January 12th, as already announced several times, the Il Volo concert which was held in the beautiful Kyoto temple was screened in various Japanese cinemas.
Il Volo itself sent a video message for this event, here it is..
IGNAZIO= Hello friends from Japan, we are Il Volo.
GIANLUCA= The film of the live concert at the UNESCO world heritage site, the Kiyomizu Dera temple in Kyoto, will be released soon.
PIERO= On this occasion we sang for peace in the world. Go to the cinema to see it.
GIANLUCA= We are waiting for you.
PIERO= Bye.
The video was thus commented on by Weekend-Cinema magazine.
“IL VOLO”, a new generation vocal unit inheriting the three lead tenors, performed a live dedication at Kiyomizu-dera, a world heritage site for the first time in Asia as part of the World Heritage Series, and has been praised nationally as “IL VOLO to Kiyomizu-dera ~Kyoto World Heritage Live~” Now open. A video message has arrived from Il Volo to the Japanese fans.
Il Volo formed a vocal unit on a popular Italian audition show and surprised many people with his rich singing voice at the young age of 14 or 15. Their one-night-only live performance at Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the Mount Otowa World Heritage Site, will be shown on screen, making them the first foreign artists to do so. Using 13 cameras, including a drone, the video captures footage that normally can’t be seen, such as a blend of the night view of the city where Kyoto Tower sits and the main temple towering over a cliff.
In commemoration of such a precious version of the live theater, a message came from Il Volo to Japanese fans. With the expectations of the live video of the theater, they said: “We sang with hope for world peace.”
The three wear pure white clothes live, but in the video of the message, we will also see them in a black dress!
“IL VOLO in Kiyomizu-dera ~Kyoto World Heritage Live~” will be held for the first time in the Asian area, and it will be the first time in Kiyomizu-dera’s 1250-year history that a foreign artist will be able to enjoy a – Live show premium evening only on a big screen. It will be held in Shinjuku Piccadilly and other locations nationwide. Now available to the public.
IL VOLO: Today our 2022 show at the Kiyomizu Temple will be screened in 15 Japanese cinemas.
In this photo another article published in a Japanese newspaper.
This is another interview published in Japanese. It is also very beautiful and I’ll give you the translation of it.
“The most intense experience in 15 years of activity” Il Volo’s interview arrives to commemorate the release of “IL VOLO in Kiyomizu-dera ~Kyoto World Heritage Live~”
“IL VOLO”, a new generation vocal group inheriting the three major tenors, held a dedicated live performance at Kiyomizu-dera, a world heritage site for the first time in Asia as part of the World Heritage Series, on January 12 as “IL VOLO in Kiyomizu-dera ~Kyoto World Heritage Live~ “Released nationwide from Sunday (Friday). An interview with Il Volo has arrived. Additionally, additional scene photos have been released, (I’ll share the photos separately -donalee) and special gifts for attendees have been decided.
Il Volo formed a vocal group on a popular Italian TV show, and surprised many people with their rich singing voices at the young age of 14 or 15. Their one-night-only live performance at Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the world heritage site of Mount Otowa, will be shown on the screen, making them the first foreign artists to do so. Utilizing 13 cameras, including a drone, the video captures footage that cannot normally be seen, such as the fusion of the night view of the city where Kyoto Tower stands and the main temple towering over a cliff.
Interviews have arrived from the three members of Il Volo. Regarding the concert at Kiyomizu-dera, they said, “What impressed us the most was the solemnity of Kiyomizu-dera. Also, the warm welcome we received from all the monks left a strong impression on us. It was the most powerful experience in our 15 years of activities to be able to perform bel canto (beautiful resonant voice), which is a musical culture of Japan, at a sacred temple that is a World Heritage Site.” They talked about the warm hospitality of the monks of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, a national treasure, and the solemnity they felt standing on stage.
Also, this Kiyomizudera live performance will be Il Volo’s third visit to Japan since their first visit in 2017. Regarding their impressions of Japanese fans, they said, “We often do various interviews, and we always talk about our Japanese fans. Japanese fans are a role model for fans in terms of how carefully and enthusiastically they listen during concerts. The spring 2024 concert in Japan will be full of wonderful surprises.But before that… We hope that everyone in Japan will enjoy our concert filmed at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto last year at the movie theater.’’ We express our gratitude to our enthusiastic Japanese fans and expressed our hopes for our fourth concert in Japan in the spring.
At the end, they addressed the Japanese fans and said, “We talked about the strong impressions we received, but we hope that we can share with the audience the impressions we received during our live performances. I hope that you will be able to experience the feeling of excitement,” they said in the message, wanting to share the excitement they felt on stage.
The newly released photos show various scenes from the live performance, including the scene where the three members of Il Volo perform in beautiful harmony, the way the camera captures them, and Kiyomizu-dera Temple illuminated with colorful lighting.
In addition, special benefits for visitors have been decided. You will receive an original ticket holder with a print of a scene in which the three members of Il Volo are smiling with relief after successfully completing a concert as the first overseas artists in Kiyomizu-dera’s 1250-year history. It’s a useful size that can fit not only live concert tickets, but also movie and stage tickets, travel tickets, etc. Limited quantity.
And this one was published byThe Hollywood Reporter Roma.
You absolutely must read it, it was published in Italian on Christmas day and perhaps you missed it. It was written by Pino Gagliardi who asked very interesting questions about Japan, but also about Sanremo and the habits of Il Volo.
As always, the answers from Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio denote great maturity and also humility.
Il Volo: We will be in cinemas in Japan (and with an exclusive clip on THR Rome) before arriving in Sanremo with Capolavoro.
On January 12 and February 9, the 2022 concert in Kyoto will be broadcast in the cinemas of the Rising Sun, in the Kiyomizu-dera Temple, one of the most famous and evocative monuments in the country. They are the first to do so in 1250 years. “If we are successful in that country we owe it to a skating champion, their Carolina Kostner”
Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will celebrate 15 years of long friendship and music together on the Ariston stage, where they return to the competition for the third time after triumphing at the Festival in 2015 with Grande Amore – a song that won Il Volo the podium at the Eurovision Song Contest – and after having achieved third place in 2019 with Musica che resta. “The first time we won it, the second time we celebrated ten years and now we celebrate fifteen years” says the trio who will be competing at the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival with the song Capolavoro.
However, the new year will open for Il Volo with another extraordinary and international event. On January 12 and February 9, the 2022 concert in Kyoto will be broadcast in cinemas across Japan, in the marvelous Kiyomizu-dera Temple, one of the most famous and evocative temples in all of Japan with a history of 1,250 years. It was a unique event in the world as no foreign artist had ever performed before on the stage built in the main hall. The Japanese public was so enthusiastic about the show of the three Italian artists that it decided to propose the experience of the show again in the cinemas of the main cities of Japan, from Tokyo to Osaka via Kyoto.
After Sanremo the trio will return to the Land of the Rising Sun with a series of new concerts in April before embarking on their World Tour around the world. In Italy, however, after the success of the two-evening event on Canale 5 last May at the Verona Arena, with many great guests belonging to different artistic worlds on the Italian and international scene, Il Volo will return to the Scaliger amphitheater with Tutti Per Uno (a project by Michele Torpedine) with three dates in May.
Where are you right now?
Gianluca Ginoble: I’m in Abruzzo.
Ignazio Boschetto: I’m in Bologna.
Piero Barone: I’m also in Bologna.
How did you end up singing at the oldest temple in Kyoto?
Piero Barone: You must know that in Japan everything was born a few years ago, compared to the United States and Latin America where we have been doing concerts since 2009. Five years ago this strong request arrived, because one of their ice skaters, their champion Yuzuru Hanyu – if we had to make a comparison we could say their Carolino Kostner – he won the ice skating Olympics to the tune of Notte stellata, a song sung by us, recorded in 2011 on our first album.
A piece that we have perhaps never sung live, except in the first concerts. We suddenly received many requests for live performances in Japan and also to be hosted on various television programs. From there our journey in Japan was born.
Haven’t you even been there on holiday?
Piero Barone: No, never! A whole new world for us because we didn’t know that culture. It had been described to us in different ways, but if you don’t go and experience it you can never understand what they are like and above all what their way of living life is – respect for everything and everyone.
Do you remember your first time?
Piero Barone: If I’m not mistaken in 2017. We did our first tour and our first guest appearances on Japanese television programs. In August two years ago we received this beautiful request from those who deal with the protection of the temples of the city of Kyoto. the city of a thousand temples.
They renovated and inaugurated, after a year, the oldest temple in the city: the Kiyomizu-dera. To inaugurate it they expressed the desire to have Il Volo singing inside the columns of that temple, but the characteristic of this sanctuary, which differentiates it from all others, is that it is located overlooking a forest. It was very humid. We arrived dressed in white to sing for no one, in the sense that we had no audience in front of us. It was also difficult to take it back, a particular experience.
Have you felt the spirituality of that place? Gianluca Ginoble: Each of us experiences spirituality in a very personal way. We define ourselves as spiritual people, certainly not just children of our culture. Japan is such a different place, totally distant, Buddhism and Shinto are strong there. We have adapted to this culture and made it our own, trying to transmit what are also our musical and cultural traditions.
Because it is paradoxical to interpret a musical genre that is linked to our culture in a Buddhist temple. And that’s where the great contrast was successful. This shows that what we do overcomes the cultural barriers of language and music.
The practice of opera singing officially entered the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity a few days ago. Is it your credit too?
Gianluca Ginoble: We are very proud to bring a piece of our culture. Because then we have seen over time that this type of music is truly what is considered the true Italian spirit, the true tradition, like pizza, spaghetti, Ferrari. It is certainly opera singing that allows us to interpret a certain type of music in such a prestigious place.
What type of repertoire did you choose for the occasion?
Ignazio Boschetto: In Japan we have always sung the most classical repertoire as a tribute to the three tenors. From there we continued in the wake of the most beautiful classic areas. The nice thing though is that at the end of the concert the last songs are Grande amore and L’amore si move and all the Japanese are there singing with us. And it’s great to see how our repertoire can vary from classical to even something more pop even in Japan.
Every year many opera singing students come to our conservatories from those countries.
Piero Barone: There is a strong attraction from the Asian world towards us and I believe it has always been there. Perhaps today many more young people are approaching this world. Clearly they come to study in Italy because perhaps we have one of the best methods for teaching this art and this way of singing.
There are also many of our compatriots who love this musical genre, opera, and who know what it requires and what studying an opera entails. That is, studying every day. Personally, I frequent opera circles, because in parallel with all this, for a personal thing, I am also preparing an opera journey, studying the arias of the operas.
In this musical genre you are the only ones to have broken into the mainstream.
Piero Barone: Perhaps we are one of the few cases in the musical panorama who sing this genre. For this reason we had many difficulties in the first years, from 2009 to 2015, until we arrived at the Sanremo Festival with Grande Amore. At that point we also managed to conquer the Italian market, because before obviously we were seen as those who sing songs like ‘O sole mio’, those of the Italian tradition abroad. Italy required something new from us, and thanks to Grande Amore the Italian market also opened up for us.
Gianluca Ginoble: This is the right interpretation, in the sense that it is a great truth that we have observed over time. If you sing Nessun Dorma, you won’t attract young people. If, however, you acquire prestige before singing Nessun Dorma, then you capture their attention, because you can convey that type of music first through the credibility of an unreleased song, and with that you arrive at the modernization of Bel Canto.
Thanks to an unreleased song you can attract young people and then you also make them listen to the more classic things. But if you don’t get there first with that, the young people unfortunately don’t arrive, and we see it in the audience who comes to see us, singing only the classical repertoire, which obviously only attracts the older audience.
Will you still use the Festival for this purpose?
Ignazio Boschetto: We already did it in 2017. Having won Sanremo with Grande Amore has brought us a lot of young people who find themselves at our concerts to listen, often for the first time, to Nessun Dorma.
Gianluca Ginoble: Exactly, and it’s really the only way, because opera anyway, and Piero can confirm this, requires a lot of sacrifice. How to learn to play an instrument, the piano, the guitar. Opera is the one that uses the instrument of the voice to the maximum. Surely you can’t get better results with little effort, unfortunately people no longer approach sacrifice. But we also want to be an example from this point of view.
Your Japanese concert will soon be broadcast in cinemas in the Land of the Rising Sun, will you go and promote it?
Piero Barone: No, we won’t go because we have already done a lot of promotion in the past few days with interviews via Zoom, we have been very busy here in Europe. We will go on a ten-day tour in April because we have four concerts as well as several hosted on television.
How are you preparing to face these concerts?
Piero Barone: The Japanese tour set is different from all the other concerts we usually do because we will have a significantly superior orchestra. The orchestral staff will be made up of many more musicians who will be trained by our great conductor, Marcello Rota, who knows what our requests are and knows us well.
Ignazio Boschetto: We will arrive two days early to rehearse our repertoire. Clearly the set list changes in each tour, but usually they are all songs that we rehearse in Italy.
Will you also include the new Sanremo song?
Piero Barone: Hoping it gets there too.
Ignazio Boschetto: Maybe we’ll do the symphonic version.
Ready for the Festival?
Gianluca Ginoble: We were born on that stage which for us on an emotional level is home. Coming back there nine years after the victory, five years after third place, doing it now as thirty-year-olds, is like showing a different version of us. A maturity that we want to show to the public, to our fans, and not only that, perhaps to an even wider audience. We will try to give our best, to truly convey a more mature Il Volo.
Piero Barone: We are going with a different spirit this year to Sanremo, with much more awareness, but we are also much more serene, because before we were always anxious. We are going in the spirit of celebrating these fifteen years, because for us it is a huge achievement. Being still here is already an achievement, few realize that being a single artist is different from being a group, where there are different ideas, there are always moments of tension, because the ideas perhaps don’t match one another. ‘other. So even demonstrating this esteem that exists between all three is a good result.
Maturity will also involve a change of look, given that you have been dressed like adults practically since you were born.
Gianluca Ginoble: Do you mean that when we were sixteen we dressed like sixty-year-olds?
Ignazio Boschetto: We dressed like adults because it was Bel Canto that necessarily led us to be elegant and dress in a certain way.
Will you be classic this time too?
Gianluca Ginoble: It’s normal that our strength was initially seeing three kids our age with adult voices. That was the key that allowed us to reach so many people. Today we are thirty years old and there will certainly be an evolution, because always being the same, remaining in a comfort zone, does not lead to growth. A little risk is part of progress.
Ignazio Boschetto: I don’t know if others agree with me, but I think that when we were younger we had to maintain a certain distinction in what we did. Now there won’t necessarily be a change of look other than just showing what our three true personalities are.
Piero Barone: A bit like we did with Tutti Per Uno, which was a forerunner of a work that will lead to a new wave next year. We will always be Il Volo and we will never change. Because when we tried to do something too different it went very badly, because we lost our authenticity. So that will always remain, but we must always try to overcome ourselves.
You are the only ones who have been successful among those who emerged from Ti Lascio Una Canzone, the talent that launched you.
Piero Barone: We wish all people to live by and with music. Clearly this is a demanding job. And the most important thing, perhaps our greatest fortune, I believe was to meet people who still collaborate with us, good people, great professionals, like our manager Michele Torpedine, who work 24 hours a day on this project from first day.
We too have had quite particular, turbulent periods, but with seriousness and dedication, we have always overcome everything. There are those who are luckier and those who are less fortunate in meeting people who really care about your project. We also kept in touch with other contestants, we don’t talk much, but we see that other guys continue to sing too. This is really the most important thing, cultivating your passion. We wish everyone to live with music.
Gianluca Ginoble: We succeeded because there are three of us, because maybe if they hadn’t put us together we would never have made it, or maybe the process towards success would have been much slower.
You have to thank Roberto Cenci who invented the trio (Roberto Cenci was the director of TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE, he had the idea of uniting Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, who had presented themselves individually for the programme)
Piero Barone: It was he who put us together. He was the producer of TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE. We made the auditions individually with him in November 2008 and chose us. Then we reminded him of the three small tenors and joined us.
Gianluca Ginoble: Let’s say that Roberto Cenci is the one who took the three matches and Michele Torpedine lit them. So they were both important and it is right to thank all the people who precisely made us what we are today.
You took part in the soundtrack of the film Hidden Moon composed by Luis Bacalov with the song Hidden Moon, would you like to continue with cinema?
Gianluca Ginoble: A beautiful memory. We recorded the song in 2013 on the second album where there were many unreleased songs. In Mexico it was a great success, where among other things there is a very beautiful Spanish version. Having one of our songs in a successful Italian film, why not? There are many artists like Laura Pausini who have already won the Golden Globe or Davide Donatello. We are very ambitious and will work hard to make these things happen one day.
Piero Barone: Also because today Italian cinema is highly esteemed abroad and is producing great results.
Do you have any cinematographic preferences?
Gianluca Ginoble: Paola Cortellesi’s latest film is very interesting. I really like Christopher Nolan. I loved Oppenheimer very much but also Interstellar, in short all his films.
Piero Barone: There is always tomorrow. Beautiful! It reminded me a lot of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful. I am a fan of Quentin Tarantino.
Ignazio Boschetto: I don’t go to the cinema often, I really like Italian cinema. I have a great passion for Edoardo Leo, who I like a lot as an actor. I like cult films like The Green Mile or The Truman Show, for me they are brilliant.
You sing in different languages, Italian aside, which was the easiest and which was the most difficult?
Piero Barone: Perhaps the one we did best is Spanish, we often sing it when we go on tour in South America or Spain. We always record the version of each recording project in Spanish. However, the one that has failed so far is French because during a concert we forgot the lyrics of a song.
Ignazio Barone: But it’s not that it turned out badly, it’s where we had a little more difficulty remembering the words of a French song. German was difficult for me. We recorded Silent Night in German. And for me that was the most difficult, especially for the pronunciation.
Gianluca Ginoble: I like singing in English more than in Italian.
Is it better to sing in Pompeii where you gave a concert in 2015 or in Kyoto?
Gianluca Ginoble: Sorry Italy, but definitely better in Kyoto. I would go and live in Japan. The culture is wonderful.
Ignazio Barone: I remain neutral.
Piero Barone: Pompeii for me! See this is the nice thing about being three.
This last interview was really very long, but I hope you enjoyed it, as I did.
I won’t go on too long, I just want to point out to you in the first video, dedicated to the Japanese public, our young men have a completely different look from what we saw for the communication of the Sanremo song. I want to say and underline that Il Volo will absolutely not lose its identity, but will adapt to the moment and the type of fans. They are multi-faceted chameleon singers, so they can allow this.
I’ll start immediately by telling you that the second ALL FOR ONE concert (actually it is the first concert in Verona in 2023, but broadcast on TV second) was repeated on the evening of January 5th.
Here is the announcement.
And let me tell you, it was another hit with the public.
Once again Il Volo (in rerun) had the highest ratings of the evening.
Once again Il Volo gained support from its fans.
I am very happy with this result, as already said I believe that Il Volo is much loved, more than one imagines, and I am personally very happy about it.
It’s a more than deserved success.
Looking back at this concert I could really see how much rain we got, but we all resisted all the way, two and a half hours under the incessant rain, but what a thrill.
For those who want to see the entire concert again, I propose it again below.
A short interview by Rai Radio 1 was also published, taken backstage at the New Year’s Eve concert, I propose it to you and translate it.
MAN= And we greet as we embrace:
WOMAN= Il Volo.
MAN = Il Volo which is in the backstage of the YEAR TO COME (the Crotone concert), hello guys, hello everyone how are you?
WOMAN= Hi guys.
G+I= Hello
P= Hi, good evening.
WOMAN=How are you guys?
IGNAZIO= We’re fine, the temperature is also very good, so we’re comfortable.
WOMAN= Right?
PIERO= I didn’t understand where you are?
MAN= We are behind you, practically….
WOMAN= If you turn around…. (They are behind a wall, Piero turns around and doesn’t see them)
PIERO= Why don’t we do the interview together?
MAN= Why should you walk 200 meters towards us, among people….
GIANLUCA= We would also be willing to fly to you….
WOMAN= Then we’ll be waiting for you…
MAN = While you are flying, at least with your mind, I would like to ask you: Hallelujah is an incredible song, written by Leonard Cohen, it is a little profane, a little mystical, it is a good test, it is a pop song, but also suitable for your strings.
IGNAZIO= Yes, in recent years we have been singing it a lot in our concerts because it is a moment that we dedicate to those who have not made it in these past years, which have been unforgettable years in positive and negative ways and we make every time to dedicate this song to those who have been more unlucky than us, to those who perhaps didn’t make it, to those who have suffered and continue to suffer, so it’s always a very delicate moment. It’s one of those songs that you can give whatever meaning you want, because it’s such an iconic melody, so beautiful that you can give whatever meaning you want.
MAN= It’s true and then the text is very vast….
IGNAZIO= Yes.
MAN= ….it is not simply a sacred song, it is also a slightly profane song, so it brings together many different things.
IGNAZIO= Born as a profane song.
MAN= Of course.
WOMAN = Born as a profane song. Ignazio, guys, since we are talking about feelings, thanks to this song, what is the feeling, one for each of you three, that you want to carry with you into 2024.
MAN= Everyone has their own!
IGNAZIO= I personally am amazed, because being amazed is always a great emotion, therefore always being amazed.
WOMAN= Ignazio the amazement. Gianluca?
GIANLUCA= I think…..you go first, I’ll think about it a little…
WOMAN= First Piero.
PIERO= I’m thinking that the most important thing that I believe will save the world will be irony but above all kindness and I will try to cultivate kindness on a daily basis.
MAN= These are all important feelings that lead Il Volo to Sanremo where I believe you arrive with a positive momentum, at least with Amadeus it is no longer a real competition, but a way of sharing, I don’t know how you can experience it even as a competitor.
GIANLUCA= Let’s say that all artists like us and all people, we are never the same, we are constantly evolving, so we change personally but also artistically. There are nuances that we discover every day, every year, and that is what we want to show, this small evolution that now makes us what we are today.
We won Sanremo when we were 20 years old, we returned to the Festival when we are 30, we are still the same, with consistency, but with a few more nuances that allow us to show a new side.
PIERO= Oh yes, maybe for those who don’t know, or don’t remember, in 2024 we will celebrate 15 years of career in a few months and I believe it is the duty of three singers to celebrate them in music, so it will be a 2024 full of music.
GIANLUCA= But it is passion, which moves everything and allows you to express what you really are, if you can live from your passion, live a happy life, a life that allows you to express what you really are and our passion for music it makes us feel alive and that’s what we will bring to the Sanremo festival.
MAN= So let’s keep “passion” as the word that unites you in this, as it unites all those who listen to music, with passion, and also with the idea that with music you can make the world a little better for those who Listen.
IGNAZIO= Absolutely, in fact, we think that the adjectives, the emotions for next year are precisely: Passion, Kindness and Emotion, especially with the year we have experienced it is very important to send these messages to young people, with everything that has happened this unfortunately this year (he is referring to the wars).
WOMAN= Happy New Year guys!
MAN = Happy Flight guys.
WOMAN= See you in 2024, long live the emotion!
I+P+G= Bye!
GIANLUCA= At the festival with MASTERPIECE!
An interview with Il Volo was also announced and will be published by Sorrisi e Canzoni TV, which will follow all the Sanremo singers step by step.
Here are Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca arriving for the interview and Piero jokingly greets by saying that he didn’t miss the people from Sorrisi e Canzoni.😁
Photo shoot for Sorrisi e Canzoni TV.
Meanwhile, the cover of the weekly Sorrisi e Canzoni TV has been released with all the singers who will be competing in Sanremo.
I warned you that competing in Sanremo meant being subjected to very strong media exposure, there will be many journalistic and television interviews, and we really like this.
While waiting for the interview in the weekly SORRISI E CANZONI TV, which will be released on January 30th, here is a nice video interview done at Il Volo on the day of the first rehearsal of the song with the orchestra.
The question that was asked to Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero was: “How did the rehearsals for the song go?”
And here are their answers!
IGNAZIO= The rehearsals went terribly!! 😁
GIANLUCA= Let’s start well. (that means Ignazio is joking)
IGNAZIO= No, no, the rehearsals went very well, there was a crazy chemistry with the musicians, we already knew some of them, some were new….
PIERO= We know most of them…
IGNAZIO= Yes and we had a lot of fun, it’s nice to be able to sing the song that you’ve been working on for a year and a half, so it’s very nice to get here today.
GIANLUCA= Let’s say that we must never be guilty of presumption, in the sense that, when an artist stays in the studio for a year and a half, he obviously needs confirmation for the work done and therefore, seeing the positive reaction of the orchestra was for us a great achievement, there was also applause, so for us it was something wonderful and in fact we want to thank the musicians for their support, as Piero said, we know many of them….
PIERO= I haven’t spoken yet.
GIANLUCA= …..we have known many of them since we started our career and therefore it will be very exciting to be able to sing it on the stage of the Ariston ( It’s the Sanremo theatre) again.
PIERO= We’ve been working on this project for a year, it will be an entire album of unreleased songs. 2024 is an important year for us because we will celebrate our 15 years of career and this is also the main reason that we are returning to the Ariston stage, we thank Amadeus for giving us this opportunity because, as singers, the best way to celebrating your milestone in these 15 years means doing it with lots of music, with new music. After Sanremo, a big tour will follow, it will be a year of music, it will be a challenging year, but we are very, very satisfied.
IGNAZIO= No, the song was not created for Sanremo, the song was born out of the need to create our own repertoire, after GRANDE AMORE, after MUSICA CHE RESTA, we were planning to make an album of unreleased songs this year and in the end, between the various songs that are on the album came out CAPOLAVORO and when Amadeus invited us we said:
”This is the song for Sanremo”.
GIANLUCA= This is our third time in Sanremo, the victory in 2015 and then third, if I’m not mistaken, in 2019.
Let’s say that we want to show personal and artistic growth, not a new face, but obviously we are not the same people as when we were teenagers, so this personal change is transmitted, it also has repercussions in the artistic part, because we cannot be the same, somehow we must renew ourselves and there must be an evolution in both professional and personal life.
PIERO= Regardless of the world of music, I believe that each of us has an evolution, a personal growth, in any field, in any sector, so in addition to celebrating 15 professional years, there is also a personal growth and we care now to sing and send this message.
We often hear ourselves told that we are used to the Ariston stage, but it is completely different, we never get used to it, the Ariston is a particular stage, different from any other stage, we were born on that stage and still today we have to get used to it, and I hope this never changes because it is precisely that emotion, that adrenaline that never makes you stop seeing the world with different eyes.
Sanremo is only a month away and already the preparations and rehearsals are in full swing and amplifying the expectations for this event.
There will be a lot to read, to see, to listen to, prepare yourself for a full immersion in an atmosphere of music, gossip, beauty and often even controversy.
It’s Sanremo and here, we say: “Because Sanremo is Sanremo”!! 🥰
What can I say, the new year has just begun and we are still talking about what Il Volo did in the last days of 2023.
On December 29th, the repeat of the concert held in the Arena in May was broadcast on Canale 5. It was, in fact, just a rerun and there were new films on the other TV channels.
It was a success, the highest audience of the evening went to the repeat concert of Il Volo. It was an amazing result and I don’t think any journalist expected it and so the next day many articles were read with the headline “Stunning success of Il Volo also in rerun”.
ITALIAN TV
Canale 5 wins the evening with a nice musical rerun. The concert event of Il Volo which was broadcast for the first time last May, was broadcast again last night 29 December……
And how do you listen! 20% of the share was in front of the TV, equal to 2.7 million viewers.
Let me tell you, I was very happy with happiness, first of all it was wonderful to see that concert again, but the result of the highest audience was really a nice reward for Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, this is proof that the public appreciates and admires the our three young men.
I chose the songs from these videos from the concert
GIANLUCA= WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
PIERO= VOGLIO VIVERE COSÌ
IGNAZIO= MY HEART WILL GO ON
IL VOLO= TRIBUTE TO SERGIO ENDRIGO:
CANZONE PER TE
LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI
The last song is very touching: GIROTONDO INTORNO AL MONDO(Roundabout around the world ) which says that if all the people joined hands, there would be a merry-go-round around the world, a hymn to end wars which are always absurd.
…..and on January 5th there will be a repeat of the second concert, I don’t dare think of another similar result, but it will be fine anyway!
Il Volo then released a short interview about the song they will bring to Sanremo: CAPOLAVORO.
IGNAZIO= Hello everyone, we are Il Volo.
PIERO= And our song is titled:
GIANLUCA= CAPOLAVORO (Masterpiece)
PIERO= Basically it speaks to the moment in which we struggle to see inside ourselves and always look for the answer outside with hope. So hope is our answer.
IGNAZIO= It’s a Hi-pop genre……no I’m joking….it’s definitely pop in our way, certainly with this song we wanted to bring an evolution to what is our musical career.
PIERO= Friends is a big word (he was probably asked if they are really friends and Piero is joking). We are very good friends, this year we celebrate 15 years of our career and it is rare to have such a deep and important relationship, because we didn’t know each other before, we didn’t choose each other, but in 15 years this relationship has always matured and become increasingly stronger day after day.
GIANLUCA= Ama (diminutive for Amadeus) do you love us?
IGNAZIO= But what question is: “Do you love us?”
GIANLUCA= But what do I know if he loves us, we love him. 😁
Then, Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio (who returned from Venezuela with Michelle) gathered in Crotone in Pitagora’s Square, for the end-of-year concert, L’ANNO CHE VERRÀ (The coming year) in which they will participate with some songs.
Here they are at the resort and during rehearsals.
There were a lot of people during rehearsals too.
This video was published by Michele Affidato, a goldsmith from Crotone, friend of Torpedine, with these words:
“Il Volo comes to visit us. I have seen them grow, I have always followed them and I have joyfully shared their success. After years they return to visit me at my showroom together with their manager and my great friend Michele Torpedine.”
Look at the audience’s reaction.
PIERO= We don’t come here often (to Crotone), but we like the way we are welcomed, this warmth, there was no better way to end the year. (Gianluca jokes pretending to be a journalist)
But here we are at the moment of the television evening, the concert that will pass from one year to the next.
Here is the video of Il Volo, that emotion:
HALLELUJAH (short a cappella performance) and GRANDE AMORE
And later they came back and sang a medley like this:
IGNAZIO= ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO
GIANLUCA = LA CURA (even though he had sung ANGELS at the rehearsals)
PIERO= LIBIAM NE LIETI CALICI
These photos were posted by CINGUETTARAI, a kind of comment on RAI programs. I translate:
“The HALLELUJAH sung by Il Volo with the whole audience in the square, in Crotone, has a completely different effect.”
“THE POWER OF GRANDE AMORE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 2015”
Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero thank the Calabria region (Crotone is a city in Calabria).
GIANLUCA= Hello everyone, we are Il Volo, we wish the Calabria Region a good 2024.
IGNAZIO= Happy New Year!
PIERO= Hello everyone, Happy New Year!.
GIANLUCA= I want to send a greeting “on the fly”, a third (because now it’s just Gianluca, therefore a third of Il Volo), to the Calabria Region, thank you for your affection and welcome. See you on stage soon, the Year to come, a good 2024 to everyone.
Piero, Mariagrazia and Gianluca
Il Volo with another trio, Gli Autogol.
And now look at the beautiful Happy New Year wishes we have received.
And finally a very nice interview published by “Quotidiano Nazionale” with this comment:
“Having concluded a 2023 full of problems but also full of ideas for a full restart, we have decided to look at 2024 with new eyes and to focus attention on some good intentions, on objectives to be achieved. For this reason, from today until the 8th January, through representatives of the world of culture, entertainment, science and sport, we present our good intentions for 2024.
First appointment with Il Volo, the interview with Valerio Baroncini 👉”
IL VOLO’S NO TO SELFISHNESS: “UNION IS REALLY STRENGTH. BE KIND ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, SO YOU WILL CHANGE THE WORLD”.
The golden group of Italian music comes down from the stage to tell their story after 15 years of success.
A story of talent, passion and friendship becomes a message to kids suspended between dreams and reality.
At least one teenager in a hundred in Italy cannot do without his smartphone and lives permanently connected. We also discussed this with the young musicians of Il Volo, protagonists of 15 years of an amazing career.
Artists see some risks in the digital world, but also extraordinary opportunities.
The music production process, they say, has also become more accessible and democratic.
Nevertheless. “And yet a different path is possible”, say three young men firmly on a terrace overlooking the sea of Sanremo.
A computer on the table: pages scrolling. Words, words, words and photos. Social media as a contemporary diary, window on the world, opportunity, but also a trap.
Three young men and one voice, that of Il Volo, the record-breaking group. To tell today’s kids, but also those of yesterday, that “the path of kindness, of sensitivity against insensitivity, the choice of the right words and a good use of technology are possible. Indeed, they are the first resolution for 2024 full of smiles.”
What does Il Volo expect from 2024?
First you will be in Sanremo, then a new album, concerts at the Verona Arena and a world tour.
IGNAZIO: “We expect a year full of music and we hope to achieve all our goals, but also many surprises”.
PIERO: “It will be a year of celebration: on 25 April 2024 we will reach 15 years of our career”.
GIANLUCA: “A good intention? Unity is strength: reaching 15 years of career today is really difficult. These are years in which being individualistic and self-centered prevail. This doesn’t happen with us: together we are stronger, this is the message we want to convey to everyone”.
You are young and you speak to young people: what would you say to kids your age who are often accused of having little desire to work or sacrifice themselves? Bullshit or truth?
PIERO: “We believe so much in the individual strength of the new generations. More than giving advice, I can say how we have always tried to approach this profession: with a lot of determination and responsibility. The work must be approached with great discipline. Today young people, unlike our parents for example, have many means at their disposal to experience success”.
GIANLUCA: “Success is doing what makes you happy, achieving full self-awareness. Great results are achieved through great sacrifices, nothing comes with minimal effort.”
Piero spoke about digital as an opportunity. Or, instead, are new technologies a danger?
IGNAZIO: “In music, having such strong technological advancement helps everyone and has democratized production processes, for example. Then, the flavor of analog is different from digital: there are pros and cons, never lose the human touch.”
PIERO: “As with all things you don’t know, you have to be afraid, a healthy fear, but not scared. We must take advantage of the positive side of technology. But don’t lose control.”
GIANLUCA: “Technologies are one thing. Another is people’s intentions. Those make the object dangerous.”
Inevitable to talk about social media. How do you use them? And do you like how you see them used?
GIANLUCA: “For some artists, appearance and aesthetics sometimes seem more important than music. Aesthetics are welcome, but let’s educate young people to nurture and cultivate culture and intellectual sensitivity.”
IGNAZIO: “I use them institutionally, I don’t like them very much, but I can’t pretend that they aren’t useful.”
PIERO: “Due to the role we hold, we have the strength to say what we think and the duty to amplify some messages. You can use social media well if you have something to say. You have to do it.”
The news amplifies this urgency: 2023 was marked by wars, violence, femicides. Communicating becomes fundamental.
PIERO: “Every year we think about good resolutions, we talk and talk again. In 2024, however, let’s put them into action: each of us has the power to change the world. As far as I’m concerned, the promise I make to myself is to cultivate kindness, helping others and not giving space to anger. Kindness, seen as constant work, can improve the world.”
IGNAZIO: “There are bad people, others not bad but influenced by a habit. My good intention, already underway, is to eradicate habits, even in speaking of certain themes.
Often in a futile way we don’t think about what we are actually saying. What, for me, may be a joke, for others may be a wound or a stab.”
GIANLUCA: “The word is a double-edged sword. We must convey a new sensitivity, give positive messages, raise awareness of the insensitive.
It’s a tough and difficult mission, but you have to hit like a chisel on a stone.”
And how can it be done?
PIERO: “I would give some advice: go and see Paola Cortellesi’s film, the ending will shock you. It forces you to think. Then, she is a female director.”
IGNAZIO: “I hope you lose your amazement over this. Woman, man, talent counts. I hope that the stereotype of being ‘surprised’ will pass, and everyone will condemn the scourge of violence.”
Social media and comments: have you ever been hurt? And what would you say to those who suffer certain violence even just verbal?
IGNAZIO: “I have suffered a lot on social media and cyberbullying is still talked about too little.
Today, already at 11-12 years old you have a mobile phone and are on social media: they are real weapons if not used judiciously. I, and people close to me, have received serious threats. The problem is that I discovered they were kids.
Social media is beautiful, I use it to discover the world. Let’s not throw this opportunity away.”
GIANLUCA: “When you decide to do this profession, you have to take everything, just accepting compliments is emotional immaturity.
Insults and threats are a different thing. You can’t control what’s outside of you, so strengthen yourself and raise awareness among others.”
Nice way to end the year 2023 and now we are already in 2024 which promises to be a really busy year for Il Volo.
Ignazio and Michelle are really very nice, the next post will be entirely dedicated to them.
As usual, it’s December 26th and I’m sitting down to write my last story of the year! The problem is it’s Tuesday and my column should already be in!
To add to that, I’ve been distracted all day by some beautiful stories that were posted. It seems our Ignazio is engaged to the beautiful Michelle Bertolini! Now what does that have to do with me? I have been getting messages all day with questions about Ignazio and (mostly) Michelle! What I can tell you is she is a lovely lady who will make Ignazio’s life complete! I wish them a lifetime of Love, Happiness and Joy! I promise I will write about this at another time but for now, I have to wrap up the year!
So here it is December 26th and so much has happened this year I don’t even know where to begin. Actually, I do know where to begin. I’ll begin at the end! Last week we learned that the guys will go to Sanremo 2024 and they will sing Capolavoro! So, it’s no coincidence that the title of my story this week is Masterpiece! (Capolavoro). But in all sincerity, this whole year has been a Masterpiece for them.
2023 was about new beginnings! So now let’s go to where these new beginnings began. The best place to start is the televised concerts at Verona in May. The beautiful Frederica Panicucci who was the presenter of the IL Volo concert had this to say about what would happen that evening.
“During the evening Il Volo will show unpublished moments with solos and duets they never performed before. It will be their way of showing their different personalities.”
Yes, Federica was right, that night was different because we’ve heard these voices before but not in the way we heard them that night. The guys introduced us to their personal feelings about their music.
A great example of this is in Ignazio’s words before both concerts:
In the first concert Ignazio said, “I’ve always loved great female voices….”
And in the second concert he said, “I will try to take a trip to the most beautiful female songs in the world tonight.
When Ignazio said this, he brought me back to his childhood. If you recall in Ignazio’s story he talks about meeting Lilliana Adreanò, his singing teacher, for the first time. She asked Ignazio what kinds of songs he likes to sing and Ignazio replies, “You know, Liliana, I like to sing Giorgia’s songs.” Lilliana said: “Strange for a kid to sing this kind of song.”
So, it seems Ignazio still enjoys singing these (female) songs. And why wouldn’t he? He is the only one of the three that can sing that kind of song because they are songs that require a strong voice that is very clear, crisp and very lyrical and a lot of passion must be put into each song! I think I just described Ignazio’s voice! Let me add and, “very soulful!”
Next we met the real Gianluca in his rock mode and he introduced us to his feelings for Elvis, Sinatra, Dylan and the Beatles.
Piero brought us his perfect operatic voice. Whimsical and joyful. He has a great love and sincerity for this music. Opera is in his soul. He opens up that soul to us in these concerts with arias we have never heard before.
Amid a thousand points of light that sparkled like stars in the night sky, our guys were the brightest stars on the stage. They showed not just their love for one another’s music but their love and appreciation for the music of the other performers.
During their solos, the other two guys sat on the side stage and listened. In these moments, we see the admiration these men have for one another. Truly amazing!
This was a nice way of presenting each of them.
I remember Piero saying, in his story, that when he did a solo he couldn’t wait for it to end when Ignazio and Gianluca would return. He has to love this new arrangement.
These concerts were different. They showed a beautiful evolution from where the guys were to where they are now. Their new direction! Their future!
This new arrangement is thrilling because there is a lot of feeling in the music. The songs they have sung from the beginning have always had feeling but in a different way.
Here we feel each man’s thoughts, ideas and mindset. In the soul of each man there is a longing to bring you their music unlike you’ve ever heard it before. It is the movement within their souls when they sing. They were restless to release these feelings and make you feel what they feel. They bring a feeling of sheer bliss to each note in each song. Think about expressing your feelings for someone you love. Put that to music and you have each guy’s mindset.
So where did this go? Individuality!!!
Their new concerts are giving us the opportunity to look into the heart of our guys through their music. It allows us to see them in a deeper and more personal way.
Their idea of “individuality” was not to dissuade you from one or the other. No, in fact, they want you to take a closer look at the other guy. Not to compare but to understand their individuality!
You may have found that some of the music they are singing now you like more than what they were singing or vis versa! It’s called taking a closer look!
Il Volo is magic, and that magic is on the stage, in the concert halls, in Arenas and Amphitheaters, on TV, in videos and CD’s but the true magic of Il Volo is in our hearts!
Every concert I’ve seen is phenomenal. I feel that the guys are new at every concert. What does that mean. It means that even though they’ve sung those songs before and you’ve heard them a thousand times, when they come out on that stage, they make you feel like they are singing those songs for the first time. It’s called caring about your audience! Not just singing for the audience but wholeheartedly wanting to give the audience the most phenomenal experience of their lives. And that they do at every concert.
Just in time for Christmas, the guys released a new EP 4 Xmas ~ Amazing Grace, O Tannenbaum, Feliz Navidad and Happy Xmas (the War is Over)
And how did they end the year?
So everything they did this past year was new! It seems even newer and better things are coming. After the announcement of the Capolavoro the song they will sing at Sanremo, the guys did a very interesting video which tells us about what we will experience next. Sanremo 24, A New Album and A New World Tour! The theme, “All By Myself!!” It seems they are alone in their own universe! Does this say something about the new album? We already know the concerts are about individuality, perhaps the album will be too!
And of course, the new Armani look! Talk about Individual! All Black and all different!
What about the Best Photo of the Year 2023. Well, you’ve already seen it! It is my cover picture today!
This photo says so much about our guys. Look at their faces! This photo says we worked very hard and we’re happy to share all that we’ve done with you this evening. They are so proud to be standing on that stage! Their faces are full of emotion and joy! They can hardly contain themselves! They are very proud of the changes they made in their music! When you look at this picture what does it say it you? To me it says I think we got it right! Yes, guys, you did and that is why this is the Picture of the Year!
Actually, you got it right for 14 years! But this year you opened your hearts in song to us and each song you sang was a Masterpiece! We can’t wait to hear Capolavoro and all the new music you have for us!
In the end, this year was not about moments it was about changes! New beginnings, new songs, new feelings and each and every one was a Masterpiece!
One final note! I’m hoping that Ignazio or all of the guys together wrote Capolavoro!
And from myself, all the staff at Flight Crew and all the Fans we wish you guys a veryHappy New Yearfilled with many new Adventures!
We also wish all the Il Volo Family including Michele Torpedine, Barbara Vitali and all the crew that work so hard to bring us the best productions a very Happy New Year!
Join me next week as I go back Through the Field of My Mind and open the door to a new adventure!
And for your listening pleasure the full concert from Verona May 2023.
If you would like to share a story with me, please email: susan.flightcrew@yahoo.com
Lots of news these days, but let’s get straight to the most recent news.
During the television broadcast on Rai 1, all the singers admitted to Sanremo were invited to say the title of the song they will present at the festival.
The broadcast was live from the Sanremo Casino, where the Sanremo Festival was born.
The arrival of Il Volo at the Sanremo Casino.
Here is the title of the song that Il Volo will present in Sanremo and here is the moment in which they gave this news.
C A P O L A V O R O
AMADEUS= The next competing singers are other winners, they represent a 15-year history, a history of music, of friendship, of success all over the world.
After the victory in 2015 and third place in 2019, it is a great pleasure to announce Il Volo’s return to competition at the Sanremo Festival (applause)
G+P+I= Hello, hello everyone.
PIERO = (to Amadeus) You’re in great shape.
AMADEUS= Just don’t eat! You know, the energy!
IGNAZIO= Like dismantling the kitchen and assembling the gym!
AMADEUS= Good, more or less!
GIANLUCA= Fiore, (Fiorello, TV presenter), steals your job!
AMADEUS= I must say that the fact that someone says: “They won Sanremo….” but how many things have happened for you, we’re talking about a worldwide success, which continues to be worldwide, therefore also a notable commitment, because you really travel the world.
GIANLUCA= Yes, I truly believe that the secret, and it is a message that we also want to send to those who have followed us over all these years, is to always remain cohesive, cultivate friendships, even if we have not chosen each other, learn to know each other, not to clash the sensitivity of the other, I think this is really important, because being cohesive makes us stronger. Individuality is important, cultivating it, but I believe being a cohesive group is the key that has allowed us to reach 15 years of career.
AMADEUS= Absolutely. We talked about the victory at the Sanremo Festival, who doesn’t remember that 2015 with Grande Amore. (the video of the victory starts).
This is one of those songs that the public has taken over (it means that everyone knows it)
PIERO= But our expression makes you understand the emotion and adrenaline that the Ariston stage gives you, because many of you will know that we met on the Ariston stage, in the television program 15 years ago. It’s not the first time, in some way we were baptized on that stage, but every time it’s a new emotion, even though it’s the umpteenth time.
IGNAZIO= If I can spoil one thing, I’ll see you in 5 years because every 5 years we come to celebrate the anniversary, in 2019 10 years, this year 15 years, we’ll see each other again for the 20th.
AMADEUS= It’s true! I’m happy that it coincides with 2024 (it will be Amadeus’ last presence in Sanremo as host), which is why I extended it by one year.
And what do you bring to Sanremo?
GIANLUCA= Wait, let’s say it together?
AMADEUS= As you wish: one two three….
I+P+G= CAPOLAVORO (Masterpiece)
How exciting, and how beautiful they are, as you will have noticed they are also dressed in an elegant but informal way, in fact Amadeus’ wife, Giovanna, does not miss the opportunity to point this out in a nice way. 😁
GIANLUCA= How are you?
GIOVANNA= I’ve never seen you in a tank top…
PIERO= I’m not in a tank top.
GIOVANNA= Yes, you are in a tank top (and shows Piero’s tank top and then Ignazio’s), look, Il Volo in a tank top, a little transgressive! 😁
In fact, you will notice that the new image of Il Volo is certainly different from what we are used to seeing. They are followed by a designer (the most fashionable currently in Italy) Nick Cerioni, who is famous for giving a different imprint and has relaunched the image of several Italian singers.
Nick Cerioni himself published these words on his page:
“A project that I have always cared about, not only for the immense artistic luster that these three guys give to Italy but because they are three unique people.
I worked with Il Volo on the creative direction of the visual part of their new project and together we created a world (or rather a universe) that speaks of this new beginning.
The videos and photos are by the best of the good (yes, I’m biased) Leandro Emede (Nick’s husband)✨”
Here are some shots from Leandro Emede.
And I think this will be the cover of the new single:
For this evening, Il Volo wore Armani suits, as VANITY FAIR tells us.
Il Volo in Giorgio Armani
Black in three look variations, which demonstrate the desire to bring the three different personalities of the trio onto the stage. Ignazio Boschetto’s outfit is the most linear, Piero Barone wears a tuxedo with a t-shirt instead of a shirt while Gianluca Ginoble sports a softer outfit with an open shirt.
Other shots of the evening.
Greetings to Caterina Balivo (the one who presents another Rai program)
And in this video Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio tell us that this video is on Sanremo RAI’s Instagram and they ask us to let them know if we like the title of the new song and Gianluca specifies that it is not self-referential.
Many newspapers and broadcasts talked about the evening and this is just the evening in which the titles of the songs were discovered. As you can understand, there is a lot of visibility that revolves around the Festival and this is certainly what Il Volo was looking for when launching a new work.
It is absolutely forbidden to listen to the song before the Sanremo evening, under penalty of disqualification. Furthermore, as I have already told you, all the singers competing cannot appear on any television network other than RAI, the regulations are very restrictive on this.
And in this video, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero jokingly communicate on the web the title of the song they will sing in Sanremo in 2024.
Instead, in this other video, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero communicate that they have a Whatsapp channel and say to subscribe to their channel to be updated on the news. To sign up just open this link.
Robbie Williams, of whom Gianluca is a fan, was also invited to perform at the same private event and in fact there are several videos in which Gianluca and also Piero can be seen listening to Robbie sing, with Gianluca’s evident enthusiasm.
……and what you don’t expect is that Robbie, while he is singing Angels (the song that Gianluca sang with the soprano in the Arena), invites Gianluca to sing and gives him the microphone.
Gianluca was very excited and wrote on his page: “Last night was crazy with @robbiewilliams 🔥 and now who sleeps anymore.”
Shortly before the Monte Carlo event, the staff announced that Il Volo would return to concert at the Verona Arena in May, on 9-11-12.
There was an immediate rush for tickets, because advance sales began the same day as the announcement.
I already have my ticket and even if I didn’t manage to get the best seats, I will be in row no. 5 side, I can’t wait and I will definitely meet lots of friends.
Who of you will be there?
Meanwhile, my beautiful Christmas EP has also arrived. What a beautiful gift!!
On 15 December in Bologna the Donatello Restaurant (where Il Volo often goes) celebrated 120 years of activity and among the various guests at dinner there were also Piero Barone and Michele Torpedine.
At a certain point in the evening a beautiful duet was born between Piero and a soprano to the tune of the song “Non ti scordar di me.”
But let’s take a look at the new sweet engaged couple, here are some beautiful photos of them together in Milan, Ignazio and Michelle, but how beautiful they are!! ❤️❤️
For now there is nothing else, but soon it will be Christmas and therefore I take this opportunity to wish you my personal wishes for a beautiful Christmas, which will bring joy, health, happiness and above all in this moment, PEACE. ❤️
Best wishes to all of you!!
Daniela 😍❤️
Best wishes for a peaceful Christmas from all the Flight Crew staff:
Jana, Kelly, Daniela, Pat and Susan
🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄
And to celebrate Christmas we propose again the beautiful concert recorded in Jerusalem a year ago, when there was no war yet.
ENJOY!! 😊
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
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