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TUTTI PER UNO: CANALE 5 PRIMA SERATA by Daniela

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And here I am to offer you the first of the three television evenings of Canale 5 which broadcasts the three Il Volo concerts.
It was a lot of work for everyone, but it was worth it, three fantastic evenings designed for Italian television which will feature many beautiful songs by Italian singer-songwriters sung by our talented Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio.
Once again Il Volo demonstrated that it was able to offer different musical styles and guests with whom it duetted without problems.
In addition to the beautiful scenes projected on the screens, you will certainly notice the play of light created by the audience.
Upon entering the Arena, each spectator was given a beautiful luminous bracelet which then had to be returned at the end, a truly wonderful idea!!
I honestly understand that the program was more suitable for an Italian audience, but I will try to make you understand clearly what they wanted to demonstrate.
Naturally certain moments were edited for different evenings, but this was done to make everything more homogeneous and does not affect the final result.

The first TV evening begins with Claudio Baglioni (Italian singer) who enters the scene and sits at the piano, almost immediately he is joined by Ignazio who tells him that they should start by singing MILLE GIORNI DI ME DI TE (Baglioni’s song) and he performs it, then Gianluca arrives and says that it is better to start with AVRAI (Baglioni’s song) and performs it, and Piero arrives who instead wants to start by singing PICCOLO GRANDE AMORE (Baglioni’s song) and sings it, but in the end Baglioni says that he decides what with they will open the evening and he decides for STRADA FACENDO (Baglioni’s song) and all four sing it together.
Immediately afterwards Ignazio Piero and Gianluca greet the Arena audience and sing the beautiful CAPOLAVORO. 😍
This year Il Volo has decided to pay homage to Italian singer-songwriters by performing several of their songs and Ignazio begins with: TI SENTO song by Matia Bazar. 🥰
Gianluca immediately continues with the beautiful ROCKET MAN by Elton John. 🥰
And finally, Piero sings the MISERERE which this year he did in duet with Giorgia, a very good Italian singer.
At the end of the song, Piero says: “Giorgia, we just sang a song by Zucchero and Zucchero sang it with Pavarotti. Then Pavarotti with Bocelli, you sang with Bocelli and now I sing with you, all this to thank and pay homage to the man who acted as a glue to all these names, our manager Michele Torpedine.” (Torpedine is framed, Ernie is also seen behind him).
GIORGIA= Mythical Michele.
Then Giorgia thanks Piero for the beautiful evening, but Ignazio tells her that there are also him and Gianluca, 😂😂 then the guys will convince Giorgia to stay and so she will also act as co-host during the evening. 🥰
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Il Volo sings SE TELEFONANDO.
Now it’s time for a duet, Gianluca presents the song IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA, a beautiful song by Gino Paoli that Gianluca will sing together with Alessandra Amoroso.  Beautiful duet. 😍😍
Alessandra also celebrates 15 years of career and therefore, all together sing a song by Alessandra Amoroso: STUPENDO FINO QUI.
This is followed by a duet by Piero who tells how this song was born, from a news that a circus was in difficulty because the cannon woman had left. The author combined music with this news and the song was born. The author is Francesco De Gregori who enters and sings a duet with Piero. This song has never been performed with the classical imprint that Piero gives it and it is very beautiful, LA DONNA CANNONE. (this duet was done the night I was at the concert) 🥰
Piero finally admits that he was moved. ❤️
Ignazio calls Giorgia, and instead…. Giorgio Panariello (Italian comedian) enters.
In the gag, Giorgio apologizes and Giorgia is called back. She comes in and says she thought she’ll ask questions “on the fly” and they’ll have to answer quickly.
GIORGIA= What do you sing in the shower?
G= COME SAPREI (song by Giorgia)
GIORGIA= Liar!
I= (I don’t understand)
P= CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
Ignazio makes fun of Piero by thinking of him singing that song in the shower. 😂😂
GIORGIA= What is the song that is never missing from your playlist.
G= CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE. 😍
GIORGIA= How romantic!
I= YOU AND I by Stevie Wonder
P= MY WAY, every morning I brush my teeth with Frank Sinatra
GIORGIA= If you had to choose a solo stage name, what would you choose?
G= Ignazio Boschetto 😂
I= Cucu Ramaya (song) 😂
P= Giorgio 😂
GIORGIA= Which historical group would you have liked to be part of?
G=Beatles
I= Bon Jovi
P= The Poohs
GIORGIA= The song that gives you energy.
G= THE SHOW MUST GO ON by Queen.
I= I FEEL GOOD
P= FIESTA, by Carrà
GIORGIA= The song you would dedicate to your son or daughter.
G= AVRAI (he sang it at the beginning) Or A TE by Jovannotti.
I= I don’t know because I will write it when I have a baby. ❤️❤️
P= CAPOLAVORO
GIORGIA= Last question: Which one of you will sing the next song? I’m telling you, Ignazio, the stage is yours!
Ignazio will perform a rock song, so he changes his jacket.
In the presentation he explains that this singer-songwriter’s father broke his guitar because he wanted him to study, but then he showed him that music was his life, Ignazio talks about Lucio Battisti, a very famous singer-songwriter in Italy. The song is:  IL TEMPO DI MORIRE and Ignazio uses a rock guitar!😉
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Il Volo performs the always beautiful GRANDE AMORE. ❤️
Now there is a truly very touching duet between Gianluca and a much-loved singer-songwriter, Roberto Vecchioni.
Gianluca dedicates a letter to him written “from the bottom of his heart” and reads it as he enters. I translate it for you.
“Thank you professor (Vecchioni is a university teacher) for teaching us the art of the word that opens the doors of infinity.”
(Vecchioni enters and both are very moved).
You are here. (Gianluca repeats and continues)
You taught me to embrace pain, even if it hurts
and with kindness the chains of ignorance and intolerance can be broken, generating beauty.
You showed all of us that strength lies in fragility and the courage to be yourself and that love comes suddenly and you can’t control it. Happens.
The purity of a feeling that does not possess, but frees.
I hope that no end will put your love to sleep and that your message will continue to shout loudly for all those guys like me, like us.
And you’re right about my girlfriend, it’s my job and I promise to continue treating it with care. ❤️
(The last sentences from “I hope….” are sentences taken from Vecchioni’s songs)
A long hug.
VECCHIONI= Now let’s not sing anymore, you moved me!
GIANLUCA= I want to leave you the letter, it’s a memory of me.
VECCHIONI= I’ll put it in my room in a painting.
An evening like this is unforgettable and then with you saying these things, how nice!
GIANLUCA= Thanks, it’s thanks to you.
VECCHIONI = It is thanks to humanity in general that it manages to produce sensitive people like you. (cheers)
GIANLUCA= Shall we sing?
Together they perform Vecchioni’s song: CHIAMAMI ANCORA AMORE ❤️
At the end, long hugs and Gianluca can’t hold back his tears. (Gianluca has always said that when he was little his dad made him listen to the songs of this singer-songwriter, which is why he has such great respect for him)
GIANLUCA= I dreamed and I achieved my dreams also thanks to this moment which was one of the most exciting of my life. ❤️
VECCHIONI = For me too.
GIANLUCA= And I thank you.
VECCHIONI= Are you crying? You who conquered the world, are crying for me who have conquered only one country! You’re great. ❤️
GIANLUCA= You are great. Roberto Vecchioni!
VECCHIONI = Bye everyone.
Piero’s beautiful classic solo follows: AMOR, VIDA DE MI VIDA, sung in Spanish .
It’s Ignazio’s moment who offers a medley by another Italian singer-songwriter who I think you already know: Pino Daniele.
The medley includes:
RESTA CU’MME
I SAY I STO CCÀ
YES I KNOW MY WAY
in a mix of Italian and Neapolitan.
The always beautiful Tosca romance follows: NESSUN DORMA
At this point Giorgia is called back on stage and once again Giorgio didn’t understand that it wasn’t his moment…
GIORGIO= Good thing you called me because I fell asleep on the Nessun Dorma. 😂😂
The boys apologize to Giorgio and say that he didn’t understand that the ending of the name was A and not O. 😳😁😁
Giorgio says that perhaps the Arena has bad acoustics because the three of them sing well but speak badly and from behind you can’t understand A or O well so he recommends the kids to pronounce well or to send him a whatsapp!! 🤣🤣🤣
Giorgio goes out and Ignazio tells the boys that maybe it’s best for Giorgio to have his hearing checked. 😉😂😂
And now GiorgiA comes in and has prepared some nice questions for Il Volo.
This time Giorgia will ask personal questions, but they will have to answer as if they were another of the three. 😳😳🤪🤪

Ignazio becomes Piero
Piero becomes Gianluca
Gianluca becomes Ignazio

GIORGIA= What’s your name?
GIANLUCA= Ignazio
IGNAZIO= Piero
PIERO/GIAN= My name is Gianluca, hi…..wait I have to wink.
GIORGIA= Your favorite hobby.
PIERO/GIAN= Instagram 😂
GIAN/IGNA= Playstation.
Ignazio says it’s not true, but Gianluca protests by saying that he and Piero can say everything about him, so he can do it too. 😉
IGNA/PIERO= I’m doing the marathon so I run, I run.
GIORGIA= How do you like to dress?
PIERO/GIAN= Every day different from the next. 😁
IGNAZIO=….how much I liked being Gianluca at this moment….😁😁
GIAN/IGNA= Does he know what he’s doing? He spreads the glue, goes into the wardrobe and puts on whatever remains stuck to him. 🤣🤣
(Piero compliments him for the answer)
GIANLUCA= You’ve seen, I can be nice too!😉
GIORGIA= (To Ignazio) Do you want to say something?
IGNAZIO= Now I’ve redone the walk-in closet, I got all the same clothes so I’m dressed the same every day. 😂
GIORGIA= So how do you dress?
IGNA/PIERO= Terrible! 🤣
GIORGIA= Your relationship with social media.
PIERO/GIAN= I’m here every day😂
GIANLUCA= But at least I always stay in touch with our fans.🥰
PIERO= You must know that we have just returned from Japan, we visited Nara, I have been there, but I saw more things on his Instagram than with my own eyes.😂
GIAN/IGNA= Non-existent, Ignazio doesn’t have a telephone.
GIORGIA= This honors you, can I say it??
PIERO= But who are you telling? (Igna has the sign with the name Piero)😳😳😁
GIORGIA= I don’t know, I’m confused!! 🤪🤪
Last question: What relationship do you have with the hairdresser?
PIERO/GIAN= I’ll even take my personal one to Japan.😂😂
IGNA/PIERO= He (Piero) when he goes to cut his hair, in front of the mirror says:  “The thirty-second hair back here and the one hundred and twenty-seventh is longer.” 😂😂
GIAN/IGNA= Instead you (Ignazio) go with the lawnmower 🤣🤣
GIORGIA= Give me back the signs, guys, you were very nice.
From above in the royal box position, Giorgio Panariello in a serious moment reads beautiful words of Bertolt Brecht.
“Children play at war, it is rare for them to play at peace, because adults have always been at war.
You go PUM (shot) and laugh, the soldier shoots and another man doesn’t laugh anymore.
It’s war.
There is another game to invent: make the world smile, don’t make it cry.
Peace means that not everyone likes the same game, that your toys are also liked by other children who often don’t have them, because maybe you have too many of your own, that other children’s drawings are not messes, that your mother doesn’t it’s just all yours, that all children are your friends.
And peace is still: don’t be hungry, don’t be cold, don’t be afraid.” ❤️
Il Volo sings the beautiful SMILE. 🥰
Gianluca calls GiorgiO Panariello on stage, but GiorgiA arrives.
IGNAZIO= There must be a problem back there: GiorgiO 🤣
GIORGIA= Eh, wasn’t it me?
(Giorgio enters)
Hi GiorgiO
GIORGIO= Hi GiorgiA.
GIANLUCA= But we can’t do these figures though.
GIORGIO= I explained the acoustics problem to GiorgiA back there, but she doesn’t remember it. (to Giorgia) You have to take the drops of memory (Drops of memory is a song by Giorgia) 🤣🤣🤣 because they are useful to you in these moments here. Agree?
Now it’s my turn.
Then GiorgiA goes backstage.
A long funny historical comic monologue begins by Giorgio Panariello who explains the origins of the Arena. (I translate some passages of the monologue.)
GIORGIO= We are at the Verona Arena, we are immersed in history, you don’t know these things, I have studied, this amphitheater where you are sitting comfortably, it is a Roman amphitheater dating back to the first century AD, think about it, this structure was built even before the Colosseum.
PIERO= I’ve known you forever, but I didn’t think you were such a man of culture. How do you know all these things?
GIORGIO= It’s written on the teleprompter. 🤣🤣
It’s written there.
GIANLUCA= But you can’t reveal it like that.
GIORGIO= You can read too….it’s all written there.
IGNAZIO= But you certainly read it better!
GIORGIO= Because in Verona there is nothing older and better preserved, apart from Gianluca’s forelock, than the Verona Arena. This tuft (talking to Gianluca) dates back to the time of the Etruscans, they already had this tuft here. 😂
The Arena of Verona was built by the Romans right here in Verona, what a coincidence……(now he makes a list of Italian monuments)…..look at this Arena how well it has been preserved, the walls, the stands, the audience, look at how the audience was preserved, when the Romans arrived these people were already here, with umbrellas and raincoats when it rains, they built the Arena around them, I’ve already seen that gentleman there in a bas-relief preserved in the Vatican museums.🤣
People were already here when gladiators fought in the Arena and there were also chariots, have you ever seen chariots? (The speech takes on a mischievous tone and Piero and Ignazio laugh a lot.)
Then in the Middle Ages theatrical and lyrical and therefore musical shows began to be performed and this is why you are here, and with you there is also me, your Giorgio…….your GiorgiO!!!!
GiorgiA comes back after hearing her name called, but Giorgio tells her that it wasn’t her time and sends her away.
Giorgio says that he came to sing and together with Il Volo and the audience they perform a small singing gag. 😁😁😁
Gianluca presents one of the most loved songs in the world, precisely: IL MONDO.
Ignazio says that it has been many years since they sang this beautiful song that everyone knows: LEI (SHE).
Giorgia returns and now it’s Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca who want to ask her questions.
PIERO= Question number one. Which artist did you have a poster of in your room?
GIORGIA= Whitney Houston.
IGNAZIO= Which historical group would you have liked to be part of?
GIORGIA= Queen.
GIANLUCA= What lullaby did you sing to your baby?
GIORGIA= I sang Lullaby to Smelly Cat.
PIERO= Which piece of music are you most attached to?
GIORGIA= Soul of Pino Daniele.
IGNAZIO= The strangest place where you sang a song?
GIORGIA= A wardrobe.
GIANLUCA= The most absurd gift you’ve ever received from a fan?
GIORGIA= The toilet brush shaped like a microphone.
The questions are over and Giorgia thanks the guys for the experience of being with them, she also tells them that they are human, nice and cool people.
It’s Piero’s moment who says that it’s not Il Volo that brings Italian music around, but Italian music that brings Il Volo into the world.
Piero pays homage to Puccini and all the writers of Operas by saying that Operas are nothing more than life stories where usually two people get to know each other and then everyone dies. 😳😁
Piero performs from Tosca: RECONDITA ARMONIA
Gianluca follows with the solo: ALWAYS ON MY MIND in memory of great Elvis Presley.
Now another touching moment, Ignazio reads a letter dedicated to a woman killed by her man a year ago.
And where are you, a fragile soul, in which part of the universe do you find yourself.
Who knows if where you are the sun rises and then sets.
Who knows if grandmothers bake cakes and grandfathers tell fairy tales.
Who knows if people go to harvest and you can still run among the vines.
Who knows if the sea is always curled and the wind blows strong, or maybe everything is calm, calm and silent.
Who knows if there is someone there too who wants to tie up your freedom, because here you were not free to choose.
You were deprived of the beauty of life with an act of human smallness.
Alone I am no one to say enough to violence, but if we say it together we can make a difference.
Who knows if now, where you are, you will have found love.
Hi Marisa! 🙏
Ignazio sings ANIMA FRAGILE, a song written by the singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi.
Enter Gaetano Curreri, singer of Stadio, a boy band that Ignazio followed and imitated as a child.
At the end of the duet Ignazio thanks Gaetano Curreri and at the end he says that it was a great emotion to sing this song with him and now he feels happy.
And now Il Volo, reunited, sings GRANADA in three different styles.
A beautiful tribute to Morricone follows with the song SE, taken from Nuovo Cinema Paradiso.
Now a beautiful duet by Ignazio with Mara Sattei singing CREEP by Radiohead.
We return to classical music with a solo by Piero who performs Rossini’s tarantella LA DANZA, a song already sung by Gianluca during Notte Magica.
A solo by Gianluca who sings a beautiful song by the singer-songwriter De Andrè: LA CANZONE DELL’AMORE.
This song is very sweet and Gianluca sings it with so much emotion.
When Piero and Ignazio return, Piero says: “Good boy”
and Ignazio says: “This is proof that when you sing from the heart you make a difference and so I was moved.” 😍😍😍
Giorgia returns, but this time to sing together with Il Volo, (in particular with Ignazio who often sings it), her song E POI.
Piero announces the final song of the concert, a song taken from their new album: AD ASTRA.
At the final bars of the beautiful song, a riot of confetti floods the people.
Thus ends a fantastic concert, a perfect and harmonious set of voices, sounds, colours.
Next week will be the concert I attended.
Needless to say, the television broadcast achieved maximum ratings.
Now I want to hear your opinions.
See you soon: Daniela 🤗

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IL VOLO TO SILVIA TOFFANIN-VERISSIMO by Daniela

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Certainly this interview with Verissimo had not been planned, because Il Volo was supposed to be on a promotional tour in China, which however has been postponed for the moment and therefore having some time available before leaving for Japan, Sunday 21 April (recorded on day before) we managed to have this last appearance on Canale 5 on Verissimo, the beautiful program hosted by the talented and kind Silvia Toffanin.
Here is the full video that I translate for you.

SILVIA= They are three wonderful voices, Piero Ignazio and Gianluca: IL Volo. (The boys enter to the tune of Capolavoro).
Welcome back.
IGNAZIO= How are you?
SILVIA= Well and you? Piero, is everything okay?
Welcome back to Verissimo. How beautiful.
PIERO= It’s always nice to see you.
SILVIA= Thank you. (they sit)
How is it going? How are you guys?
IGNAZIO= That’s fine.
SILVIA= Is that okay? I see you in good shape.
PIERO= Very happy.
GIANLUCA= Today I wanted to be dressed a bit like you, did you see? We are two and two.
SILVIA= Two couples.
GIANLUCA= Let’s play doubles in tennis.
SILVIA= 15 years together..
PIERO= In a few days….in four days…
IGNAZIO= Not long left…
SILVIA= How have these 15 years been?
IGNAZIO= Well, it’s been 15 years, it’s 15 beautiful years, of sharing, of experiences, of personal and artistic growth, let’s say we can’t complain, that’s it.
SILVIA= An album AD ASTRA was released which is a beautiful name, what does this title mean?
IGNAZIO= There wasn’t one, we thought AD ASTRA…😂😂
PIERO= We were inspired by the phrase PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, through hardships and difficulties, great goals are achieved. Maybe we can’t talk about great sacrifices, because in everyday life we all face beautiful moments and less beautiful moments, but I believe that in the end it’s the journey that makes you enjoy the arrival. Perhaps this is also our strength, that of working every day for an event, for a concert, for a particular event, and then immediately think about the next one.
SILVIA= You never stop, do you..
GIANLUCA= No, because great results are achieved only with great sacrifices, nothing comes with minimal effort, which is the aim of this album which tells what we have become today after 15 years, we started when we were teenagers and therefore it is normal that perhaps the contents, the thoughts have changed and today we needed to record our first album of unreleased songs after a career, let’s say, based on covers, therefore on the successes of others, the songs of our tradition and therefore we are very proud of this project which began precisely from the Sanremo festival.
SILVIA= Which is truly a Capolavoro! Which by the way is the song that is contained….
PIERO= Yes, did you like it?
SILVIA= Very much! How have these 15 years been, how have you evolved Ignazio?
IGNAZIO= Definitely starting…
SILVIA= ….as kids…
IGNAZIO= …..as kids, having to share everything with two other people is not easy, especially…..
PIERO= Come on, it’s not easy, it’s beautiful…..
IGNAZIO= ……it’s not easy, it’s the truth, it’s beautiful, but it’s not easy and therefore in these 15 years we have also learned to live together, to understand each other and to clash….
PIERO= We have learned to tolerate you…
IGNAZIO= ….and from the clashes you have learned to tolerate me, because I tolerate you two..
SILVIA= Exactly, you see!
GIANLUCA= Support, even when….
IGNAZIO= Yes, it’s more tolerate than support, but…..(in Italian it’s almost a play on words: sopporto-supporto = tolerate-support)
PIERO= Do you understand that today I had to tell him to shave? He was coming here with a bum like that and I told him. “But take the razor and shave.”
SILVIA= Why?
Are you in a white phase?
GIANLUCA= A Can Jaman phase (a beautiful Turkish actor with a beard very famous here in Italy)
IGNAZIO= No, it was a bit of protest…
SILVIA= But towards them?
IGNAZIO= But no, it’s to be a non-conformist.
PIERO= He shaved his beard twenty minutes ago in the dressing room.
SILVIA= Is he in Turkish version?
GIANLUCA = Exactly!
SILVIA= He (Ignazio) is Can Yaman (Turkish actor) and you (Gianluca) are Timothée Chalamet (actor from Dune, very famous).…
GIANLUCA = “De noi altri”….(dialect phrase meaning – of us others – is a way to reduce the comparison made by Silvia)
SILVIA= ….and you (Piero)...
PIERO= I can say…
IGNAZIO= Sorry, wait (to Piero)….who am I?
SILVIA= You are Can Yaman! He said it (Gianluca)
IGNAZIO= Can… who? 😳😳
SILVIA= He’s a Turkish actor. A bit like Antonio Banderas but better.
GIANLUCA= You met him in Venice.
IGNAZIO= I would be….
SILVIA= Like Banderas and Timothée Chalamet (Gianluca).
PIERO= Piero Barone, don’t worry, I like it, they won’t take me etc.
GIANLUCA= He doesn’t want replacement, as Battiato (Italian singer) said: “I don’t work on replacing myself”.
PIERO= I am looking for the best part of myself.
GIANLUCA= Exactly, that’s right!
IGNAZIO= But what is this, Psychology, or is it still VERISSIMO??  😂😂😂
SILVIA= It’s: VERISSIMO but very psychological!!
But how do we get into arguments, bickering….
GIANLUCA= Every day…
PIERO= How nice it is to hear people talk:
“IL VOLO IS DIVIDED” oh my…
SILVIA= But do you realise? A shock!!
PIERO= But what happened!!
SILVIA= Worse than Albano and Romina (two very famous Italian singers, husband and wife who are now separated both in life and in their career). This could be devastating!
PIERO= A national case!!
IGNAZIO= What happened? (he pretends not to know anything).
SILVIA= Did you separate and come to say it today?

GIANLUCA= I say one thing, being together every day, you forget that there are cameras and this shows that we are always ourselves, and that episode happened on the radio but….
IGNAZIO= But why is there so much confidence…
SILVIA= Between the two of you?
IGNAZIO= I wasn’t there….when I’m not there….
PIERO= Ask him where he was, ask him (Ignazio) where he was.
SILVIA= Where were you?
IGNAZIO= I fell asleep…
SILVIA= Ah, he wasn’t there!
IGNAZIO= But you see, when I’m not there everything happens!
GIANLUCA= He is a latecomer, he is an impressive latecomer…
SILVIA= But then you two made peace…
PIERO= A first plan please??
SILVIA = Close up for Piero!!
PIERO= IL VOLO DOESN’T DIVIDE, FORGET IT, RESIGN YOURSELF. 👏👏👏
GIANLUCA= In reality we didn’t want to argue, absolutely, but even if that were the case, we’re okay with it. Imagine if there were cameras inside all Italians’ homes, imagine how many people argue without cameras.
SILVIA= You’re right.
IGNAZIO= But then there is such confidence between us that we can allow ourselves to say everything.
SILVIA= It’s an arranged marriage, some of you said this.
GIANLUCA= Well, it’s still a marriage, even if marriages are some compromises, you sacrifice a little “your individuality” to give it to others. They are compromises but for us….
IGNAZIO= Then you sacrifice yourself….
GIANLUCA= In the sense that in any case it is clear, when there is a success like this, and there is a constant love from the public that has supported us for so long…..
PIERO= But the lady just said (a woman from the audience):
“Ignazio you are unique”…..and the other two????? 😂😂
GIANLUCA= the other two nothing….😁
SILVIA= But because there are groups, there are fanbases of Ignazio, Gianluca, and Piero who I see as silent on this topic, do you want to comment too? Arranged marriage but then you fell in love in the end?
IGNAZIO= But who??? 😳🤣🤣
PIERO= The three of us???😳
IGNAZIO= But who’s sorry?? 😂
SILVIA= It was born as an arranged marriage, Gianluca’s definition, right?
GIANLUCA= They put us together, yes yes….
SILVIA= They put you together, then in the end you fell in love, I mean, you had a good time together…
IGNAZIO= But no, we  “ci vogliamo bene” (“love each other…”), 
SILVIA= You love each other, period! 
(for us Italians, “volere bene” is different from loving, “volere bene” means having a lot of affection towards someone, but love is only towards one’s partner).
IGNAZIO= We’re fine…. let’s not spread ourselves. (he means let’s not exaggerate)
PIERO= There is a lot of respect, well, I believe that respect, above all respecting the private life of each of us, I believe is the greatest way to demonstrate love towards another person, in this case two other people.
SILVIA= So you manage, even when you are always together, to have moments of solitude, alone?
IGNAZIO= Absolutely.
SILVIA= You’re not always stuck together.
IGNAZIO= No, no. I personally am always the one who seeks solitude the most.
SILVIA= Loneliness…
IGNAZIO= But because I feel good in my solitude. Then in life you change, you meet and then you feel like sharing your loneliness with someone special and therefore it becomes an extended loneliness!
SILVIA= Which we will talk about later, in the meantime this is my gift to you for your 15th birthday, practically half of your life.
PIERO= Exactly half of our life.
IGNAZIO= You understand, don’t you?
SILVIA= I understand. Yes.
(a video starts with various fragments of Il Volo’s career)
VOICE= Taking flight (in italian Il Volo)  to transform destiny into the symphony of immense success.
GIANLUCA in video= We started when we were 14 years old, we met at the same time in the same place and our musical journey began from there.
VOICE= since that meeting Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero have never stopped, starting a story that has never known boundaries.
THREE VOICES ONE SOUL, THIS IS IL VOLO (it is said in Spanish)
The unstoppable talent of this trio was able to excite the whole world.
From 2009 to today, an incredible career, made up of sincere affection, applause and dozens of awards.
Il Volo has truly opened its wings wherever it wanted, between collaborations with the greatest and breathtaking performances on memorable stages and as international stars they have also triumphed in Italy.
From Sanremo to Saremo, they have shown the versatile talent of those who know how to evolve while always remaining faithful to their essence.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca hold firm to the values of an entire life.
IGNAZIO in video = We support each other, we help each other. ❤️
VOICE = They transform every day on stage, in a place where distances are canceled out in a single, infinite applause.
PIERO= In the end the common goal of all three is always Il Volo! ❤️
SILVIA= How wonderful!!
PIERO= Wow.
SILVIA= How beautiful! How many things.
PIERO= You have told a lot, in just a few seconds, but it is all incredible and perhaps the goal of all three is really to never lose this enthusiasm. In the end, in everything you do you must always find the enthusiasm to do things, whether big or small, but if you lose your enthusiasm I think you have stopped living, everything we have seen we have done with extreme enthusiasm and we can’t wait to leave, we will leave tomorrow for Japan, we will go on tour for two weeks and I already know that personally I will never feel alone, because we will all three go on a tour in the East experiencing the same emotions, listening to the same applause …
IGNAZIO= Wait while I read it to you (the Japan tour poster written in Japanese has appeared, Ignazio imitates Japanese speech) 😂😂
PIERO= ……and then think, what is the most beautiful part of Il Volo? Now we have two weeks of tour in Japan, then we will return to Italy and land directly in Verona to do three evenings on Canale 5…
SILVIA= Yes, how beautiful!! 🥰🥰🥰
PIERO= ….we have to face a mountain, three evenings are different from each other, but we know that it will go well…
SILVIA= And then there is always the relationship with your origins, I know that you have always maintained a bond with the land where you come from..
IGNAZIO= Don’t let him advertise Abruzzo, everything he says Abruzzo Abruzzo, Abruzzo…😁
SILVIA= He cares…
IGNAZIO= Maria (exclamation)
PIERO= Our origins are our safe haven, what makes us maintain contact with reality, because sometimes, some experiences can distract you a little…..
SILVIA= Especially when young..
PIERO= ….instead when you come home with people who love you for who you are, because they saw you grow up, I think this is the greatest privilege, all three…
SILVIA= But who knows what kind of shit they’ll do to you when you get home…
PIERO= No! They respect our everyday life. They also got used to this, they got used to it. It’s clear that after the Sanremo festival, they are all proud, but for all three, in our villages, he (Gianluca) lives in Montepagano in a village of … how many are you?
GIANLUCA= 300 souls.
PIERO= I live in the village of Naro in Sicily, it really is our home.
SILVIA= You have told a lot about yourself, you have all told a lot about yourselves, let’s see your emotions, then we have some arguments….
IGNAZIO= My goodness!
PIERO= I’ll leave him with you alone!
SILVIA= You too dear….
(another nice video starts)

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VOICE= The voice of the singer seeks within itself the depth of an emotion to give to the listener. The most authentic feelings that become a single melody.
IGNAZIO in video = We lived the most important moments of life together and we grew up together, that’s it. ❤️
VOICE = United, thanks to those who were able to see a different light in them from an early age.
PIERO in video= My grandfather Pietro and my father discovered my voice, he never stopped believing in me.❤️
GIANLUCA= A mother, a brother, a father, a grandfather, will always wait for you. ❤️
VOICE = Together as a family, even in the face of the greatest pain.
IGNAZIO in video= I haven’t lost my father, my father is always with me, well, I like to think like that. He was my father but it’s a bit like he was everyone’s father.
Your Love is a song that means a lot to us, also because we performed in Sanremo three days after my father’s death. 🙏❤️
PIERO in video= Ignazio taught us a lot and I have to thank him for this, he is a strong man and we love him so much. ❤️
GIANLUCA in video= In my opinion, beautiful things are always born from pain. .
VOICE= And it is love that makes the strings of three souls united by the same profound values ring.
GIANLUCA in video= Love conquers all. 😍
PIERO in video= I see a beautiful future with children, in my opinion that is the reason for living. 😍
VOICE= To continue to grow, and to give everyone a new voice to today’s dreams.
IGNAZIO in video= It’s those things that happen to me once in a lifetime, when you meet a person who gives you the feeling that time stops, I no longer need anything else. ❤️❤️
IGNAZIO= (happy but embarrassed, gets up) Oh, hi, grazie mille!
Thanks (to the public)
Silvia it was a pleasure, see you next time.
SILVIA= No, dear, stay, stay, because love is a wonderful thing, right?
IGNAZIO= Love is a simple thing.
SILVIA= Who do I start with?
PIERO= From me definitely.
IGNAZIO= From Gianluca, start from Gianluca.
SILVIA= From Gianluca.
IGNAZIO = every two years we come and there is the bulletin.
GIANLUCA= It starts with you. It starts with you who are experiencing beautiful things, you have made a very important decision in life, eh!
IGNAZIO= What do you want to know?
SILVIA= Gianluca is helping me, you’ve made an important decision, why, is there a wedding or am I wrong?
IGNAZIO= Who, when, what’s happening??
SILVIA= Piero right? Are you invited to the wedding?
GIANLUCA= Do you forget?
PIERO= I accompanied him to buy the ring.
SILVIA=Did you accompany him?
PIERO= My goodness, what an effort!
SILVIA= Tell me!
PIERO= Anxiety, I had everyone….😳
IGNAZIO= But you were anxious, not me! 😁
SILVIA= For the proposal?
PIERO= I was more anxious than him! I swear.
SILVIA= You two alone?
PIERO= Alone.
SILVIA= In the jewelry store.
PIERO= The shop closed, in a private room, and I had to give advice…
IGNAZIO= Because I had quite clear ideas:
“Piero, I have to buy this, I’ve already seen it, I want this.”
PIERO= We went together because he (Gianluca) lives in Abruzzo, we both live in Bologna, so he called me, “Will you come with me?”
SILVIA=And did you accompany him?
PIERO= Yes and no one knew. If he tells me that no one knows, I won’t even tell my brother. So I’ll let you imagine the effort I had, because I also find myself in difficulty, it’s a new experience for me to advise a friend which ring to get, I don’t know, do what you want.
IGNAZIO= Because I had to make him try it: “Piero, let’s see how it goes”.
PIERO= He made me try it.
SILVIA= You also did the proposal simulation.
IGNAZIO= No, no. But they are those moments that you share with a friend, an important person… we shared joys and sorrows, he was in Bologna, so who better to share this moment with than Piero and so I said: “Will you accompany me”, we spoke, we saw each other…..and yes, I’m getting married, I won’t tell you when, because obviously we are doing something intimate, very private, restricted, and what more do you want to know??
SILVIA= The bride’s name is Michelle.
IGNAZIO= Her name is Michelle.
SILVIA= It’s beautiful…
IGNAZIO= Yes, she is very intelligent, above all.
SILVIA= Here you see.
PIERO= Very good.
IGNAZIO= I can tell you that I think that any person reaches a certain point in life where…. we are three kids who have lived, fortunately life has led us to have both emotional and economic stability, and therefore I have always been the most dreamy one in the family, having a family, creating a family and when you meet a person who has the same wishes as you and who in any case has the same pleasure of facing and living life and growing together in life, there is no more beautiful step what can I say ok, let’s live it together, let’s grow together. 😍😍
SILVIA= What magic you are experiencing!
IGNAZIO= Yes. I’m very happy, I’m fine.
SILVIA= Is your mother happy?
IGNAZIO= Yes, well it’s normal, I think like any mother, right?
SILVIA= You obviously introduced her to him.
IGNAZIO= Yes, yes, yes!
SILVIA= And you? (to Gianluca)
GIANLUCA= So, there is a very nice thing, because one of the last times I came here, when you review the video from the past, there is a sort of judgment that you can give to yourself, because with a lot of unconsciousness I told you :
“Come on, I’ll be back in two years and nothing will have changed”
SILVIA= Exactly.
GIANLUCA= Because then in that moment it is always nice to think that things last forever, when in reality everything can change, we change continuously, therefore, even the people who are with us in that moment can take a different path, or the things can also end.
So today, with a little less recklessness, I can tell you that things have changed, but I think it’s really important…..
IGNAZIO= I knew it, I said it.
GIANLUCA= …..that before making any decision about how I live my life, work on yourself, on self-love. Because love is an act where you have to abandon the ego, possession, jealousy, there are things where it is important to maintain a certain freedom from this point of view, because we do not possess anyone, and therefore over time, especially when we are little ones we don’t know what we want and we don’t know how to manage feelings like love which is one of the most important feelings in life and therefore there is personal growth and I have to tell you that right now I’m very happy and I’m loving, which is the main thing .
SILVIA= But who? But yourself or someone?
IGNAZIO= Himself, always.
SILVIA= Always.
GIANLUCA= I have to tell you that…
SILVIA= I didn’t understand, sorry…..
IGNAZIO= You understood very well, but no…..
SILVIA= So it ended up with the girl with whom….
GIANLUCA= I’m loving and that’s the beauty of it, I can’t tell you anything else but I’m in a phase where, from that point of view, it’s giving me a lot of serenity and helps you live everyday life in a lighter way .
IGNAZIO= Exactly what I wanted to say, which is what’s important to understand, “forever” doesn’t exist, it exists today, so today I want to live as well as tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow and that’s the fundamental thing .
SILVIA= (to Piero) Don’t be vague, you’re being vague, you’re looking around. Apart from the marathon, apart from running, is there room in your life for love?
IGNAZIO= He runs away, that’s why he runs, he runs away.
SILVIA= While running, maybe you meet someone running.
PIERO= No, that day when they explained this topic at school (love) I was absent.
SILVIA= It’s not true, so you’re alone?
PIERO= Oh yes!
SILVIA= You are alone and you run alone.
PIERO= So, I have to tell you that it’s such a delicate topic, that if you go looking (for love) you can’t find it, so if it comes, it will come on its own.
SILVIA= In the meantime, will you sing it, here it is, where are you? At the New York Marathon? (there is a photo of Piero)
PIERO= Yes.
SILVIA= At the New York marathon, like Gianni Morandi (Italian singer).
PIERO= I did it now, in November.
SILVIA= Recently.
PIERO= It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life, it was a great goal achieved.
SILVIA= I imagine so.
PIERO= Yes because it was during the tour in Europe and South America, so between the tour and the travel I had to include training.
SILVIA= The training sessions.
PIERO= Now we have two years of touring all over the world, I promised myself not to participate in any marathon, we have to concentrate because doing a tour like the one that awaits us in Europe, in the East, 22 dates in Italy, that’s five marathons put together .
SILVIA= So now you’re off to Japan.
PIERO= I do the calendar part.
SILVIA= Go!
PIERO= The East in Japan, two weeks, we return with 4 concerts at the Verona Arena and 22 summer dates in Italy, then we will leave on tour in Europe: Madrid, Paris, Barcelona….
GIANLUCA= If you need a travel agency we are here because we can advise you on any…
SILVIA= Then there are three evenings on Canale 5 very soon to see…
PIERO= Yes, in May.
SILVIA= In May.
PIERO= We can’t say the dates but in May.
SILVIA= Soon, we’ll be there.
PIERO= We are about to arrive.
SILVIA= At this point, have a good trip guys.
PIERO= We already have the list of guests who will come on these evenings.
SILVIA= They will be super…
PIERO= We will surprise you, we thank you, we thank the guests, but above all I wanted to thank, and it’s not a figure of speech, but our audience who allowed us to celebrate 15 incredible years…
SILVIA= It’s true!
PIERO= If I had to really describe the term LOYALTY, I would associate it with our audience. 🥰
SILVIA= Who loves you immensely.
Thank you.
Congratulations (to Ignazio).
IGNAZIO= Grazie mille…
SILVIA= Happy wedding, happy tour, happy everything, long live Il Volo!

(final greetings, kisses, hugs)
But that’s not all, because a couple of days before Verissimo, Il Volo was interviewed by Malcom Pagani for an episode of THEY SAY ABOUT YOU. It’s an audio interview, but listen to it and turn on the subtitles.

DICONO DI TE

And then there is this beautiful interview published by the Repubblica newspaper. Nice questions asked by Silvia Fumarola, to which, as always, Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio responded with great sincerity.
Il Volo: They told us we were crazy because we were talking about meetings with the stars. Now let’s shut up.
Money is used to make loved ones happy, but beware if you become a victim. And we tell you our fears…
They don’t argue but discuss, they repeat that their passion for music unites them. They were teenagers when the group was formed in 2009, they all took part in the show TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE with Antonella Clerici.
Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble became Il Volo.
Fifteen years have passed, several world tours, they were the only Italians invited by Quincy Jones to “We are the world for Haiti in 2010”, they won the Sanremo Festival in 2015 with Grande Amore, sold over 20 million records and sung before the Pope.
As Vasco Rossi put it, “I’m still here”. (Vasco Rossi is an Italian singer, a phrase from his song says: I’m still here).
They grew up different in character, with their own dreams.
They have published AD ASTRA, ALL FOR ONE awaits them, the event concerts at the Verona Arena, on 9,11,12 and 13 May, the first three evenings on Canale 5.
The tour will continue until September, on 8 June at the Baths of Caracalla, on 4 July in Piazza S. Marco in Venice, in October a stop in the European capitals, in 2025 the United States, Canada and Latin America await them.
So you guys fight too. How are things?
IGNAZIO= Like all groups in this world we discuss, we have different ideas. A good thing, it helps to avoid being monotonous.
GIANLUCA= After Sanremo we had a lot of visibility. We have to be more careful, always with the cameras pointed.
PIERO= If there were cameras in Italians’ homes, who knows what would come out…..
What do you disagree with?
PIERO= Ignazio on how Gianluca and I dress.
IGNAZIO= Can I have different tastes?
GIANLUCA= We have changed. Sometimes you have to take risks to get what you never had, you can’t stay the same. There is comparison but let’s try to understand the other.
And what unites you?
PIERO= We respect the private lives of each of us. What unites us is the fact that we know what is best for Il Volo. For example, in ALL FOR ONE concerts everyone sings the musical genre that best reflects them, Il Volo are three personalities.
What if you had to define yourself?
PIERO= In my opinion the way we define ourselves is different from how others see us. We are never one thing, I am rational, but not only that.
GIANLUCA= Sensitive, at times instinctive. There are people you’ve known for years who never get to know you. It is also possible that a relationship that remained infantile was created between us, we met as children. It’s difficult to discover the other because there’s no intimate sphere, there’s always work involved.
IGNAZIO= I think I’m instinctive.
What scares you?
PIERO= What can happen tomorrow. And lose the urge to know the world, the curiosity.
GIANLUCA= It scares me to live without knowing who I am. Success is a consequence, but if I make money as an artist and don’t express my true essence, it’s not good.
IGNAZIO= Waking up in the morning knowing I can’t eat: diets. The real fear is losing enthusiasm.
The relationship with money?
IGNAZIO= They count. We don’t have the problem of making ends meet, we are very lucky. I enjoy life and have great respect for money. Many young people don’t have a passion, just the idea of becoming a millionaire.
GIANLUCA= I don’t consider myself materialistic, if a thief were to come to my house he wouldn’t find anything to say back. Collecting watches or cars doesn’t belong to me. I don’t spend 5 thousand euros on a bottle in a nightclub, it seems immoral to me when there are people who earn that money in five months. I spend it on travel, books, anything that enriches me as a person.
PIERO= I see them as a means to a comfortable life, and above all to make the wishes of loved ones come true. We must recognize the value of money, and never become its victims.
The most surprising encounter?
GIANLUCA= The one with De Gregori and Venditti (Italian singer-songwriters), unforgettable. To think that I listened to them in the car with my dad, we established a friendship, they told me about their lives, what inspired them in the writing process.
PIERO= The meeting with Woody Allen in New York didn’t seem real to me. And when I found myself singing “O sole mio” with Djokovic.
IGNAZIO= Barbra Streisand, life teacher. We only did one tour together, but the simplicity and dedication with which she does things have remained with me. Natural perfection.
Always traveling around the world, how do you maintain a sense of reality? Do you do the shopping?
IGNAZIO= I like it a lot, the absurd thing is when they look at me: is it him? I feel good at home, that’s my normality: I almost never go out.
Ignazio, is it true that you are getting married?
IGNAZIO= Yes. But I won’t say where or when.
Let’s go back to shopping.
PIERO= I exaggerate in everything, I see and buy with my eyes first.
GIANLUCA= I go to the supermarket, of course, and they look at me but only if I’m out. In Montepagano, my town in Abruzzo, no one stops, we all know each other.
For years you have had the reputation of being unpleasant: have you ever wondered why?
IGNAZIO= Abroad you have unique experiences, we found ourselves with Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, and maybe sometimes we made mistakes too.
In what sense?
PIERO= For us it was nice to share our life. We no longer say what we experienced in detail so as not to appear conceited or presumptuous. If we keep quiet, maybe it’s better.
GIANLUCA= We suffered because we started our career abroad, for us the saying “Nemo propheta in patria” applies. To demonstrate what we were doing, the problem was ostentation. They asked us: who do you see, what are you doing? And we said that we had met the big stars. We went to the festival and won. Too many things at once. Today we have grown, we are more mature.
Do you have a goal?
PIERO= We have our audience, mothers see us as children.
For me, making young people passionate about lyrical pop.
IGNAZIO= Conquer people of our age with our songs.
GIANLUCA= Do better. Success came early, never take it for granted.
Ever dreamed of waking up as a soloist?
P+I+G= (in chorus) NO
IGNAZIO= We don’t even get to Fiumicino alone!
These three interviews are really interesting, every time we discover something new about them and every time they amaze us with their mature answers and their simplicity and genuineness.
This is all for now, meanwhile our tireless Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio have arrived in Japan, the tour is starting!!!
A presto: Daniela 🤗

Maestro Rota traveled with IL VOLO to Japan.

But since today is April 25th, and it is exactly 15 years since Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca performed “O Sole mio” together for the first time at TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE, and they were not yet Il Volo, we want to give them our best wishes for a happy continuation of this beautiful and long career!!!

BUON ANNIVERSARIO:
IL VOLO 15 ANNI INSIEME ❤️

 

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CD SIGNING AND MORE by Daniela

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And here I am at the second event, the CD signing.
It happened on the same day as the launch of the new album..
I hadn’t pre-ordered any CD precisely because I was hoping that there would be an instore event, but then I had lost hope because Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca had shown us the photos while they signed the discs which could therefore be purchased already autographed and so I thought that they wouldn’t have done any instore and then they were very busy with interviews and television appearances. But in the end only two instores were announced and one of these was in the province of Verona, which is really not far from my house, so I said to my husband, let’s go there!!
I inquired at the “Porte dell’Adige” shopping center where the event was held if it was possible to purchase the CDs directly on site and they replied that I could purchase them directly there, but if I already had I could still participate in the signing and this is really a nice thing, because when the event takes place in Milan, if you don’t buy the CD from them (Feltrinelli bookshop), you don’t have the right to entry.
The meeting was scheduled for 5:30 pm so in the early afternoon my husband and I left, there wasn’t a long way to go.
I also took with me my Il Volo 10th anniversary CD, which doesn’t have their signatures so I would have taken the opportunity to get it signed.
As soon as we arrived we saw that the event was taking place in the small internal square inside the shops, where a small stage had been set up and barriers marked a mandatory route for people who had to line up with the CD.
There were already a lot of people waiting and we immediately saw the desk set up for the purchase of discs and we bought ours, I was holding the new AD ASTRA CD in my hand and my husband was holding the 10 YEARS CD.
There was an entertainer who joked with the people making the emotion rise, which was already palpable and the music in the air at full volume were all songs from the new AD ASTRA, beautiful!!
People continued to arrive and shortly after 5:30 pm, here they were, I made a short video, but I propose the video that was made by the organizers of the event, which is obviously better seen.
What a thrill as Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio entered, acclaimed by the people!! ❤️❤️❤️

Click Here to view the video

I took a still image of the video to show you where my husband and I were!!
The guys had to sit at the table and we in the audience had to parade behind them and while the three of them signed the CD, the official photographer took the photo. The time to stay with them was short, but better than nothing.
Before sitting down to start signing, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca approached all the disabled people who were in the front row in front of the barriers and exchanged a few words with them, took photos and signed their CDs.
Then the signing began for all the people and obviously, as we approached we could take some photos, here are mine.
As I approached the stage, I noticed Torpedine talking assiduously to a man, I came forward, shook his hand and complimented him by saying that the songs were beautiful. He thanked me, I didn’t think to take a photo with him…..damn!!

And now our moment has come. What an emotion!

We positioned ourselves behind the boys, my husband between Piero and Ignazio and me between Ignazio and Gianluca.
We immediately greeted them and I told them: “Congratulations guys, last night we were at the Radio Italia event and you were fantastic, the songs are beautiful. I am part of Flight Crew and I bring you greetings from the whole group that follows you and awaits you next year.” Ignazio and Gianluca thanked me with amazement as they signed, and before passing behind Ignazio I managed to tell him: “Congratulations to you also for Michelle,” and he thanked me.
The photographer had taken the shot and was motioning for us to continue the journey.
My husband told me that he managed to tell Piero and Ignazio that they should have won in Sanremo and Piero thanked him and Ignazio made an expression as if to say that it wasn’t their fault.
That’s all, very little and with all that noise of voices, it’s impossible to say and understand anything else.
And here is our photo together, it’s not beautiful, but that’s enough.
All finished, as we walked away, one more look at the people who continued to sign.
Radio Italia is certainly a very different event, but of course, if you have the chance to go to this one, why give up! 😉
And the next day Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca had the same event in the province of Naples, in short, a completely different place, only two events, one in the north and one in the south of Italy.
Here is the reportage of the event at the “VULCANO BUONO” shopping center.
The public response was excellent.
The event was also covered by local TV which made an excellent report of it where he talks about Il Volo, the new CD and their tour, at the end the director of the shopping center talks about the events and projects that will be held in VULCANO BUONO.
All the Italian news talked about the release of the new CD. There are endless interviews and appearances on TV, some of which I still have to translate for you, but events follow one another so quickly that it is impossible to keep up.
Meanwhile, on the day of the CD’s release, Il Volo published this beautiful photo together with all the authors and producers toasting, a truly beautiful company with many dreams that we hope will come true.
Luca Faraone, one of the authors and exactly the boy with the glasses and the open mouth, in the photo next to Gianluca and Ignazio wrote these words.
You can find me on PER ASPERA, CHIARO DI LUNA and FRAGMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE.
Working on these songs was really cool, because it gave me the opportunity to measure myself with aspects that I rarely deal with in the mainstream.
Great cinematic compositions, complex productions, choral arrangements, orchestrations, I had fun like a child. And the first reason above all why I am grateful for this experience is independent of music, and is the opportunity I had to build new relationships with wonderful people.
Thanks to Il Volo for wanting me so strongly on this album, thanks infinitely to Ernesto, without whom this could not have existed, a person with an immense heart.
Thanks to Stefano Marletta, Michael Tenisci, Patti Carmelo and all those who contributed with their art.
Lastly and not because of the size of the mullet (it’s the boy with the striped shirt next to him in the photo, he has a lot of hair that he keeps collecting) the discovery of the Edwyn Roberts discoveries.
Praise God of songs for bringing us together.
Well…..let me know what you think, come on.
In the photo above Gianluca and Fuca Faraone.
In the photo, Ignazio has fun with the authors Edwyn Roberts and Stefano Marletta. 😂😂
Remember that for this project many very successful young authors were called here in Italy, but they are used to other musical genres, so it was a great challenge for them too and the result is excellent!
The promotion of the CD can also be seen externally, here at the Milan train station, look at that beautiful poster.
And here, Roma train station.
And how beautiful is this video published by Gianluca while he sings FRAMMENTI DI UNIVERSO in his car.
Among the many interviews, the one published by FQ Magazine, written by Andrea Conti, which I translate for you, is very beautiful.
Click Here for the FQ Magazine article
Il Volo to FqMagazine: “Get used to fake news, we will be together for a long time and we hope forever. Prejudices? You can’t please everyone.”

Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble present the new album “Ad Astra”, after having participated in the last Sanremo Festival 2024 with “Capolavoro” and crowning 15 years of career

Fifteen years of career and not hearing them. Despite the outcry caused by an exchange of opinions during a radio interview at the Sanremo Festival, no dissolution is in sight for Il Volo. The proof is the fact that Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble are involved in a thousand projects in Italy and abroad. The trio has released the new album “Ad Astra” to start again on new bases and create a new repertoire to propose on the international tour which will start in April from China, and then continue to Japan and touch the main European capitals in autumn. Il Volo will be the protagonist of “Tutti per uno”, four special concert events at the Verona Arena, all sold out for the first three dates 9, 11, 12 and 13 May. Then 20 summer events between June and September. In short, there is no intention to interrupt professional relationships, on the contrary.

“OPERA” celebrates the resilience and strength of remaining united even in daily difficulties. Who did you dedicate it to?

Ignazio: A suitable song especially in the moment we are experiencing in the world because it encourages people to have strength. The same also comes from listening to music. I would recommend listening to it in moments of weakness.

Piero: I would like to dedicate it to people who are chasing a dream and I invite them to never give up. Being encouraged is very important because sooner or later time gives the answers.

Gianluca: Finally, musically you approach our genre with an eye to the future thanks also to the collaboration with Federica Abbate, Katoo, Cheope and Raige. (authors)

“The world upside down (IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO)” is an invitation to dream big. Is there a dream you would still like to realize?

Ignazio: There are still many unfulfilled dreams. We are first and foremost three guys and then very ambitious artists. We always think about what the next project could be. We must always aim high and try to always want more, remaining focused in the present. Being ambitious is one of the most beautiful things that can exist.

Piero: It’s a song that tells of an ideal world, we sing about happiness. Today in such a hectic life we neglect many things, especially in this historical moment we are experiencing. This song highlights hope.

Gianluca: From the beginning of writing the album we wanted to focus on content that didn’t talk about love in a rhetorical way. So we worked hard to try to give meaning and a varied message from Capolavoro to the discovery of new sounds. Maybe this is our dream, slowly building our repertoire because we have many messages to send.

Ignazio, “SUCCEDE” seems written for you. When did you realize that Michelle had shocked your life like an earthquake?

Ignazio: But no! It is written for everyone in the end. The person you love becomes a bit like home. This is one of my favorite songs obviously because it encapsulates my love life today, but it is a song that everyone can make and feel is their own. Here we collaborated with Michelangelo as producer, something remotely imaginable only until recently. He did an amazing job and we are really happy.

How do you explain the uproar that followed the radio interview done in Sanremo in which Piero and Gianluca teased each other?

Piero: It was created because Ignazio wasn’t there to mediate (laughs)

Ignazio: If you look closely at the full interview (and not the minute that went viral on the Web) you understand very well that these are the usual attitudes we have. After many years and because of the trust that has been created, we respond as we want and often in a fun way.

Gianluca: I think that irony will save the world and that it exists in an ideal world. We are used to fake news. Il Volo will be together for a long time and we hope forever. Full speed ahead!

Four events at the Verona Arena. What can you tell us?

Piero: We will go on tour in China and Japan, but we are already thinking about the future project. We have almost finished the Verona project, which will be broadcast on Canale 5 on Saturday evenings and the concept is the same as last year’s ‘Tutti per Uno’. There are many confirmations from many artists. We like to surprise. There will be no shortage of surprises and there will be unthinkable collaborations.

To date, has Il Volo undermined the prejudice a bit?

Gianluca: Paradoxical that this prejudice has never existed abroad, where we are perceived differently. You have to manage your career differently in every part of the world. A very difficult thing. In South America we sing in Spanish and there is the perception of Italian with a younger audience. In the United States we are seen a bit like Bublè and Bocelli, in Japan there are only Japanese. Sanremo is an Italian fact, but one that also has resonance abroad. We were born here in a talent show for children, abroad they don’t know it and they have never seen us like this. It takes time to eradicate prejudices for those who have only seen us one way. There’s a reason we’ve reached fifteen years of our career. You can’t please everyone but I believe that starting a dialogue with even the most skeptical can open up new perspectives.

Meanwhile, CAPOLAVORO has been certified Gold Record here in Italy!! Nice satisfactions. 👏👏👏
And after a week, the AD ASTRA CD is first in Italy for vinyl sales and fifth in total sales, great guys, full steam ahead!! 👏👏👏
Listen and activate the subtitles to read and see this beautiful and funny interview done by Annalia Venezia, journalist of the weekly GRAZIA. Gianluca is missing from the interview. Annalia did not know Il Volo, nor had she ever interviewed them and at the end, she too remained fascinated by our boys! 🥰

And now laugh with these two short videos… these guys make me die laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
(Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero read some questions, as always they laugh and joke and immediately Ignazio makes a joke to Piero.) 🤣🤣🤣
PIERO= I have to read the first one.
GIANLUCA= Can we read too?
PIERO= (he reads) I have never lied to one of you.

No, I lied! 😁
GIANLUCA= Okay, everyone, white (innocent) lies are told, come on. 😁
PIERO= For the balance of a group, it is sometimes necessary to lie.
GIANLUCA= So it also works in relationships?
PIERO= This is your business!! 😳
GIANLUCA= No, no, I’m telling you, I’m asking you the same question, ours is a relationship.
PIERO= So, I said “a group”, the relationship with the partner is one and one.
GIANLUCA= It’s a dual relationship, ours is a triad.
oh well, you have to lie, come on. 🤪
(now he reads the question) I have never made up an excuse not to take a selfie with a fan.
No, no, in fact we are perhaps too open to that, aren’t we? 😍
IGNAZIO= Yes absolutely, always. 😍
GIANLUCA= It’s true. 😍
(To Piero) See how I’m faster than you?
PIERO=  I have never danced alone in my room.
No, of course I danced alone in my room, of course.
IGNAZIO= Always and also in déshabillé, (in underwear, or undressed)
GIANLUCA= With the “glié” (Ignazio pronounces déshabillé incorrectly making the letter G heard and Gianluca makes fun of him)
PIERO= With the “glié” (Piero also makes fun of Ignazio’s pronunciation)
IGNAZIO= I never thought about leaving my trio.
True, absolutely true, I never thought so. 🥰
GIANLUCA= But none ever.🥰
IGNAZIO= With sincerity.🥰
PIERO= This question is incredible….
I have never dreamed of a feat with Ghè.
GIANLUCA= (Piero pronounces Ghè and Gianluca corrects him) Gué, who is Ghé? Gué not Ghé. 🤣🤣
PIERO= I call him Gué Pequeno.😂 (He is a singer)
GIANLUCA= Gué 🤣
PIERO= And I call him Ghé Pequeno.😂
GIANLUCA= Gué, bye Ghé. 🤣
PIERO= Hi Ghé.
No, I have to tell you that I thought about it, sometimes you know when you think of particular, strange duets….
GIANLUCA= Ghé….
(Gian insists with the wrong pronunciation and Ignazio dies laughing) 😂😂😂

PIERO= And with Ghé I thought so (I think it would be a truly absurd duet and perhaps Ignazio laughs at that too)…😂😂😂
GIANLUCA= Gué let’s do something together, the time has come, come on! (here in Italy Gué is doing duets with several singers)

IGNAZIO= I apologize to you, deeply.
PIERO= You go (to Gianluca)
GIANLUCA= Amuninni! (Sicilian dialect word meaning: let’s go)
I have never ghosted a girl.
(everyone laughs because this question actually happened to Gianluca who is considered the conqueror of the group) 😂😂😂
No it is not true!
PIERO= What, isn’t it? So we have to…
GIANLUCA= No, I said it’s not true that I’ve never done it.🤪
PIERO= Ahhhh ok! 😁
GIANLUCA= But not with malice, always with education!
PIERO= But you can’t ghost with politeness…..
GIANLUCA= No, I have never ghosted.
I never thought that anyone had fallen asleep at one of our concerts.
The most beautiful scene was Ignazio who saw someone sleeping and with the microphone he said, in an arena of 10 thousand people: PEM. And see, this one (jump) there was an incredible scene I don’t remember where, this one who had fallen asleep poor guy, after a while he had heard the two of them (Ignazio and Piero) singing he said, I have to fall asleep. It’s at a certain point it was he (Ignazio) who let out a scream and this (fright) 😂
IGNAZIO= I have never done something crazy for love.
PIERO= Just him! 🤣
GIANLUCA= He is madness for love par excellence. 😂
IGNAZIO= I have never done something crazy for love.
PIERO= Just him!
GIANLUCA= He is madness for love par excellence.
IGNAZIO= I am the…
PIERO= He is the feeling.
IGNAZIO= I have never snitched a bro.
PIERO= What does it mean? 😳
IGNAZIO= And what does snitched mean, sorry?? 😳
VOICE= That you snitched.
GIANLUCA= Derived from snitch.
PIERO= I have never snitched, what does this mean?
IGNAZIO= That you have never cheated or betrayed a friend.
PIERO= Ah, no never.
GIANLUCA= In any case, we’re really in our thirties, eh, there’s nothing we can do…
PIERO= But if you are thirty…
GIANLUCA= It’s a vocabulary that doesn’t belong to you, to me yes, to you no. 😁
IGNAZIO= So you want to know something?….
PIERO= Yes, because we have three generations of difference….🤣
IGNAZIO= As long as I had company (that means hanging out with a company), friends from Call of Duty, from “gioco”, from gaming, I knew how: to show off, to snitch, all these things, now the era is over….
PIERO= But I say, if we are in Italy, let’s talk, use the terms in Italian, not these snitch, snatch…😁
IGNAZIO= Say hotel, (in Italian albergo), don’t say hotel! 😁
This video needs no translation, the three of them sing LA DONNA È MOBILE in three different ways: lyrical, pop, rock, they have fun and they joke. At the end Ignazio doesn’t stop making high notes and Gianluca asks:
“Where does it turn off?” 😂😂😂
And now this beautiful review of HALLELUJAH made by vocal coach Giacomo Rossi who analyzed their performance from a technical point of view, activates the subtitles.
I love these reviews and they’re on you tube, go and comment too, I asked Giacomo to review the new songs.

And finally this last gem.
A short video of CAPOLAVORO played by Valentino Alessandrini with the violin. 🥰
I hope you enjoyed the story of my two direct experiences with Il Volo, certainly the concert at Radio Italia was the best!!! But even seeing them sign your CD is priceless. I remind everyone that both events were absolutely free.
And what about the results of the new CD, very good and I hope the race continues!
By the way, in the next article I will show you all the lyrics of the new songs and we will talk about these new songs together, I can tell you that I liked them very much at the first listen.
Until next time!!
Daniela 🤗

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AD ASTRA – RADIO ITALIA – I WAS THERE by Daniela

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And so their first CD of unreleased songs was released.🥰
For Il Volo it was an exhausting week for the launch of the CD, interviews and appearances everywhere and we were also in the pre-Easter week, in short, intense days.
I was very lucky that two events were taking place not far from where I live and with great joy I participated in both together with my husband!!
The first event was Thursday 28th in Cologno Monzese, home of Canale 5 and also of Radio Italia where the meeting took place.
The second, the next day, March 29, was the signing of the CD at the Bussolengo shopping center in the province of Verona.
Both events were about 100 km (62 miles) towards Milan for Cologno Monzese and the other towards Verona, in short Brescia remains right in the middle of these two places, how lucky!! 😉🤪
I didn’t go to Radio Italia through the Fan club, but I asked Radio Italia directly to be able to participate as an audience in the event and after a couple of days Radio Italia responded to me confirming entry for me and another person, therefore my husband was also admitted, naturally we had to send all our personal data. We had to show up at the entrance of Radio Italia at 7:00 pm and therefore we left on time and arrived at our destination without problems. There was already a queue of people waiting, entry was slow, because everyone had to fill out an authorization to use their image, given that the program was recorded and was broadcast on TV.
We had also been warned that there were no seats, but we already knew this having already been to a similar event, again with Il Volo in 2019.
When we all entered, an entertainer explained to us how the filming worked, once Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca entered, they would sit on the edge of the small stage and be interviewed by the two presenters: Manola Moslei and Daniela Cappelletti, the short interviews they would have been one after the other, but then edited at different times in the video.
They also asked us if any of us had never attended an Il Volo concert and about ten people raised their hands.
And then they came in, beautiful as the sun, smiling, dressed casually and they smiled at everyone. 😍😍😍
I knew that their new CD was officially released the next day but I was hoping, since the show would be broadcast the next evening, that they would let us hear the new songs.
And in fact it was like this, they told us we could take photos and videos, but they recommended not to release the videos of the new songs until midnight.
I took several photos that I will publish starting with these:
As you can see we were really close to the stage, a few meters separated us from them and after the interviews, they went up on stage and allowed us in the audience to get closer to the edge of the stage itself.
What can I say, we witnessed a real mini-concert. Ignazio Piero and Gianluca didn’t hold back, they immediately sang seven new songs, starting with Capolavoro and then, at the end, they sang another four songs that we know very well, namely Il Mondo, Se Telefonando, Musica che Resta, Grande Amore.
Ernesto Ginoble and all the authors and producers were also present in the room.
Gianluca Piero and Ignazio were calm but, by their admission, very excited because it was the first time they sang the new songs in public and they really wanted to see our reaction.
And what about the new songs…. WONDERFUL!!!! ❤️
I assure you that if you listen live they are beautiful, the lyrics are very beautiful, and the music is fantastic, very well orchestrated, certainly not ridiculous and repetitive songs with some basic chords done on the computer!!!
Congratulations, a job done really well, this is my opinion, of course, and I am very happy to note that Il Volo did not let itself be carried away by the pop and rap songs that are now in fashion here in Italy, songs that are super popular with kids, but which they have no artistic value, on the contrary, the more they are full of false notes and autotune, the more they are admired. Il Volo is not this and it shows in this production of theirs. Il Volo has not changed its nature, it has become more pop, but always remaining true to itself. Of course we don’t think we’ll find singing virtuosity, which they know how to do very well, but which they will always offer us in their concerts. 😉
Now I’ll tell you a couple of things that you won’t see during the official video.
The boys were singing and it was hot, at the end of a song, while Piero was talking, Ignazio in a corner, not in the frame, took off his jacket and when they were about to start the song, the technicians stopped and told Ignazio to put his jacket back on because otherwise the people on the video would have seen that first he was wearing the jacket and then after the jacket had disappeared . Ignazio said: “But I’m dying of heat,” and so they told him he had to put it back on and let them see him undress it. So in the video you will see that as soon as one of the songs starts, Ignazio immediately takes off his jacket and throws it in the air!! 😂😂
Another moment that you won’t see: at the end of the recording, the boys said goodbye to everyone, but before getting off the stage, the direction checked that everything was ok, but they saw that a song hadn’t come out well due to technical problems, so the guys told us if we were sorry they had to redo a song……but NOOOOOO. 🤪🤣🤣🤣
Then, after having redone the song, and with the cameras off, Gianluca said: “Let’s do Capolavoro again,” and so it was and we were all singing at the top of our lungs. Gianluca noticed a child in the audience who was singing loudly and invited him to go on stage, all three boys tried to convince him, but the child didn’t want to go up, he sent them a kiss and that was it.
But I must say that Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca were really very kind and nice, and their voices did not betray us, fantastic as always.
Overall it was a beautiful mini concert, indeed, an intimate mini concert, because we were about 200 people, and completely free!! 👏👏👏
None of the audience was able to have direct contact with them, because in the end Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca went to the back stage, but I would say that we can be happy like that.

And now I’ll give you the entire official Radio Italia video, enjoy!!

Click Here for the Radio Italia video

MANOLA= Isy Bank Music Place packed for a new episode of Radio Italia live. These very young boys started and it seems incredible 15 years ago, they were three kids and it is already a great indication.
DANIELA= Yes, yes, but then they toured the whole world with their music, they filled arenas and arenas I think on every continent .
MANOLA= My goodness!
DANIELA = This summer they will be everywhere in the world again, but this evening we have them right here on Radio Italia live, soon we will have a chat with them, we are Manola Moslehi and Daniela Cappelletti, but first let’s find out who they are with our card. Later!
(the presentation sheet starts)
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca enter the stage, Capolavoro begins! ❤️❤️❤️
(my husband and I are in the audience, on the far right of the stage, just starting the right wall. We know where we were and therefore we were able to see each other but for you, it is very difficult to recognize us)
PIERO= And now we will sing our album of unreleased songs for the first time, here at Radio Italia.
We will sing some songs, most of the songs from the CD, we will start with CHIARO DI LUNA. It’s exciting for us, being able to sing songs for the first time, it’s the litmus test…(a girl lets out a little scream)
IGNAZIO= I would like to understand why you scream if you don’t know the song..😂😂…. (the song begins)
Click Here for CHIARO DI LUNA
GIANLUCA= Grazie.
IGNAZIO= Grazie mille.
PIERO= Grazie a tutti.
GIANLUCA= Luca Faraone (one of the authors and producers) has just arrived, a round of applause to the producer and great musician, to the great Edwyn who has just arrived (Edwyn Roberts, another author and producer) and we also want to thank Cheope who wrote this song with Stefano Marletta and Michael Tenisci (they are all authors).
IGNAZIO= This next song….
PIERO= However one thing is important, sorry (to Ignazio). Often we must not fall for social consensus, we live a daily life in which we always need to have the consent of others.  Tonight, like never before, we need your consent , did you like it? (loud applause from the audience).
IGNAZIO= So we started well. The next song, personally it is one of my favorites on the album, is one of those songs where you have to put your headphones on, and dedicate it to the person you love and so if you have someone you love, dedicate it to them.
L’INFINITO.
PIERO= I dedicate it to you, Ignazio. 😂😂
IGNAZIO= Thanks! 🤣🤣
(Song begins)
Click Here for L’INFINITO
DANIELA= Their album AD ASTRA was released today and this evening they are making us feel, like a gift, to play the songs from this new album. At the Isy Bank  Music Play of Radio Italia , there is Il Volo!!
IGNAZIO= We talked about the producers and this next song was written and produced in part by a great Italian producer who if a few months ago his name was associated with ours they told us: “you are crazy”, and we are talking about Michelangelo (producer)
PIERO= (he hums a song by Michelangelo)
IGNAZIO= The song talks about an elegant love, therefore: SUCCEDE
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GIANLUCA= Thank you.
PIERO= Thank you.
GIANLUCA= Thank you.
PIERO= It’s a very strange feeling tonight. This year, as you know, we are celebrating 15 years of our career and we have experienced……. (applause)..thank you…we have experienced many sensations, many emotions.
Tonight is a new, very strange feeling, because we had never sung all these unreleased songs for the first time, we have always been used to singing well-known songs, we have based our career on bel canto, on the cultural heritage that we have all inherited. Really in life, never say never, this album has arrived and we are really.. I am moved, excited….😍
GIANLUCA= You know why, this is beautiful….. it’s beautiful because the beauty of our work is that we can convey emotions with our voices and this album talks a bit about us, about what we’ve experienced in the last year and a half, and our relationship has also strengthened, because 15 years is a long time but we are like a family and it is important to try to send this positive message too, it is important to do what you like most and express yourself, to be you yourself and convey authentic emotions to the audience that listens to you, so we would like to thank you for all the support you have given us over all these years, and it is exciting to sing these songs that speak about us deeply, for the first time to you this evening .
FRAMMENTI DI UNIVERSO
Click here for FRAMMENTI DI UNIVERSO
IGNAZIO= Thank you.
MANOLA= The Isy Bank this evening is truly a place full of energy and warmth because the occasion is special, there are three guys we know, three incredible artists: Il Volo!!
IGNAZIO= Hello, hello everyone.
MANOLA= Welcome back, this is your home by now you know it, but it’s always a pleasure to meet you.
What a beautiful day today! It’s special because it was released – AD ASTRA.
IGNAZIO= Today AD ASTRA was released, we have been working on it for a while, many monts if not a year and a half and we are very happy because in any case after 15 years we are working on a totally unreleased project,  we have matured and reached an artistic maturity and it gave us the opportunity to have very concrete content in each song. In fact, with the songs we address themes that we feel are very close to us, such as love but also doubt, life, why we are in the world and also a little about the world as it is going at the moment in these years, that’s it.
MANOLA= How do you decide the songs to include in your first album of unreleased songs, I imagine you’ve done a skimming…
IGNAZIO=  Making punches…😂😂😂
PIERO= It’s the first time and we are proud of this album, because we have put together a team of authors who have somehow coexisted with us,  they listened…
MANOLA= Shall we name some names?
PIERO= Yes, then.. we have Stefano Marletta, Edwyn Roberts, Michael Tenisci, the applause also started..
IGNAZIO= Federica Abbate …
MANOLA= In short, a good team.
GIANLUCA= Yes, but then the beauty is that we are interpreters, we have never worked on an album entirely of unreleased songs, always making projects that have led us to become who we are today. We have to thank these people who gave us the opportunity to make our thoughts and emotions tangible, not by writing ourselves in the first place, so we made friends and thanks to them we can be ourselves with our songs, so thank you…….🥰
PIERO= So now that the album is out the friendship is over. 🤣
MANOLA= It’s not true, it’s impossible not to be your friends 😍
GIANLUCA= So we really want to thank them, they are here, please give a round of applause to these wonderful guys and artists first and foremost.
MANOLA= This thing is very beautiful because we are used to seeing the final result, so the album and the work behind it is often and willingly, I won’t say is underestimated, but put a little in the shade, so the fact that you underline how far you have come together, as a team effort, it is very beautiful, very very beautiful. 🥰 There is also a featuring with Irama, the first and only featuring in this new album, in SATURNO E VENERE, how did this collaboration come about?
PIERO= We had already collaborated with Irama last year in the concert we did at the Arena. This year we were in the recording studio, we felt the need for a duet and I must tell you that it is one of our objectives to play a bit with the possibilities that music gives us, to bring together these opposite worlds, and with Irama, perhaps it is also unthinkable to combine a voice like Irama in a duet with Il Volo and I must tell you that the strength of the music…
IGNAZIO= A quartet..
PIERO= A quartet, I have to tell you that the strength of the music allowed us to live an experience in the studio together with Filippo (Irama), his way of working, of recording, of writing music which is all his, is truly incredible , I wish you one day to be able to see Filippo in the recording studio while he writes the songs, he is truly fascinating, and we thank him for participating and accepting the collaboration.
MANOLA= In fact on paper, given Filippo’s vocality, it was particular to imagine as a duet, and instead the final result is truly extraordinary.
IGNAZIO= Did you hear it?
MANOLA= Yes. I did, of course, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to talk to you tonight, right? 😁
What questions are you asking me, Ignazio?.🙄.. he’s still him anyway…🤪
PIERO= He wants to put you in difficulty..😁
MANOLA= Of course, by now, I know that guy like the back of my hand! 😉
Piero, before, spoke about the Verona Arena, you want to talk about it again, because there is something very important that will happen soon at the Arena.
IGNAZIO= Breaking news is that out of four dates, three are already sold out.
MANOLA= Wow.
Four concerts at the Verona Arena, you have actually already performed there, but bringing your work, your album of unreleased songs will be something else.
GIANLUCA= Already singing them live for the first time tonight is exciting, not only for some of you, but also for us because obviously listening to them in headphones and singing them is totally different, so we will give our best and we can’t wait to bring it to tour because it will be quite long, we will start from China and Japan, then we will go to the Arena and then until next year, until mid-2025, so it will be a trip to ASTRA, exactly.
MANOLA= You said 4 dates, three sold out, one is missing, in my opinion the other will be sold out very soon too, I’ll tell you.
IGNAZIO= Yes, they’re running out.
MANOLA= I’ll tell you, we at Radio Italia bring luck.👍
IGNAZIO= Oh yes?
MANOLA= Yes.
IGNAZIO= Good.
MANOLA= So we thank you because, in short, it is the first time that you are performing with your unreleased songs here at Isy Bank Music Place. Show it Piero (Manola is holding an AD ASTRA vinyl)
PIERO= Ah, the one with the most beautiful colour.
MANOLA= It’s blue.
PIERO= Look how beautiful!
GIANLUCA= It’s an object to keep at home, beautiful, it’s a piece of furniture,  look, it’s wonderful.
MANOLA= Let’s say for those who are listening to us on the radio that you have just shown the color of the vinyl which is blue.
PIERO= Where is the camera? It’s here, look how beautiful it is.
MANOLA= Cobalt blue is this.
GIANLUCA= Even those who are not fans of Il Volo can take this, just for objects.
MANOLA= For objects…..it’s a bit of a fetish if you want…
GIANLUCA= A fetish, yes…
MANOLA= So guys I want to continue…
PIERO= This is Ignazio’s hand (he is looking at the back of the vinyl cover) “who continues to hope… close that window!”
MANOLA= Again for those who are listening on the radio, we are talking about the B side of the vinyl…
IGNAZIO= In what sense?
MANOLA = The cover, side B, practically has the hand of Ignazio.
IGNAZIO= They took it while I was running away and I said HELP….
GIANLUCA= In reality they chose Ignazio’s hand because it is the most beautiful of the three…😁
MANOLA= Oh well….
GIANLUCA= I won’t show you mine because you’d run away.
IGNAZIO= But Piero’s is nice too, just nice…😁
MANOLA= Guys, all three of you are beautiful, in any position, as you put on you are beautiful and you stay beautiful. 🥰
PIERO= I injured myself this morning in the walk-in closet (he has a plaster on his finger), I was about to put on a jacket and there was a sheet metal edge….
IGNAZIO=…….and we don’t care..😂😂😂…Were you saying? (to Manola)
MANOLA= Too many things, you have to make a selection. No, let’s close, I want to hear you sing again, okay? (to the audience) – YES – and so I’ll leave the stage to you.
This evening in the Isy Bank Music Place three extraordinary voices: Il Volo!
IGNAZIO= This next song is bel canto 2.0, we can say.
PIERO= So, there was a dear journalist who commented on this song saying after listening to it: “You have made bel canto more contemporary”. I think it was one of the best compliments we received and it was also our goal, and it’s also difficult to sing it.
IGNAZIO= It’s difficult to sing it, but above all we are happy with the message it sends, because with this album we wanted to send messages that talk about great themes and there is a song that we will sing after which is called IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO which talks about the desire to hope, to dream, in a better way…
PIERO= Ideal..
IGNAZIO= Ideal, and this song instead invites you to enjoy life, enjoy every moment of life, because life, in the end, is as beautiful as a work which is not intended as just a work of music, but can be anything, a work of art, anything, so we wanted to say this to all the guys of our age, but of all ages, to take advantage of every second, every moment of life, because no one gives it back to us and then “Today  won’t come back anymore”. 👏👏👏
This is OPERA.
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IGNAZIO= Thank you.
Thank you.
GIANLUCA= Thank you.
PIERO= Thank you, thank you all. The next one is the last unreleased song we will sing, but not the last of the evening.
We can’t leave you like this! 😍
IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO, the lyrics of this song, imagine an ideal world, imagine this stage and each of us inside this stage shouting this desire, it is truly a utopian text, but hope is the last to die.
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DANIELA= Not only the successes of the last album but also those that made them famous all over the world, this evening at the Isy Bank Music Place, again for us: Il Volo!
IGNAZIO= Now let’s go into the world that has accompanied us until today.
GIANLUCA= This is a song that we wrote about ten days ago and we decided to add it to the repertoire the day before yesterday. 😂😂😂
PIERO= I wrote the lyrics and the refrain goes: “Gira il mondo gira nello spazio senza fine”… I was inspired. 🤣🤣🤣
GIANLUCA= You know this one well, so let’s all sing together at the top of our lungs: IL MONDO!
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PIERO= I heard a beautiful joke these days, did you hear that joke (addressing Ignazio)
IGNAZIO= No, it depends on which one?
PIERO= Il Volo is separating!!! 😂😂😂
IGNAZIO= Ahhhhh
I have certain jokes….
PIERO= But my son, alone, I say, one two three (Gianluca Ignazio Piero), alone, we don’t even get to Monza..😂😂😂.. (Monza is the closest city to Radio Italia and Piero means to say that alone their success wouldn’t even reach Monza), I’m not saying Switzerland  🤣 (which isn’t very far away), but we won’t even get to Monza.
What’s next? Ah, this is nice, with this song we participated in Sanremo 2019.
MUSICA CHE RESTA
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PIERO= We would like to remember that the lyrics of “Musica che resta” were written by the great Gianna Nannini.
DANIELA= Welcome back here to the Isy Bank Music Place, evening at Radio Italia live together with Il Volo. Hello lads .
I+P+G= Hi, hi.
IGNAZIO= How are you?
DANIELA= I’m fine, and how are you?
I+G+P= Good, good.
DANIELA= Are you ready for some questions, you are always around, I already told you, I envy you so much, because you see so many wonderful places in the world.
IGNAZIO= Well, whenever you want we’ll wait for you and take you with us.
DANIELA= I’m on my fourth Volo, but I can’t sing.
IGNAZIO= Don’t worry, let’s do a radio tour…
GIANLUCA= Radio Volo.
DANIELA= I’m in!
PIERO= We will do a tour with interviews in between.
DANIELA= Oh, are you calling me?
PIERO= Yes, of course.
DANIELA= Promise! Ok, then I’m good to go.
PIERO= You have to learn Chinese, Japanese…😁
DANIELA= But I know!!
PIERO= Look, she’s thrilled….😁
DANIELA= I do.
IGNAZIO= From tomorrow he will start studying all the menus of the Japanese restaurants in Milan.
DANIELA= I already know, I think so.😁
Let’s talk about travel, how does your life on tour work? Do you also have some time to enjoy the trip or is it just work?
IGNAZIO= It depends, for example now in mid-April we leave for China and we have seven days of promotion first, then on the 20th we will do the concert in Shanghai therefore we will have the opportunity to visit it, also because it often happens that many promotional activities are carried out in the cities themselves, not only within an office or a studio, or a hotel, so in that case, we have an opportunity to see. In Japan we have seen a lot because we were lucky enough last year to be the first artists after the renovation of this very famous temple, a UNESCO heritage site, Kiyomizu-dera. We are the only artists who have given a concert there, they chose us as the inauguration of the temple and it is a magical place there, very exclusive….
PIERO= From now the Temple is called Il Volo…😁
DANIELA= What was her name before??
IGNAZIO= Kiyomizu-dera.
DANIELA = Kiyomizu-dera ….now Il Volo, you’ve combined the names, beautiful.😁 So every now and then you enjoy it a little.
PIERO= But then do you know what they call Il Volo in Japan?  Il Vro.
DANIELA= Really?
PIERO= I swear…
IGNAZIO= Il Vro, Il Vro …
DANIELA= It’s so cute! 🥰
PIERO= Too cute!
DANIELA= It’s particular.
I want to give you a little quiz, a little game, are you up for it?
GIANLUCA= Go.
DANIELA= So, we always talk about travel, let’s stay on this topic, I would like to understand what type of travelers you are, therefore: who is the one who goes on adventures and who instead wants to be served and revered?
PIERO= So, served and revered: him (Gianluca)😁
DANIELA= Gianlu…
GIANLUCA= A prince….
PIERO= On adventure: him (Ignazio) 😁
DANIELA= Ah Ignazio, let’s go on an adventure…
PIERO= Everything planned: me.😁
DANIELA= Ok, so you’re all scheduled…
PIERO= I have to know where I should eat…
GIANLUCA= So in the end he too is served and revered, obviously..
DANIELA= You just have to have your references.
IGNAZIO= I’m honest, I like the idea of taking an adventure holiday, but in the end I always end up served and revered….
DANIELA= Me too, because I’m lazy..
IGNAZIO= Me too, like a cat and more!
PIERO= Do you know what happened once? We have finished this two month tour and we decide to all return to our home. I had organized five days in a hotel in Sicily with my brother and sister. I arrive at this hotel, I get ready, I put on my swimsuit, I arrive at the swimming pool… guess who I find at the swimming pool in the same hotel? -Ignazio- He, who used to take a bath, after the jun tour I also found him on holiday. 😂
DANIELA= Ah ah ah, you can see it’s the charm….well let’s move on. Who is the one who also tastes insects, and who also brings pasta in their suitcase?
GIANLUCA= I eat, I chop everything.
PIERO= In fact, look how thin he is.
IGNAZIO= Indeed…
GIANLUCA= Then unfortunately I feel my stomach…
DANIELA= You too, eat, taste….(to Piero and Ignazio)
IGNAZIO= Yes, everything, everything, perhaps he (Piero) is much more traditional.
GIANLUCA= No, it’s you (Ignazio) who didn’t eat the head of the fish in Japan….
IGNAZIO= But how do you eat the head of a Sardinian??? Excuse me, poor thing… there was the Sardinian who looked at me like that 😂😂
DANIELA= Because it’s not the food, but how he looks at you… I agree 😁
PIERO= I ate the spicy jellyfish, good, it seems like a softer squid. 😳
DANIELA= You throw yourself into the kitchen quite a bit. Go on. Who is the one who launches into languages he doesn’t know and the one who stops at English at most? (put that way it seems like a slightly mischievous phrase)
PIERO= Wait, wait, formulate this sentence better…😂😂😂
DANIELA= Wait, I didn’t understand it either….
GIANLUCA= So it’s a bit ambiguous…🤣🤣
DANIELA = No come on!!
Guys, who even speaks languages they don’t know?
PIERO= Well, it’s better…😁
GIANLUCA= Well…..it’s hard for us mischievous people…😂😂
DANIELA= Really mischievous…🙄
IGNAZIO= Gianluca is the one who holds back, that is, he learns immediately but if he then has to speak a language he doesn’t know he holds back… Piero and I gesture and make ourselves understood in all possible ways…😁
DANIELA= Ignazio our Italian gesticulation, we only understand it in Italy.
IGNAZIO= No, no you’re wrong.
DANIELA= Oh yes?
PIERO= Even the temples in Greece understood it.😁
GIANLUCA= Think about one time, once for a sandwich, we didn’t speak English the first few times and we said “un panin prosc.cott” (a sandwich with cooked ham, but all said truncated) 🤣🤣
DANIELA= You got it!!
IGNAZIO= That was my father in Los Angeles, I asked him for a turkey sandwich and he arrived with cooked ham and I tell him: “Dad, how did you tell him cooked ham?” and he: “And what do I know, I asked for a panin prosc.cott…..and they gave it to me”😂
DANIELA= They understood it! Miraculously it was understood. 😁
Okay, then: who goes from one disco to another and who goes to sleep after dinner because they have to get up at dawn, perhaps to play sports?
GIANLUCA= Disco….what? Disco hmmm…
DANIELA= No, well, I mean to be late…
IGNAZIO= Gianlu!
GIANLUCA= No, not me, not me…
IGNAZIO= Come on, when you go to Milan you go to all the parties more than for work…😁😁
Finish it..😉
GIANLUCA= What are you saying….
PIERO= Look how white you are….😁
GIANLUCA= They made me pale???
DANIELA= No, they’re making fun of you, Gianlu, it’s not true!!😁
Ok, let’s do something, we did the travel quiz….
PIERO= Do you know what time I went to sleep last night?
DANIELA= Tell me..
PIERO= At 9.40pm.
DANIELA= Not like that though…
PIERO= Yesterday I was tired, I wanted to watch television and I fell asleep.
DANIELA= Okay, come on, but stay awake tonight, because we still have to play here.
GIANLUCA= No, he switches off at 9.40pm, while he sings he does this look..(Gianluca lies down) 🤣
PIERO= 5 minutes left (in fact it’s really around 9.40pm)
DANIELA= We have to hurry.
GIANLUCA= He has the switch, then it turns off.😂
DANIELA= Thanks guys, come back to the stage of the Isy Bank Music Place, because this evening there are these three extraordinary artists with us: Il Volo!
IGNAZIO= Listen to this song. (SE TELEFONANDO)
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IGNAZIO= Thanks.
GIANLUCA= This last song, after Capolavoro…. no, it is the most important of our career, you know very well what it is because it is our first unreleased song, among other things, of 2015 and we had the great privilege and honor of winning the Sanremo festival, nine years have already passed….
PIERO= And since that day, since we sang that melody (he sings Hey Jude)
GIANLUCA= Are you also like Troisi? (an Italian actor)
PIERO= We have to say goodbye.
So we say goodbye, we have to say goodbye guys.
First of all we thank all of you (Ignazio disturbs), we would like to thank….enough Igna….
GIANLUCA= Enough Igna, come on, come on…1-2-3.
PIERO= Serious moment……we would like to first of all thank all of you this evening for being here on such an important evening for us…
GIANLUCA= And if I may, thanks to Radio Italia for all the support (Gianluca is unable to say the word and makes a raspberry)….🤣😂
IGNAZIO= The ciupporto (Ignazio also says it by distorting the pronunciation)🤣
GIANLUCA= It happens even to the best, it happens even to the best…..let’s do it again!!
PIERO= And then let us thank our record company, Sony Music for the support, the support they give us every day.
GIANLUCA= Thanks again to all the authors who contributed so that this album could be….
IGNAZIO= We don’t know, but do you pay for it? Because he always says he thanks you, but you pay him a lot a month (to say thank you), I want a percentage too!! 😂🤣
GIANLUCA= Let’s end all thanks.
PIERO= We close by thanking our entire team, all the structures that collaborate with us, our manager Michele Torpedine, Barbara, everyone, everyone who with us there are no holidays, they also work on Sundays, thank you, thank you for dedicating your time, your support and above all your seriousness to us.
GIANLUCA= And thanks also to my brother Ernesto who was also part of the direction of this project, thank you for everything, we love you! 😍
IGNAZIO= And we wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you who listen to us from home, but above all to you who came here this evening dedicating GRANDE AMORE to you. ❤️
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PIERO= Thanks everyone!
MANOLA= They have performed on the most important stages all over the world and tonight we had them here in the Isy Bank Music Place protagonists of a live Radio Italia wow, incredible.
DANIELA= Did we sing?
MANOLA= But I no longer have a voice…at a certain point I felt like the fourth member of Il Volo…
DANIELA= Yes, you sing so well….Daniela Cappelletti and Manola Moslehy will meet you at the next Radio Italia live, again here in the Isy Bank Music Place, so goodnight to everyone.
MANOLA= Bye.
(some photos published by Radio Italia)
What a fantastic evening, what emotion, how beautiful the new songs, how friendly our boys, everything was beautiful.
I won’t add anything else, I’m waiting for your comments!!
See you soon to tell you about another live event!!
Daniela 🤗

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IL VOLO ON THE ROAD by Daniela

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Among the many interviews they gave themselves to, Il Volo was also interviewed by Don Walter Insero, a wonderful interview for the program “ON THE ROAD awaiting the 2025 Jubilee”.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca are expected by Don Water in front of the basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. A very informal meeting where Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero opened their hearts without any problem, talking about life, faith, and religion.
I translate for you..
DWI= Welcome back to ON THE ROAD. We are in Trastevere (Rome area) in front of the basilica of S. Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians.
This young Roman woman, from a noble family, learned the message of Jesus, became a Christian and, in order not to betray her faith in Jesus Christ, she was martyred in the third century.
Since then this has become a place of silence, prayer, which has welcomed millions of pilgrims who have come to pray at the tomb of St. Cecilia, and this place will welcome the pilgrims of the next jubilee, who will find here an oasis of contemplation and peace.
PIERO= Don Walter good morning.
DWI= Hey hello!
Hi Piero, hello Ignazio, hello Gianluca.
IGNAZIO= A magnificent place.
DWI= How nice to meet you here..
GIANLUCA= It’s a great pleasure!
DWI= …in front of the Basilica of Santa Cecilia, we are on our way ON THE ROAD towards the 2025 jubilee.
I welcome you to this which is your home, because it is the home of Cecilia, who is the patroness of music, of musicians, of singers, of singers, (at this moment Barbara and Torpedine can be seen behind them) so I have the pleasure to accompany you on this journey.
GIANLUCA= It’s an honor!
IGNAZIO= Thank you, thank you very much.
DWI= It’s music that brought you together, right?
GIANLUCA= Yes, let’s say that music is what gives meaning to our lives, let’s say that everyone uses different tools to discover their own mystery, so we used this great tool that allowed us to dig inside ourselves and make sense to life. We are what we are through the voice and certainly together the strength is greater to convey emotions to the public and excite everyone here.
DWI= When you were very young, true, you discovered this artistic vocation.
PIERO= I believe that recognizing one’s vocation when young is a great privilege. We immediately recognized it thanks also to the support and support of our families, it was they who introduced this musical genre, which is Bel Canto, the genre that we sing, and therefore we owe everything to music.
DWI= And did the families support you in this?
IGNAZIO= Absolutely, I think that especially at the beginning, they were a fundamental part of our growth and, to put it simply (he means simply), I like to say “to keep our feet on the ground”, and they continue to do so today , so we really have to say thank you to our families because they taught us the true value of being a family, what it means to be a family.
DWI= Well, let’s go in then.
Look how wonderful. (he points to the painting of the vault)
They prayed and asked Cecilia to pray for us.
GIANLUCA= With singing, which is the best prayer.
DWI= Yes, Bach says that music is a privileged path because it brings the soul closer to God. Is this true for you too?
GIANLUCA= It is the soundtrack of one’s emotions, like the poets who in their madness, like Leopardi (Italian poet) spoke to the moon waiting for him to respond. And it’s a bit like touching the sky with your emotions I think.
PIERO= Whoever sings prays twice, right?
DWI= Saint Augustine says so.
PIERO= And we do it often, singing on stage, almost every day and I think I recognize that we are three hyper-privileged people because what we feel on stage I think is an emotion that cannot be described. It’s not really easy to describe and make concrete, so I think three of us share the same sensations, an advantage for the three of us.
DWI= But can we say that music has brought you closer to God in your journey?
IGNAZIO= In a certain sense yes, also because we started from three small towns, where perhaps we know in small towns there are many more people inclined to believe, to find a foothold in what could be help from a saint, especially in music, like Saint Cecilia, so for us, our parents always prayed to God that their children could one day find their own path with their own talent, so absolutely yes.
PIERO= Personally my first approach to music was thanks to the church.
DWI= Oh yes?
PIERO= Because as a child I always went to church, so I sang in the choir, without inhibitions…
IGNAZIO= I was also part of the choir.
PIERO= I was an altar boy, I sang, so I know all the sacred songs. For us it would also be a great desire to be able to contribute during the jubilee with this magnificent art: music.
WOMAN’S VOICE = Rome, Trastevere district, it is in its beating heart, among its narrow streets, that a jewel full of charm and mystery stands: the basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. It is here that almost 1800 years ago the young Cecilia, considered the patron saint of musicians, was martyred.
DWI= You sang in the presence of the Holy Father, of Pope Francis, in a meeting with young people and a global family meeting, with your families. What did it represent for you?
IGNAZIO= Look, the first time was in Panama.
DWI= Yes!
PIERO= World Day..
IGNAZIO= World Youth Day and having a million young people in front of us……I remember that after singing we commented on this, that there was an energy, that it was an altar, it wasn’t a stage….
DWI= Sure, sure.
IGNAZIO= A gigantic altar and you could feel this energy, I don’t know, it seemed magnetic…
PIERO= A deafening silence…
IGNAZIO= It was a deafening silence, it’s one of those experiences that really happen a few times in your life and that is given by energy, because in the end I think that people are energy, life is energy, and seeing a million people , in the same place, for the same reason, an energy was created that is truly unforgettable for us.
PIERO= And then, on 22 June (2022), being witnesses during the World Family Day, I think it was one of the great objectives of these 15 years together, because from the first day we have always tried to reach those who listen to us and also to those who don’t listen to us, this message of unity but above all this strength that are values, families, because sometimes, perhaps due to the frenzy that we experience during daily life, we forget about certain values, that is, a call with mother, maybe hear the grandparents….
DWI= Sure, sure.
PIERO= And in the end you realize that this important value that is family has arrived.
DWI= What do you remember about the meeting with Pope Francis, Gianluca?
GIANLUCA= Obviously the greatness of a person is demonstrated by his humility, I think, right? And therefore his humility is an example for all of us, many young people who are still experiencing a difficult moment in our era, seeing themselves in a person who can truly be like a family member, asking for advice, admiring him from afar in all parts of the world , I believe that this, however, is the main thing for us artists too, because then music is like a eulogy to madness, if you think about it, because there is no rationality, nothing is created from rationality. All this (looks at the basilica), artists who have been inspired by a spiritual journey, because only through spirituality can something wonderful be created and that’s a bit what we are doing with our music, our creativity takes hold from our madness, from our almost childish madness, if you think about it.
DWI= This masterpiece by Stefano Maderno (Italian sculptor) which describes what he saw when the body was observed and surprisingly, when they opened Cecilia’s tomb, they found her body in exactly that shape you see.
PIERO= Which year are you talking about?
DWI= So, the survey was done in 1599 and Stefano Maderno sculpted the marble in 1600.
PIERO= And she was found like this, in this position.
DWI= Yes, in this position, because a first attempt was made to suffocate her, in what was the “calidarium” (spa), it was a noble house because they had heating and they had the spa in the house and they tried to suffocate her there and instead she was beheaded, three shots were planned, can you see? It excites me, because look at his delicate neck, it has the signs of this cut that his body has maintained, so when Maderno commissioned this work, he knew that the intact body had this sign. Then she bled to death, a terrible death, but tradition says that while she was in agony, she had expressed the desire that this, which was her home, become a place of prayer and the Christians came to pray, the faithful then came and there are also Benedictine nuns who pray night and day, so the prayer is constant.
What does this work inspire in you?
GIANLUCA= It’s a manifestation of pain if we think about it, which is the basis of everything, only through pain does a certain growth in life certainly occur. She is a woman who then based her life on art, certainly, such a young woman and therefore an example for all of us, because even from suffering, as I was saying, important growth can be drawn.
PIERO= I really believe in coincidences. During the Sanremo Festival, the last one we did, we were given a holy picture of Santa Cecilia…
DWI= Oh…
PIERO= ….and we put it behind the cover of our cell phone and during that day we talked a lot about Santa Cecilia and today we find ourselves here in the basilica of Santa Cecilia…
DWI= Who guards her body, so it’s there, she’s buried here…
PIERO= What coincidences…
DWI= Yes, they are those gifts of providence.
And for you Ignazio?
IGNAZIO= I think that there are many miracles in life, for example I live in Bologna and there is a church where Saint Catherine is and even there the body remained intact. These are things that I don’t know… returning to the topic of energy, I am always amazed by these things, maybe there are those who believe more, those who believe less, but one cannot help but believe what life tells us. offers: miracles, energies….
GIANLUCA= That the most religious attitude is to cultivate doubt and dig deeper and deeper into oneself.
DWI= Sure.
GIANLUCA= Not just outside, a constant, spiritual search that leads you, at a certain point in life, to have enlightenment from different points of view, which can be a life dedicated to God, why not!
DWI= It’s true, doubts, questions, are part of the journey of life. The Pope wanted this motto for this upcoming jubilee: “Pilgrims of hope”.
Do you feel like pilgrims? Do you feel like you are searching, on your way or have you already arrived? You are very successful, do you feel like you have arrived?
IGNAZIO= We are constantly on the move.
PIERO= It’s a continuous journey with ourselves, in search of ourselves, always trying to show the best side of ourselves and I believe that faith, like great things, is a commitment, a constant, daily commitment. For our part, this commitment has always been there and perhaps in some difficult moments, because perhaps faith is only remembered in difficult moments, whereas we should also remember it in good moments. We try to do it every day, so yes, we consider ourselves pilgrims.
DWI= Sure. Ignazio, you?
IGNAZIO= I agree, perhaps as I said before, there are those who are more attached, he (Piero) is very attached to the church, to religion, I am a little less…
GIANLUCA= You are still looking for the point of this journey…that’s right, we are still young…
IGNAZIO=…..precisely I define it as my path, because I am a person who always tries to be amazed by things, so for me the path is to always remain amazed and hope to find answers in what I experience.
PIERO= Also because each of us has a different experience, a different past, we are three strangers who met 15 years ago, but each of us has experienced moments in our lives that have also marked us.
DWI= Sure and that you agree.
GIANLUCA= In life we have always been empty containers, because we almost had no home, always maintaining our roots and values, but from the age of 14, travelling, learning about different cultures, made us feel, as I was saying, empty containers. Having a personal spiritual journey, not children of our culture, of our society, therefore reading, really reading what is written in the Bible, not believing in a belief, what is there, why do I have to believe, I have to inform myself, I have to understand what really happened and what are the ideals of this great religion that for millennia has guided millions of people of all generations of antiquity. So get informed, read, understand well what the great content of this great story is.
DWI= (they meet the Benedictine mother) How is mother? Nice to meet you, you are the mother Abbess MariaGiovanna: Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio. This year they were in Sanremo and they gave him an image of Saint Cecilia which they kept on their cell phone and so today they were happy to be here praying to their patron saint.
MOTHER= Best wishes, best wishes, may God bless you and guide your path.
I+P+G= Thank you, thank you very much, goodbye.
DWI= How beautiful your cloister is.
MOTHER= Yes.
DWI= The jubilee is in a few months, how are you preparing, how do you want to experience this jubilee?
IGNAZIO= We are 29/30 years old, and this will be our first jubilee that we will actually experience, because the last time we were only 4/5 years old, we didn’t even know what it was, so we will live it with curiosity, hope because in these years we have been cultivating this word – is very much hope, hope for something better, hope that something can really change and there are many people who, in any field, in music, in politics, in religion in their own way are trying to change. Look at Pope Francis, who I have so much admiration for, such a humble person who plays such an important role and it’s not always simple, right?
DWI= Sure.
PIERO= In some way our greatest desire is to be able to contribute with our art, with music, also because in the past we have had the opportunity to live these unique experiences.
I believe that the year of the Jubilee, the opening of the Jubilee is a very important moment for everyone.
IGNAZIO= It was a wonderful experience and we want to thank you.
DWI= Thank you, I thank you, thank you Piero, thank you Ignazio, thank you Gianluca. Thank you because with your art you sow hope in this time that is in some ways so difficult and dark and music is this universal message that reaches all hearts.
Can I ask you to take a selfie so I can immortalize this moment!
IGNAZIO= Sure
PIERO= Wait, like this.
GIANLUCA= Higher, higher..perfect!!
What can I say, I don’t know about you, but I was very touched by the mature and absolutely relevant answers to the topic that our three young men gave.
Messages of hope and love, faith, energy and life.
I am deeply happy to be able to once again see the versatility of Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio who, just as in singing, can move from interviews with “light” topics to interviews with “deep” topics, without any problem.
I also really liked the lowered tone of our kids’ voices as a sign of respect for the place where they were.
Congratulations once again guys!! ❤️
The INFORM newspaper published this page on the event, in four languages, which I attach.
In the interview we talked about two events that occurred with Il Volo in the presence of the Pope and therefore I thought I would attach them and review them together.
Il Volo at the world meeting of families 22 June 2022

Il Volo a Panama, World Youth Day 2019

And after hearing and reading the beautiful words of Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero and listening to their beautiful voices, what better time in view of Easter to wish you all the best wishes from all the Flight Crew staff.

HAPPY EASTER

from the bottom of our hearts and may it bring peace to this troubled world.

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