the world!!
Please don’t buy tickets from unofficial sites, and don’t be fooled by the sweet talk of fake Piero, Ignazio, and Gianluca.
On March 19, Il Volo was a guest on RAI1 in the television program STASERA C’È CATTELAN.
Alessandro Cattelan is a young presenter, friend of Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero.
The intervention was nice, the kids were relaxed, dressed casually and even adapted to a nice musical game.
Here’s the translation!
CATTELAN= Let’s start with our first three guests this evening, it’s quite clear who will be…..Ilenia, have you understood? Who will be? I said three, who will they be…
ILENIA= Il Volo!
CATTELAN= Il Volo!!!! However, they deserve a triumphal announcement: 15 years of career, 13 albums, the next one coming out on March 29th will be called AD ASTRA and will be their first album of unreleased songs. They are ready to leave for yet another world tour, they will tell us about it shortly, give a big round of applause to Il Volo!!
(Capolavoro begins and Gianluca Piero and Ignazio enter from outside the studio to the notes of the song.)
CATTELAN= What a masterpiece! Ladies and gentlemen: IL Volo!! Come guys come, take a seat. Il Volo a Stasera is Cattelan, welcome back. (the guys sit but the chairs are high) 😁
GIANLUCA= But you can’t make us do these figures (he doesn’t reach the ground with his feet) 😂🤣
CATTELAN= Too tall?? 😁
PIERO= Could you have put the sofa lower? (he also doesn’t touch the ground with his feet) 🤣😂
CATTELAN= Look how comfortable Ignazio is!! 😂💪
PIERO= Can we take a close-up of our feet??
IGNAZIO= Sorry, I’m too comfortable…
CATTELAN= It’s like when you’re sitting on a plane…
GIANLUCA= How is Ale? (Cattelan’s name is Alessandro)
CATTELAN= Everything is fine and you?
PIERO= Do you know what it looks like? You know that New York photo of the workers (the famous photo eating the sandwich suspended in the air) on the crane, we’re missing the sandwich, the sandwich in our hands.
GIANLUCA= Okay cuts, enough come on.
CATTELAN= Actually he gave me an excellent connection with New York, because the last time we saw each other, it was actually only Piero (the two of them exchanged a clap).
PIERO= Only you and I know (refers to the fact that Piero and Cattelan met at the New York marathon)
IGNAZIO= You don’t know that he invited me…
CATTELAN = That day in New York?
IGNAZIO= Yes, but to do it (the marathon)
PIERO= Look at the wallpaper on my cell phone?
CATTELAN= What are we talking about, oh my, New York, can we show it? What bridge is this?
IGNAZIO= Look at this one (marks a dot on the screen) it’s Piero!
PIERO= Verrazzano Bridge.
CATTELAN= Verrazzano Bridge which is the starting point of the New York marathon, where Piero and I met.
These are the images of Piero at the New York marathon, I must say impeccable style, how far have you come?
PIERO= I did it in 4 hours and 15 minutes instead of 19 thousand, we have a bet…..
CATTELAN= 19 thousand? one step away from the podium 😁, oh well there were a lot of you!
PIERO= 55 thousand participants. We have a bet, one and two gentlemen here (Gianluca and Ignazio) we were in Athens and we made a bet and Ignazio said: “How many participants are there?” and I replied “more than 50 thousand”.
Ignazio said: “If you get under 25 thousand we will offer you dinner.”
Have you ever seen this dinner??🙄😁
CATTELAN= Not us!!
GIANLUCA= But look (Piero) is wasted, he’s dying of hunger..😂
IGNAZIO= You didn’t understand, we were in Athens, when we return to Athens we’ll offer you dinner. 🤣
CATTELAN= Ah, it was only valid there. So, at a certain point I saw a crazy missile go by (Piero), I didn’t have time to understand if it was you, because I was in the audience cheering that day, I was there watching this thing for the first time in my life , I had never seen it, but it is an incredible party, a wonderful atmosphere. .
PIERO= The audience was 2 million people because there are 42 km full of people.
CATTELAN= But when you are there, what emotion do they give you? They help you when… there was a moment when you had visions, you no longer understood anything…
PIERO= No, the greatest emotion was seeing a girl with a poster and it said…..
CATTELAN= The lights came on, but were we in the dark until now? You can see us from home, we’re here! 😁 Tell me…. (to Piero)
PIERO= …a girl with a poster and it said “Jack I’m pregnant”….in my opinion Jack is still running!! 😂
CATTELAN= He crossed the finish line straight ahead! You run (to Ignazio and Gianluca) No?
IGNAZIO= With the ….. I can’t say (he means the motorbike)
GIANLUCA= Like Forrest Gump we run. 😁
CATTELAN= Like Forrest Gump, he was more I’ll reach you later.
IGNAZIO= He invited me and I said that if they let me come on a motorbike, I’ll come. I do it on my motorbike.
CATTELAN= Yes, is it valid?
PIERO= No, it’s not valid.
CATTELAN= You can’t, you can’t! Listen, how did Sanremo go? We are a bit running out of the long queue at Sanremo, all those who came told us about their Sanremo trauma, spontaneously.
IGNAZIO= But this year or in general?
PIERO= We are among the last (to come to his show)
CATTELAN= Yes, maybe someone will still come…
IGNAZIO= The last one missing is Bugo who is still looking for him. 😁 (a Sanremo singer who left the festival a couple of years ago)
CATTELAN= But it was from a few years ago…
GIANLUCA= He stayed a little behind…
CATTELAN= How did it go for you this year?
GIANLUCA= It went well, we are very satisfied. We presented a slightly different piece, let’s say. Always coherent, but we wanted to show our three personalities, so the group is a single entity but with different voices and different personalities and we are satisfied..
PIERO= In fact the title is self-referential (he’s joking) obviously: Capolavoro (Masterpiece) !
GIANLUCA= Obviously.
CATTELAN= Certainly a masterpiece.
IGNAZIO= Talk about us, yes! Talk about Gianluca’s beauty……😂
CATTELAN= …of Ignazio’s friendliness and Piero’s physical prowess.🤣🤣
IGNAZIO= In what sense? 😳
CATTELAN= In the sense that everyone has their own peculiarity: beauty, friendliness and athleticism.
You are among the Italians most accustomed to the big stages around the world, there is still something that excites you, perhaps when you return here to Italy, paradoxically even things that are a little smaller, but that give you an emotion.
IGNAZIO= Good pasta! 😁
CATTELAN= Ah, eat well!!
PIERO= We received the greatest emotion a few days ago, we announced three concerts at the Verona Arena that we will now do in May and now we have opened the fourth date because they were sold out. This is not a compliment we pay ourselves, this is a way to thank the public who allow us to hold concerts, to fill magical places, we have many in Italy, but above all who have allowed us to celebrate 15 years of our careers , because without them, seriously, we couldn’t have done anything.
GIANLUCA= There is a topic that is close to my heart, because it is often known that when you expose yourself and do our job, including you, there was also an episode with Ale (He mean that this thing Cattelan also suffered), like us who said we were separating…
CATTELAN= Ah, yes…
GIANLUCA= Now we know that people need gossip, everyone wants to know but…..
IGNAZIO= But it wasn’t fake that we were together, that we have to continue…
CATTELAN= The only request is if by any chance you really have to split up, can you do it here now, so you can give us a bit of…🤣🤣
GIANLUCA= A shot in popularity.
CATTELAN= Of course, the important thing is that you don’t do it tomorrow by someone else. If you want to do it, it’s now or never! 😂
PIERO= Unfortunately we announce that Il Volo will be together for many years. 🥰🥰🥰
CATTELAN= Okay, you still gave some news!! I must say that it made an impression on me when I was preparing the interview, but even now, when you think about 15 years of career, that’s a long time.
GIANLUCA= There are many, eh!!
CATTELAN= Also because you are young anyway, 15 years is a long time.
You also participated in a charity operation in 2010 where there were some incredible names and you were obviously 14 years younger than you are now.
PIERO= Wait…
GIANLUCA= There are some photos that testify to the embarrassing period of our career but, it was the beginning...(he means embarrassing because they were kids)
PIERO= But we have to tell it…
GIANLUCA= Yes, I was telling…
PIERO= Do you know that now on Netflix, can we say Netflix on Rai2?
CATTELAN= Yes, yes of course, there is also “Salutava Sempre” if you want to see it, a wonderful show. (Cattelan’s program on Netflix). 😁
PIERO= Very beautiful.
CATTELAN= Did you see it?
PIERO= Since February 26th, can you see that I am informed? It came out on February 26th, right?
CATTELAN= March 15th, okay it doesn’t matter, the important thing is that you saw it and that you liked it.
PIERO= However, you know there is the documentary on Netflix.
CATTELAN= On We Are The Word? Yes.
PIERO= About We Are The WorLd, I watched it a few days ago, while I was at home on the sofa, I was moved because those studies, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, we lived them, we were there and somehow I had a blast from the past why in 2011????
CATTELAN= 2010
GIANLUCA= When there was the earthquake in Haiti, the second one was organized after the first 25 years of We Are The World, with all the artists, there was Justin Bieber, there was Beyoncé…
CATTELAN= Miley Cyrus??
GIANLUCA= Miley Cyrus was there..
CATTELAN = Celine Dion…
GIANLUCA= Yes, the problem was that we were at the beginning of our career, we were children…
PIERO= ….with scarves bought at the flea market I don’t know where???
CATTELAN= In fact I ask you: “Can I show you the photos?”
PIERO= Nooooo.
GIANLUCA= YES
CATTELAN= Oh well, you were little, guys!
IGNAZIO= They were the embarrassing ones (Piero and Gianluca)
CATTELAN= This route, we have one with Myles Cyrus, who is also very young anyway.
PIERO= But look at the scarf? 😂
CATTELAN= Here they are, Miley Cyrus and Il Volo! Approximately how old were you?
PIERO= 15/16 years (he goes towards the photo) I don’t understand, but these two scarves here….(his and Ignazio’s)
CATTELAN= You can see there was some air..
PIERO= (indicating Gianluca) Look at him with the French scarf….he was already ahead. 🤣
IGNAZIO= You too were in transition between whipped cream and Myles Cyrus, understand?
CATTELAN= Yes, whipped cream.
GIANLUCA= In fact we had to call ourselves “The Miracle” then we thought Il Volo. 😂
CATTELAN= Il Volo is fine. There is also a photo with Celion Dion I saw, really incredible names. Here it is wow!
PIERO= We never left our scarves behind.😁
GIANLUCA= Guys, Celine also wore a scarf.
CATTELAN= Of course because you had launched a trend, no one was immune now!
PIERO= But do you have another one?
CATTELAN= Maybe, wait there’s Will I Am..
PIERO= Ah, the one from the Black Eyed Peas
CATTELAN= Will I Am, oh, there are always scarves.
GIANLUCA= But these were the elegant white scarves in the evening. 😂
IGNAZIO= Guys, I don’t know if you remember where we were here?
PIERO= At Jimmy Iovine’s house
CATTELAN= Jimmy Iovine of course, my goodness!
PIERO= The founder of the beats.
IGNAZIO= It was a crazy party and everyone was there: Cindy Crawford, Lady Gaga, Puff Daddy…everyone!
CATTELAN= As 15-year-old kids, how do you react to an evening like that? That is, were you the ones who stayed in the corner, did you try to interact with the others?
GIANLUCA= In reality we didn’t recognize many of them, we said: “but who is this?” – It’s Puff Daddy….
CATTELAN= You were too young.
GIANLUCA= Yes, too young.
IGNAZIO= At that time Gianluca had a habit (he touches his ear) he looked at everyone like that.😂
CATTELAN= Were you scratching your ears?
GIANLUCA= It was nervousness, I was there watching…. sorry but, forgive me, from school to that one, in five months…
CATTELAN= Madness, it’s madness!
GIANLUCA= …it’s normal for you to stay there, biting your nails….
IGNAZIO= Did you see Gianluca like this. (he scratches his hand with wide eyes) 😂
GIANLUCA= Yes, completely!
CATTELAN= It’s okay, it’s okay.
IGNAZIO= The callus came after some time.
PIERO= Jimmy Iovine organized these parties to introduce Il Volo, who was a new artist who was part of Interscope Records..
CATTELAN= Yes…
PIERO= …..to all these artists..
CATTELAN= Sure.
PIERO= So in some way we were the protagonists of the evening, but we didn’t know anyone, and that nobody is all the artists: Beyoncé etc.
GIANLUCA= Imagine, the first performance of the first album, then the first songs and we also sang IL MONDO, think about you…. and there is a gentleman in his forties, who goes on stage, pats us on the shoulder: “Welcome to our family”….and who was he??? Did you ask Piero who is he? And he told me it was Puff Daddy!
CATTELAN= In short, it went well for you!
GIANLUCA= There is this scene here, which are things that remain indelible, it’s clear.
IGNAZIO= Well, that was the period of fireplaces, wasn’t it? At first we did all the showcases, which was this five song intro show and coincidentally they were all in front of the fireplace.
CATTELAN= Ah, why was it cold?
IGNAZIO= In the fireplaces at home…incredible.
CATTELAN= Beautiful, intimate… you were very young there, but over the years you have taken on a bit of a star attitude, I always read about crazy requests from artists in the dressing rooms. When I presented Eurovision, there was a legend that I asked for strawberries in the dressing room.
PIERO= Who, us?
CATTELAN= No, no me.
PIERO= Oh you?
CATTELAN= I don’t even know if I like strawberries!
PIERO= So, there is a truth that Il Volo in the quick change, which is that cubicle behind the stage….but you have never asked yourself: “But will someone who sings for two hours pee or not?”😂😂😂
CATTELAN= I’ve actually never asked myself that.
PIERO= One day a promoter friend of ours comes to us and asks: “Guys, I’m curious, but why are you asking for cat sand? Who has a cat?” None of the three have cats! 😂🐈⬛
GIANLUCA= We are the cats! I swear. 🤣🤣🤣
CATTELAN= I don’t want to know!
PIERO= It’s us, because this thing is intelligent, this request was made by Alessio Guerrieri, our back linear, hello Alessio Guerrieri…
IGNAZIO= Besides being a masterpiece, you are also intelligent….
PIERO= Alessio requested cat sand, because we behind the stage, while Ignazio or Gianluca sings, I go behind and pee in the cat sand. 😂
CATTELAN= On the sand for cats! 😳
PIERO= Of course, sorry! 😂
CATTELAN= Then, you don’t do it directly but there will be someone who arrives with a sandbag behind the stage…..😁
GIANLUCA= Obviously there is also the cat bowl.. 😂😂
CATTELAN= To drink if you are thirsty!!! I don’t know if they wanted to know this!!! It was still very beautiful.
PIERO= However when you see Il Volo singing, imagine what happens behind it….
GIANLUCA= We are back there with the sand….😂
IGNAZIO= We are waiting for you…
CATTELAN= I don’t know if I will be able to look at you with the same eyes!!
So, we went through it quickly before, there was this interview on the radio in which you had a bit of an argument and from there it created an avalanche….
IGNAZIO= I wasn’t there!!!🙄
CATTELAN= Weren’t you there????
IGNAZIO= No, I wasn’t there, I had fallen asleep that morning.
CATTELAN= But do you fall asleep every time you go to see someone? You have a problem!
IGNAZIO = Sometimes…
GIANLUCA= But he arrives on time like 8:30 down…. but basically the next day, so you’re there waiting….😂
IGNAZIO= I have my time zone! 😁
CATTELAN= You need to rest.
GIANLUCA= Look, everything was exploited there, then we didn’t immediately deny it.
CATTELAN= But did it have anything to do with the different vision of music?
PIERO= No, no, I said.
GIANLUCA= No, you have to stop, now I’m pissed (he’s re-enacting the scene from then)
PIERO= I only told the truth guys…
GIANLUCA= I simply said that it’s nice to return to Sanremo and sing Queen and show that we can be something else too.
PIERO= And I said: “Excuse me, if you want to be someone else, speak for yourself, I know who I am….”
GIANLUCA= But you can’t answer me like that in front of everyone!
CATTELAN= Stay calm, or beat yourself up.
PIERO= (to Gianluca) But I can tell you..(Piero hugs Gianluca) 🥰
IGNAZIO= I was sleeping. 😁
GIANLUCA= He was sleeping.
CATTELAN= Ah ah ah, certainly!
CATTELAN= However, we thought of exploiting the topic of the discussion….
GIANLUCA= Enough, enough, break away. (to Piero who continues to hold Gianluca)
CATTELAN= ….we wanted to try to make you play a little game. Each of you sings a different song at the same time as the others, three songs in time, but everyone is singing their own.
PIERO= You know you seem more Marzullo than Cattelan. (Marzullo always does complicated things)
CATTELAN= Maybe it stirs something in your conscience, I don’t know.
PIERO= Each of us sings a song together with the others, but isn’t it the same song?
CATTELAN= Put it this way it seems difficult, but now you’ll see what happens, it’s a game we’re about to play called “I understand it on the fly” (it means I understand it immediately) Come, come!
CATTELAN= Ok, each member of Il Volo is about to sing a song. Everyone will sing their own but they will do it at the same time.
The competitor who will play with me and I will have to guess the three songs. The only custodian of the correct answers is our Ilenia, can you confirm that you have them there Ilenia?
ILENIA= Yes.
CATTELAN= Perfect, then you will be the one to give us the right or wrong answer. The competitor who is about to play with us must have particular characteristics, he must be as similar to me as possible, also have blue eyes, support Inter, have a surname that ends in N, give a huge round of applause to Pier Paolo Spollon. (an italian actor)
SPOLLON= Good evening, I see they are looking at me strangely.
GIANLUCA= I want to give a round of applause to the Street Clerks (the band) because without them this program would be a film without a soundtrack.
BAND= Did you see? Other than Coachella, Coachella. 😁😁 Thanks Gianluca!
CATTELAN= It would be a bad film without the soundtrack.
SPOLLON= Can I get out of the embarrassment for a second? I saw them (Il Volo) looking at me and thinking….but who the hell is this?
But you must not know anything about me.. (he means that the game is not on his person)
PIERO= But did I see you in Doc or not? (Italian television series)
SPOLLON= More or less.
CATTELAN= That’s right, yes!
SPOLLON= The only thing you need to know is that I’m the one who works with Luca Argentero (Italian actor), the one over there.
CATTELAN= He’s a fake doctor. (he impersonates a doctor in the TV series)
SPOLLON= Exactly!
CATTELAN= So, the guys from Il Volo are about to sing. I’ll give a quick recap of the rules, they each sing a song, but at the same time, it will be up to us to try to understand the three titles of the songs. We have a small blackboard that we will have to write on.
SPOLLON= And you called this game for me?
CATTELAN= Because I like to win. Are you ready guys?
PIERO= Wait, I’ll fix this (ear microphone)
SPOLLON= And what is this for? (one button)
CATTELAN= They put this but it’s useless, we crush it but it’s useless! Ready, go!
(the three songs start, difficult to recognize them)
CATTELAN= Damn I miss the first one! At that time…
GIANLUCA= But did you in the audience understand? – Yes-
CATTELAN= Really? So I’ll play mine, I’ll show them here. Mine are: LOVE ME TENDER but I didn’t understand it, I just know that Gianluca likes it and so I tried, then SEI BELLISSIMA and UN AMORE COSÌ GRANDE.
PIERO= Wait, who sang “Sei Bellissima”…..
CATTELAN= “Sei Bellissima”: Ignazio, “Un Amore Così Grande”: Piero and Gianluca : “Love me Tender.”
PIERO= Well done!!
SPOLLON= I’d say you did a really good job, congratulations…
CATTELAN= But what did you write?
SPOLLON= You guessed them all, well done, we have a winner…so I wrote in abbreviation: You’re Belliss+++ and that was it, I wrote Presley because I felt it but I’m not convinced it’s Love Me Tender, maybe it’s Falling in Love….
GIANLUCA= Great, he got it! Great!
SPOLLON= I didn’t understand the last one and I wrote: Caruso!
CATTELAN= So, because a Caruso is always good! Ilenia?
ILENIA= You were wrong, you and him too.
CATTELAN= But what is the way to deliver results? Which are the right ones? Read there.
ILENIA= Piero: “Un Amore Così Grande”, Ignazio: “ Sei Bellissima”, Gianluca: “Can’t help falling in love”.
CATTELAN= Damn, but you got it right. Okay, 2 to 1.
SPOLLON= No, I also understood “Sei Bellissima” and Presley.
CATTELAN= Are you ready (to the public) – Yes-
You can also help us if you think of something, we can cheat easily, don’t worry! Guys….Ignazio the headphones…
IGNAZIO= Go…
CATTELAN= Whenever you want….(three more songs begin…difficult to understand some…Gianluca gives help to Spollon)….But come on…
SPOLLON= Is there a jury?
CATTELAN= No, it’s me. So for this round, as far as I’m concerned it is made up of: MERAVIGLIOSA CREATURA ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO ROCKET MAN by Elthon John.
PIERO= Applause, applause!!
SPOLLON= I start from the bottom: ROCKET MAN and I guessed it before you (Gianluca) said Rocket Man, then I wrote DIVERSO (He wanted to write Universo), and then I wrote Nannini. (he means Meravigliosa Creatura)
CATTELAN= It doesn’t apply and I would say that this is mine too…
SPOLLON= Ilenia, can we say that Nannini is fine?
ILENIA= Yes, it’s fine.
IGNAZIO= Sorry, it would be like saying: What show do you like by Alessandro Cattelan? Cattelan! But what does it mean?
CATTELAN= Ignazio is right, it’s not worth saying Nannini. Oh well, last round, whoever wins this one wins it all.
SPOLLON= Are we tied?
CATTELAN= I would be ahead but I’ll leave you tied. Guys, let’s do the last one, whenever you want! (last three songs begin)
So, what did you write?
SPOLLON= You go first, you have a clean face but you continue to spy.
CATTELAN= I have a long eye. 😁
IGNAZIO= Yes, he spied!
SPOLLON= But it’s bad for you, because I was the last one in the class, so if you copy from me….😁
CATTELAN= Go, what did you write?
SPOLLON= I wrote: IL MONDO, I understood it, then I wrote E POI… So, what did you write?
CATTELAN= Me too.
SPOLLON= And then I (Gianluca) didn’t understand.
CATTELAN= I wrote TI PENSO but it was IL MONDO, you’re right, so E POI and then I wrote A WONDERFUL WORLD.
GIANLUCA= Ah, did you hear it?
CATTELAN = Of course! Piero you were disturbed by the other two, that’s how it went. Guys now let’s do the math to see who won, the important thing is that you give a big round of applause for Il Volo!!
Thank you so much for being with us, guys, it’s always a great pleasure to see you, Gianlu, come here (and hug Gianluca). Happy world tour, where are you going now?
GIANLUCA= China, Japan, then the Arena of Verona and we will tour our new album which is AD ASTRA.
PIERO= First album of unreleased songs.
CATTELAN= I’m in China and Japan, I don’t know if I can come, but I’ll see you at the Verona Arena. Best wishes (for Easter).
Best wishes ladies and gentlemen, Il Volo!!
And here are some short videos of the rehearsals for our guys’ entrance.
A special guitarist: Ignazio.
And three songs at the same time!!
Happiness 🥰🥰
This presence from Cattelan is also nice, but these guys are unstoppable, a new date has been announced on their Asian tour which will start soon and therefore SHANGHAI in China has been added.
Also two instore dates have also been given, one in Verona (which I will participate in) and one in Naples!!
But then there will be participation in the program On The Road Verso il Giubileo, and Domenica In da Mara Venier, and then Radio Italia live, so stay with us, there will still be a lot to read.
The time has also come for the new show on RAI1: DA GRANDE, hosted by Alessandro Cattelan.
I must tell you right away that you will see Il Volo in an unusual guise. Together with Alessandro, they will re-propose the hits of the most famous boy bands. There will also be disguises.
It will all be in a very fun way. You will see.
But let’s go in order.
Cattelan’s show aims to propose something different from what is generally expected, a new format of two episodes and Il Volo is one of the guests of the first episode.
Cattelan has been a presenter for 20 years, but it is his first show on RAI 1, the most important Italian national television.
Of course, no one thinks that Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca can propose themselves in such a different way, so this is the news, so forget to hear their beautiful voices as you usually hear them, and try to understand the purpose of this participation.
The day after the show, Cattelan posted this comment:
Thanks to the guys from @ilvolomusic… because it takes guts to listen to me!
And here is the entire performance of the evening:
CATTELAN = I would like to start my evening, DA GRANDE, by retracing the history of boy bands.
To do this, I would like to ask for the help, as well as yours, of the greatest Italian boy band ever, give a big round of applause to Il Volo!
I come to meet you too !! (Hugs )
PIERO = A little foam.
CATTELAN = I still have a little foam on my head but isn’t it soap. (shortly before, he was sprinkled with fake foam snow).
IGNAZIO = Yes, we took it off.
P + I + G = Good.
CATTELAN: IL VOLO
PIERO = Hello everyone.
GIANLUCA = How are you?
CATTELAN = So, guys, how am I doing? Still do not know.
IGNAZIO = Well then, good evening. (and he starts to leave, even Piero and Gian signal to follow him)
CATTELAN = I need your help, come here !!
GIANLUCA = We thought we were greeting “on the fly” (they joke about the pun with their name)
CATTELAN = No, no, I clearly need you now, to tell the story of boy bands to the whole world. You asked me how I am, how you want me to be, it’s my first time …..
IGNAZIO = Ah, it’s your first time on RAI.
CATTELAN = Yes, yes, thanks for being here.
GIAN = Are you excited?
CATTELAN = Yes, you can see it !!
GIAN = But you are number one !!
CATTELAN = You guys too, thank you very much, grazie mille!
So obviously when you have the friendship of a group like Il Volo available, you have to sing, okay?
IGNAZIO = Absolutely.
CATTELAN = So we sing, we retrace the history of boy bands, together with you, we do them, as they come to us, as they come to us …
PIERO = Natural
CATTELAN. Naturally, as it comes to us …
GIAN = With humility
CATTELAN = With the humility that distinguishes us, ok? Let’s just make a path ….
PIERO = And with dignity!
CATTELAN = Hopefully. Let’s take a path, let’s start with the first great boy band in history, which were, I think it’s not offensive to say, THE BEATLES.
IGNAZIO = Absolutely.
CATTELAN = The Beatles were the first great boy band in history, we took this cover of HELP as a reference, we put 4 trunks on stage, inside these trunks there are some changes, it will be our task, to try to get into the shoes ….
IGNAZIO = To resemble us a little, that is to lower ourselves a little in the part.
CATTELAN = Yes, try to get into the role of The Beatles.
GIAN = Something amazing is happening, people here at home, they don’t realize yet …
CATTELAN = What are you about to see …
GIAN = I don’t know if you are ready.
CATTELAN = So, let’s start the gearbox, guys !!
IGNAZIO = Go! Let’s go let’s go. (and they go to the trunks for the first change of clothes)
CATTELAN = (from behind the trunk) Here we are, then guys, let’s all go out together.
GIAN = I am there.
IGNAZIO = Not me, wait.
PIERO = Hello, but sorry guys …..
CATTELAN = Don’t go out, don’t go out Piero, wait.
PIERO = But like that, they don’t let me go home anymore.
GIAN = Are you ready to see the four sexiest men on earth? We are almost there.
CATTELAN = The longest is me guys, wait, wait.
PIERO = Can we go straight out the back guys? (he wants to escape) I’m not going there.
CATTELAN = We have to go out guys, let’s count to three: One, two, three, good evening (and they come out disguised as the Beatles)
PIERO = Good evening! Hello, hello, thank you very much.
GIAN = It’s good to see you, good evening everyone.
CATTELAN = Sorry, I’m so in the part that I forgot the microphone behind. You are John? (to Gian)
GIAN = I am Paul.
CATTELAN = I’m Paul, because I speak English tight, tight. So, guys, we are clearly the fab four, we are disarmingly beautiful, I think you are seeing it with your own eyes.
PIERO = Sorry mom! It won’t happen again.
IGNAZIO = You know that he looks a lot like his mother! (laughs)😁😁
PIERO = Sorry, I’m not going home anymore.
CATTELAN = What is the name of Piero’s mother?
IGNAZIO = Eleonora
CATTELAN = So guys, if you want you are ready, let’s start with the first piece that characterized the history of boy bands, okay? Street (the band), are you ready? When you want, we are ready. (they start singing HELP).
CATTELAN = This was beautiful.
IGNAZIO = Do you know who I look like?
CATTELAN = Willy Wonka
IGNAZIO = No, do you remember Jumanji (movie), that hunter always with a rifle who wanted to kill everyone?
CATTELAN = Actually, a little bit, yes, you remember him.
If that’s okay with you, I would quit the role of The Beatles, to go to the next step, to the next boy band that broke hearts ….
PIERO = It would be home, the next step.
CATTELAN = We should, but maybe we won’t have one anymore, as you said before, Piero.
The next step in the history of boy bands is Take That, they are already more of our era, of our generation … change
(from behind the trunks) if you don’t mind, if you don’t mind guys, I’d wear the fake rabbit hat.
IGNAZIO = Can I keep the wig ??
CATTELAN = That’s your choice, you can decide.
IGNAZIO = I take it off.
PIERO = (he is ready and comes out of the trunk) This is cool, I would also wear this to go out.
CATTELAN = So you can also go out, you are a fairy tale. Who are you?
PIERO = Mark, no Gary (two components from Take That)
GIAN = I am Gary.
CATTELAN = Now let’s not fight over who Gary is! E from Russia:
IGNAZIO = Hi everyone, I’m Robbie Williams from Moscow. (laughs) 😁😁
CATTELAN = The Russian version of Robbie Williams. I can’t tell you what’s sweating to me, right now. (he has a fur hat) Let’s try Take That.
Guys (to the band), whenever you want! (music starts) This is intense, this one makes you fall in love. Wait, wait (stop the band). This music is difficult and you (at Il Volo) who are familiar with falsetto (singing with an altered high voice).
PIERO = Do as when you have a stomach ache. Perfect.
IGNAZIO = When you do that part do this movement, it helps you !! (he makes a movement with his leg)
CATTELAN = Ok, let’s get started.
GIAN = This is romantic, this one makes you fall in love. (Back for Good by Take That begins)
CATTELAN = Mamma mia, exceptional!
IGNAZIO = Now who is there, how many other boy bands are there?
CATTELAN = Now everything is easier. Let’s see what the next boy band is. (toaudience) How are these going, do you like them?
PIERO = I’m not worried about the song, I’m worried about looking like them.
CATTELAN = Who would you like to be?
PIERO = The second on the left, doesn’t it look like Lewis Hamilton, the Formula 1 driver?
CATTELAN = Yes, a little yes. I would like by right in law, I have already ridiculed myself before showing my photo, (before Il Volo arrived, he showed his photo at 16 and he had a blonde bob hairstyle), I would like to be that blonde with the parting in the middle, also to have a moment of revival.
Okay, Nick Carter, (he is the blond singer) to feel young again.
Are we going to change? (and they go after the trunks)
IGNAZIO = But it’s hot !!
PIERO = I have a good assistant.
CATTELAN = Open or closed jacket?
IGNAZIO = Open.
PIERO = The lady (he points in the audience) wants a pistachio and strawberry ice cream, then she wants chocolate (he jokes because they are dressed like ice cream makers).
CATTELAN = We bring it to him. Sooner or later we’ll bring it to you lady.
He waits for us to do something we tried during rehearsals (he and Gian flip up the microphone and catch it) Mouth-watering stuff. (Idiom, when one thing is okay).
So, Backstreet Boys, all easy, all right, we can try to do it. (Ignazio and Piero talk to each other)
GIAN = They’re jealous because we did the microphone one.
CATTELAN = Come on, try it too, if you can ….
IGNAZIO = I do it to you with the triple jump …
PIERO = Do you want to see? Can you prepare a spare microphone? (Ignazio and Piero also successfully launch the microphone).
GIAN = Better to sing.
CATTELAN = (He pretends to throw the microphone very high). So, are we there? Go, Backstreet Boys, let’s do it. (Begins I WANT IT THAT WAY by Backstreet Boys, sung with the names of Il Volo)
IGNAZIO = No, I don’t like it
PIERO = Was I wrong?
IGNAZIO = No, it’s just that I wanted to make it a little more romantic (and so repeat the ending)
CATTELAN = Incredibles. I’ve never felt so good as with Il Volo, guys.
IGNAZIO = And I’ve never seen a man uglier than you (referring to Cattelan who has a blonde wig, laughter).😁😁
CATTELAN = Because we didn’t know us when I was 15, otherwise it would have been a dejavu. Do not worry.
Another change, but let’s go back to Italy. If I tell you Italian boy band who comes to your mind?
IGNAZIO = Il Volo
CATTELAN = Apart from Il Volo, you are the present.
GIAN = Modest aside, of course.
CATTELAN = Who comes to your mind, Italian boy band.
IGNAZIO = I CAMALEONTI (an Italian group from the 70s)
CATTELAN = The DIK DIK? (other Italian group) No.
GIAN = There are many
CATTELAN = Not even the I RAGAZZI ITALIANI (Italian group)
GIAN = I POOH (Italian group)
CATTELAN = They too could have ….
GIAN = I CUGINI DI CAMPAGNA (Italian group)
CATTELAN = NO.
I NERI PER CASO!!! (Italian group that sang without instruments, imitating sounds with their mouths) Another exchange, it won’t be difficult. (And they go to change clothes again.)
GIAN = How we entered before. The same.
PIERO = Excuse me, take a close-up of the two of us, (he and Gian) kindly, don’t frame Alessandro, don’t frame him. Please, first floor: I must finally apologize to all the people who are watching this program right now, for what will happen in 10 seconds, can you please frame Alessandro Cattelan now?
GIAN = Only Alessandro Cattelan can do this !! Only Ale can do it.
PIERO = (to the audience) I humbly ask your forgiveness.
CATTELAN = (from behind the trunk), Guys, please can you say: “Gonzalo, where are you?”
GIAN = Gonzalo donde estas, hermano! (Cattelan comes out with a long black wig. One of the members of I Neri Per Caso had long black hair, his name is Gonzalo).
CATTELAN = Here I am, here I am. I think I’m Gonzalo, I wouldn’t want to be disrespectful but it seems to me that his name was Gonzalo, (he turns to look at Ignazio) well, you look great Igna, you are really very well.
PIERO = Do you know who it looks like? The hair is by Orietta Berti (good Italian singer today she is 78 and still sings with great success).
CATTELAN = Yes, the short cut maybe.
IGNAZIO = But do you know that it doesn’t hurt me? Can you show me? Give me a close up ………… that’s cool !!
CATTELAN = You mean you wouldn’t think about it, as a hypothetical new look?
So, NERI PER CASO, also their winners of Sanremo, in short, great success, let’s do their highlight!
IGNAZIO = Do you start?
CATTELAN = Yes, GO! (the song begins: Le ragazze, by NERI PER CASO.)
(at the end Ignazio holds a long note)
CATTELAN = Mamma mia, what lungs you guys have, you are putting me in trouble.
Ok, NERI PER CASO, facts, let’s see what the next boy band is, there are still a couple left: ONE DIRECTION.
Let’s go to the exchange.
Let’s go there, they (One Direction) are the youngest of all, they are the coolest.
IGNAZIO = (from the back of the trunk) I can leave the wig.
CATTELAN = The wig is always a choice. It depends on how you are. I just tell you that I am going here almost bare-chested.
Here we are? One Direction, they dare, they dare, they are young, they are not afraid of judgments, they are young.
PIERO = (referring to Cattelan) You do Harry, how nice. (Harry Styles, singer)
CATTELAN = Maybe I have a button fastened too many, I don’t know you tell me.
IGNAZIO = No, you are fine.
CATTELAN = I don’t know if Harry has chest hair, I don’t know, I’ve never checked.
PIERO = I don’t know, but he is less sweaty than you.😁😁
CATTELAN = I have ointments coming out of my pores.
GIAN = (lifts the right sleeve of Ignazio’s shirt and shows the last big tattoo) Look how wild he is, look!
CATTELAN = Mamma mia, guys, you are really bad boys. (Ignazio covers the tattoo).
So, do we propose with these ONE DIRECTION? But how many boy bands are there? Aren’t there a little too many?
IGNAZIO = I don’t insure anything here. (Live While We’re Young by ONE DIRECTION begins)
CATTELAN = I know what you are thinking, which is the ending.
No way!! We still have some, it was not the end even for a joke, we apologize to Harry Styles (throws his hat) ….. camera in full, 2000 euros of damage, okay !!
So, let’s see the next one, now we have arrived at the present day, now we are, let’s see the last boy band: BTS (a very famous Korean boy band), other space hotties.
PIERO = Forgive me, we are on RAI 1 ……
IGNAZIO = Your first time on RAI 1…….
CATTELAN = Yes, by the way, thanks again.
PIERO = Fantastic audience.
CATTELAN = Yes
PIERO = Transversal, everyone looks at it, of all ages, but I was wondering …… my aunt, looking at BTS wonders: “BTS, what are they?” ☺
CATTELAN = So, you have to explain, that’s right.
IGNAZIO = I would explain it ….. you know when you see unicorns? Here are BTS.
CATTELAN = All a little adorable, all beautifully colored, they are unicorns. Right now they are the biggest boy band on the planet. Thousands of views, they are very good, they are young, modern.
IGNAZIO = They are the most famous mash mallons in the world.
CATTELAN = Yes, they are the most famous in the world, do you feel like imitating them?
PIERO = Let’s get dressed first. (and they go after the trunks)
CATTELAN = (looks at Ignazio) Pippo, Pippo doesn’t know, but when he passes by, the whole city laughs (it’s a phrase from a well-known Italian song and is used to say that everyone laughs at you).
GIAN = It is coordinated.
CATTELAN = Yes, right
IGNAZIO = It’s a new fashion, shorts over trousers.
CATTELAN = I was thinking now of something, you rightly said that there is a small problem, your aunt at home and maybe even my grandmother, who is watching me, they don’t really know who BTS is.
There is also another theme, now I ask you, because it is you who have a world career, when I leave Piedmont (the Italian region where Cattelan lives), nobody recognizes me, but it is you who go around the world, go to Asia ….. maybe there is a problem of cultural appropriation, that is, you know, they are Asian, we are not, so a certain school of thought thinks that we shouldn’t do this exhibition. (of course he’s kidding)
PIERO = Sorry, let’s talk for a moment between us.
CATTELAN = Then if we don’t do it it’s worse. That is, for us it is a tribute, they are very cool.
GIAN = Sorry, let’s Italianize BTS at this point.
CATTELAN = That is, we make them, but keeping our culture?
GIAN = Yes, our diction, our culture (they gather in a circle to decide ….. of course it’s all a joke) (He ask the band to do the chorus of the BTS song)
Let’s improvise !!
CATTELAN = Let’s see what happens.
IGNAZIO = Let’s get Piero to do the rap part 😁
CATTELAN = So, okay, BTS, without getting into controversy, OK?
GIAN = We have found the solution.
CATTELAN = It is not cultural appropriation, we do it by maintaining our culture which at the moment is mainly Abruzzo.
GIAN = Absolutely.
PIERO = What did he say??? 😁
IGNAZIO = I sincerely like “arrosticini” ☺ (they are typical meat sticks from Abruzzo)
GIAN = We do it in the Abruzzese language.
PIERO = And the text? …..
CATTELAN = All new !! Okay, BTS, the way we do it. Guys whenever you want, I follow you, because I have no idea where you are going. (the music of the BTS song begins but performed with the words of Grande Amore, and finally , they connect the chorus of Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees with the words in the Abruzzese language.)
CATTELAN = Ladies and gentlemen, give a big round of applause for Il Volo !!
GIAN = What sweaty guys.
PIERO = We wanted to wish a very big good luck to the great Alessandro Cattelan, a great friend.
GIAN = Great Ale!
CATTELAN = Thanks guys !!
PIERO = Welcome Alessandro, we will leave you in good hands.
IGNAZIO = I wanted to make a serious speech. (To the band) Stop it, you’ve been playing up to now, stop it, just a minute. I wanted to make a serious speech, we have been following Alessandro for many years, Alessandro is a wonderful guy, one of the best professionals, presenters in Italy, and we are honored to be here tonight to celebrate your first time in RAI. Thanks for inviting us. Thank you very much.
CATTELAN = Thanks guys, I love you, again a big round of applause at Il Volo !! (hugs and final gags)
More photos of the show
My comment is this:
I appreciated that Il Volo really put a lot on the line for this show.
It wasn’t they who were supposed to shine, but the new presenter, and so they acted as a “shoulder”, I don’t know how many singers at the level of Il Volo, would have agreed to do this.
The live show showed great sound problems, at the beginning during the Beatles, the voice of Piero Ignazio and Gianluca, could not be heard ….. in the video it was improved, but the top is expected from RAI, even in technical matters.
I noted with pleasure, a great interaction and a sincere friendship between Il Volo and Cattelan and I believe that Cattelan did not know them before, and had never spoken about them, so, as usual, those who know them, then appreciate them a lot. .
I also noticed that Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca had a lot of fun on this show, a very different thing from what they usually do, and this makes me happy.
And therefore, after the latest news, we are sure that in September we will often see Il Volo on TV, at least here in Italy, and this news give us a lot of anticipation.
We had already read the news that on September 9th there will be the Seat Music Awards and there will also be Il Volo, but now two other events have been added, here they are:
On 4 September, on Rai1, there will be La Notte della Taranta.
It is a popular Apulian festival where, during the evening, typical Apulian songs are played and folk dances such as PIZZICA are performed.
This event takes place outdoors in Melpignano, in Puglia, towards the end of August.
Do you remember? In August 2018 Il Volo was at the La Notte della Taranta event, but only as a spectator, but perhaps Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca were probing the event, for their future participation, in fact I propose you the video with the interview that I translated you in 2018.
Listen carefully to their words. Click on the logo below to view the video.
P = We were really curious to see this event, and to test the air, to be able, perhaps, to come next year, who knows.
G = Yes, absolutely beautiful to see this culture, which is not only famous in Italy, but all over the world. When you start dancing, this rhythm gets inside you, it’s good, we’re going to have fun tonight.
The journalist asks Ignazio = Do you already have an idea of how to adapt your voice to the rhythm of the Pizzica?
I = Actually no, but we can always work on it. It’s nice to see how this event is all about folk song and dance and how much tradition it brings everyone into such a big event, so why not join in too? Next year or two years from now, we could join in too. It would be a great pleasure.
Journalist= Is there an evening, especially in past years that you know, or have you seen this event?
P = We have to be honest, NO. But we have always heard about the NOTTE DELLA TARANTA and this year, being free from commitments these days, we have decided to come and spend a couple of days in this magnificent land that has recently been visited and loved by tourists from all over the world. And it is a pleasure for us to be here.
As Ignazio said, on how to adapt our musical genre to this rhythm, we are a bit unprepared, but our thought is that music has no barriers and we never say: “This cannot be done”. But we say, “Let’s try and then see what happens.”
Journalist = But will you come to this event, as a guest, or as a concert teacher?
P + I + G = (laughs) As guests, we don’t think like teachers.
G = We cannot promise our presence, next year, sure, we would love it, but in one year many things happen, this year we came, we can’t wait to have fun, and why not, next year could participate.
P = The power of music is this, to see thousands of people united to dance LA PIZZICA.
Journalist = You are used to a large audience.
P = It is never enough.
Journalist = Do you know a Salento song and can you sing it?
G = Do you see how you put us in trouble? You did it on purpose (everyone laughs, then Gianluca sings a typical Milanese song … .. ha ha ha … final laughter.)
I = Thank you very much everyone, see you next year.
So you understood well, already in 2018 Il Volo had attended the event, wishing that perhaps in 2019 or 2020 they could have participated, but Covid has had a hand in it and so now we are in 2021, but Il Volo will not be present as guests, but as co-hosts of the event, together with Al Bano, the well-known singer, therefore a new and important role and certainly we will also have the opportunity to see them exhibit.
Can’t wait to see them in this role!!
Usually this event gathers over 150 thousand people. Of course, and unfortunately, this year due to Covid, only 1000 people will be admitted.
The event will take place in Melpignano on August 28th but will be broadcast on RAI1 on September 4th.
To follow, on September 9, again on RAI1, there will be the Seat Music Awards, and than, the 19 September there will be a new program on Rai1, entitled “Da Grande” the presenter will be Alessandro Cattelan, among the guests: Il Volo.
Cattelan was interviewed by Sorrisi e Canzoni. Click on photo below to view the article.
I translate for you the parts that interest us most:
“The title of the program, Da Grande, (as an adult) is more appropriate than ever …
We chose it on purpose. And it is a common thread of the program. It is a pure show, in which we will deal with the theme of growth, we will ask ourselves what it means to be great in 2021. Each generation has its age. My father, at 41 years, had already finished his parable: he had a 16-year-old son, a business he had been doing for a very long time.
Now, things have changed. So, in addition to being a show in which you dance, sing, laugh, reflect on the concept of being great, you wonder what the tests you have to face in order to be defined as such.
We will have Il Volo, with which we will have fun singing, we will change our look, we will interpret some music from various decades.”
So I would say a very crackling beginning of September!!
In the meantime, the second mini video of the short questions to Il Volo has also been published.
IL VOLO PART.2
QUESTION = Favorite dish?
GIANLUCA = Pizza. absolutely.
PIERO = My favorite dish? Ossobuco with saffron rice 😁😁😁 (it is a specialty of northern Italy, especially Milan)
A minute and thirty seconds later ….
IGNAZIO = Madalocco ????? 😁 (it’s not clear, however something similar, never heard this dish)
PIERO = What dish is it?
QUESTION = Do you have a lucky charm that you take with you to the stage?
GIANLUCA = The two of them😘 (Piero and Ignazio)
PIERO = Him 😘 (referring to Gianluca)
IGNAZIO = No, you know, nothing, no.
QUESTION = The nicest?
PIERO = Me
IGNAZIO = Gianluca 😘
GIANLUCA= (ironic) Do you see what a nice face? (and points to his face)
QUESTION = The most reserved.
IGNAZIO = Gianluca. Piero. Gianluca.
QUESTION = The most boring.
PIERO = Gianluca
IGNAZIO = Gianluca
GIANLUCA = But why me??
PIERO = You talk about carbohydrates, proteins ….
IGNAZIO = You are the most boring.
GIANLUCA = In what sense?
IGNAZIO = Gym, carbohydrates, proteins …..
PIERO = Yes, carbohydrates, proteins ….
GIANLUCA = But that’s not true!! You two make me pass for one who only thinks about that!! 😑
So, an early autumn full of commitments for Il Volo and we will certainly not tire of seeing them.
One last update, do you remember the porticoes of Bologna, so dear to Il Volo, which had presented the candidacy to be named “Unesco heritage”?
The news has been confirmed, at the end of July the porticoes of Bologna received this recognition !!!
What can I say, all right and in a little less than two weeks there will be the first televised appointment.
I cannot wait!!
Daniela
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