The second concert “UNO PER TUTTI” by Il Volo, broadcast on Canale 5, has also aired, and it was another wonderful evening.
There were moments I particularly enjoyed, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise; I’ll comment on them as they come up.
I must thank Ina and Katharina for sharing this video with me. It includes subtitles, so you’ll be able to understand everything that’s being said; therefore, I’ll simply provide the song titles and my own impressions.
It all begins backstage, where the guys wonder if they’re ready. Ignazio insists that he is completely prepared and knows everything; to prove it, he starts rattling off the origins of Palazzo Te, who commissioned it, and then lists the various guests. Piero and Gianluca compliment him and head out onto the stage, while Ignazio thanks the man who had been holding up the sign containing all the information he just recited! 😂
The concert begins with an orchestral performance of “Live and Let Die,” then Ignazio, Piero, and Gianluca make their entrance, greeting the audience present as well as the viewers watching on Canale 5.
They kick things off immediately with a showstopper: “Nessun Dorma.”
The first guest enters: Loredana Bertè, an Italian rock singer. She is 78 years old, greatly admires our guys, and her songs have stood the test of time.
Together, they perform IL MARE D’INVERNO, followed by E LA LUNA BUSSÒ and finally SEI BELLISSIMO.
Finally, Loredana Bertè sings a song of hers from the present day, SONO PAZZA DI ME.
Noemi enters, a talented Italian singer who will serve as co-host for the evening.
This is followed by a beautiful solo from Ignazio: the lovely Lucio Battisti song, IO VIVRÒ (SENZA TE).
Next comes a lovely duet by Gianluca and Piero, performing a song by Cocciante: ERA GIÀ TUTTO PREVISTO.
Immediately after a lovely Neapolitan song, sung as a duet by Piero and Ignazio: CU’MME.
A truly special moment: the children’s choir from Chiari joins Il Volo and Noemi to sing Michael Jackson’s HEAL THE WORLD. It is a beautiful and moving moment, especially considering the message it conveys at a time when the world is so shaken by wars and tragic events. ❤️
After this beautiful, touching moment, it’s time for another guest, Emma, who, in a duet with Ignazio, performs a lovely Neapolitan song: O MARE E TU.
Then comes the operatic moment: a highly talented soprano, Ekaterina Bakanova, enters and, together with Il Volo, performs LIBIAM DE LIETI CALICI.
Another guest, Madame, performs a duet with Gianluca, the beautiful song by Gino Paoli: SENZA FINE.
A lovely solo by Piero, who sings this Neapolitan song: I’ TE VURRIA VASÀ for the first time.
Another wonderful solo, this time, a famous English song by Paul McCartney, sung by Ignazio: LIVE AND LET DIE.
What about the next song? I love this piece by Chaplin, the beautiful SMILE, sung masterfully by Il Volo!
Once again, Il Volo performs another beautiful song by Umberto Bindi: IL MIO MONDO.
This time, it’s time for a lovely duet between Ignazio and Noemi, featuring Noemi’s song: L’AMORE SI ODIA.
Another duet, this time featuring Piero with Malika Ayane, presents CUCCURUCUCU PALOMA in Spanish. (This duet took place on the evening I was in Mantua.)
Another guest, Michele Bravi, who won a season of *X Factor*, joins the stage; together with Gianluca, they perform the beautiful song by Samuele Bersani, GIUDIZI UNIVERSALI.
(This duet was also part of the concert that I attended.)
Another guest is Nek, whom we have often seen before alongside Il Volo. Together with Ignazio, they let loose on a song by Nek: SE IO NON AVESSI TE.
A very sweet song by Morricone, our guys perform the beautiful NELLA FANTASIA.
After a charming little interlude featuring our guys in their jackets, we return to a duet, this time, Piero and Nina Zilli deliver a magnificent performance of a song by Mina: MI SEI SCOPPIATO DENTRO AL CUORE.
Yet another duet, what can one say? This performance by Gianluca and Ignazio of the beautiful song by Battisti is fantastic: IO VORREI…NON VORREI…MA SEI VUOI.
Back at the opera, Piero introduces the next aria, which he then performs with great feeling: UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA.
This solo by Gianluca on the Beatles song ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is wonderful.
Il Volo, once again reunited, performs the beautiful song by Sergio Endrigo, CANZONE PER TE.
Next up is the hit that propelled Il Volo to major success: GRANDE AMORE.
We have reached a truly touching moment: the song that Ignazio wrote for the birth of his son, Gabriele.
I must say, it was incredible to hear Ignazio’s beautiful lyrics. I’d like to thank the Mediaset crew for capturing so many wonderful moments, little Gabriele in his mother Michele’s arms, both of them in the audience listening and applauding Ignazio. Huge compliments to the crew for the excellent editing, and to Ignazio for such a beautiful song: CIAO PICCOLO MIO ❤️💙❤️
Another solo: Gianluca presents the beautiful RITORNERAI by Bruno Lauzi.
A touching moment: Ignazio accompanies Noemi’s beautiful words on the guitar, all as a lead-in to the wonderful song DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA, performed by Il Volo.
We’re in the final stretch; the guys say goodbye to Noemi and thank the audience, who always follow them with such affection. The final song is OPERA.
What can I say? As always, I’m left speechless: a fast-paced rhythm, great songs, a choir, an orchestra, touching moments, and truly beautiful performances, another success, accompanied by excellent television ratings.
In the days that followed, many online articles praised the show; however, as is often the case, the national press was far more critical, though they did acknowledge the talent of our guys.
In this regard, I’d like to share this piece published by LIBERO.IT, which captures the moment involving Ignazio and Gabriele.
Ignazio and Gabriele, rating: 10.
While the second installment of *Il Volo, Uno per Tutti* offered the audience many high-quality moments, featuring powerful performances and great masterpieces of both Italian and international music, the highlight that brought a wave of tenderness to the viewers arrived toward the end of the evening. Ignazio Boschetto took center stage to dedicate a sweet, poignant song to his young son, Gabriele, born in September 2025 to the tenor and his wife, Michelle Bertolini. What made the moment truly moving, however, was what happened immediately afterward: as the music gradually faded and Ignazio blew a kiss toward his son in the audience, the cameras captured little Gabriele, held by his mother, who was clearly touched by the scene, turning to her and asking, “Is that Daddy?” It was an incredibly sweet moment, captured by the Canale 5 cameras, which quickly became the most talked-about highlight of the entire evening on social media.
And to conclude, this message directly from Il Volo:
Our US fall tour is getting closer, and we’re excited to announce that we’ll be bringing some Christmas songs from our new album, out November 6th, to these dates as well!
Here are all the dates — where will we see you?
Nov 10 – HOLLYWOOD, FL Hard Rock Live
Nov 11 – ESTERO, FL Hertz Arena
Nov 12 – TAMPA, FL Benchmark International Arena
Nov 14 – PHILADELPHIA, PA Marian Anderson Hall
Nov 15 – UNCASVILLE, CT Mohegan Sun
Nov 17 – NEW YORK, NY Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden
On June 23, the concert event VITA was broadcast on Rai 1 and aired in Eurovision. The concert took place in Rome at the Circus Maximus, where Il Volo was present among many guests.
The event initiative was born with the aim of raising public awareness on health, prevention, and well-being, in view of World Day Against Drugs and Addictions.
Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio were also interviewed backstage about the topic.
PIERO = It’s an evening dedicated to addictions. It’s clear that we can experience a more or less vulnerable period in life, and we young people are perhaps more vulnerable in this regard.
We (Il Volo) try to send a message with music, perhaps the most powerful medium we have, and so we try to do it in the most serious and responsible way possible.
IGNAZIO = I totally agree.
WOMEN = Tonight you’ll be performing Grande Amore on stage, which has become a hit not only in Italy but also internationally. It came out a few years ago, but did you expect it to go this far, to the point of being sung not only around the world but also here 10 years later?
GIANLUCA = Yes, it was February 2015 when we won Sanremo with Grande Amore, and it was kind of the return of operatic pop to Italy. The only one before us had been Bocelli, who had brought “Con te partirò (Time to say goodbye)”. So, it’s a great honor for us to be able to continue bringing this music to new generations, to people our age, and also to those who have always loved this music.
WOMEN = By the way, I always remember that Grande Amore won the Eurovision Song Contest that year by televoting!!
Here is their performance: to the tune of NELLE TUE MANI, the first song by Il Volo.
For those who cannot view the video above, here is a shorter version below.😊
Oh my, I’m getting chills, what power, what a performance, and what magnificent views of Rome by night.
Congratulations, guys, you’re in great shape, your voices are unique and special!! ❤️❤️❤️
I translated their words at the end of the song:
NEK= Il Volo
WOMAN= Extraordinary, extraordinary!!
GIANLUCA= A round of applause for Maestro De Amicis (they know him from Ti Lascio una Canzone) and the orchestra, these great musicians.
PIERO= Thank you, thank you.
IGNAZIO= Hello everyone.
NEK= (to Il Volo) Welcome.
WOMAN= We’ve seen some fantastic images of Rome, and my compliments to you all.
NEK= Excuse me, I’ll do some cleaning (he takes away the microphone stands). Thanks to Il Volo. You didn’t see, but we were backstage listening to the song, and our director Guttuso gave us some images of Rome, so we got goosebumps.
IGNAZIO= The most beautiful city in the world.
NEK= Yes, the most beautiful city in the world. Thank you for being here!!
GIANLUCA= It’s a pleasure.
IGNAZIO= And then I lost the battle tonight because I wanted to dress up as a gladiator but I couldn’t. 😁😂
NEK= Would you really have done that?
IGNAZIO= Absolutely!
NEK= Look me in the eyes.
IGNAZIO= I swear.
WOMAN= Who knows on a future occasion… anyway, while I was watching you, I was thinking about how far you have come in all these years and, connecting it to the theme of this evening, they (Piero Ignazio and Gianluca) are very young, the theme of longevity is always thought to be associated with advanced age, instead, as science says “It’s never too early”, so you have to take care of yourself from a young age, and so, Piero, how do you take care of yourself?
PIERO= With the piggy bank…..
NEK= Be honest.
PIERO= …..longevity is a piggy bank, you have to start young….
WOMAN= Good job
PIERO= I take care of myself with running, I really like running.
NEK= Oh, see?
PIERO= I started by doing 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, and then marathons.
NEK= Now you’ve become a marathon runner.
PIERO= Yes, I really like it, it makes me feel good.
IGNAZIO=……and who’s going to take it anymore!!
GIANLUCA= He’s our Forrest Gump.
PIERO= You know what, it’s also a way to meditate, so discovering it through exercise and proper nutrition, which I think is the foundation…
IGNAZIO= I can give you advice on nutrition, with a marriage and a child, I’ve gained 30 kg. 😁😁 So I’ll take care of the food.
NEK= You know what it’s called: marriage and a rock and roll baby.
Listen, Gianluca, but for all those who say, “Oh well, I’ll think about it later,” we’re talking about twenty-five-year-olds, thirty-year-olds, forty-year-olds. How can we instill this awareness?
GIANLUCA= Obviously, it’s important to try to live a long life, but even more important is to try to live a broad life, that is, full of meaning, and that means…
NEK= …giving life a sense…
GIANLUCA= Exactly, having a full life, surrounded by love, being in touch with nature, being in touch with ourselves, and then mental health is important. Stress has a huge impact, and we are perhaps the generation that has broken down these barriers. Gen Z, the millennials, we are leaders in this. We are learning to know ourselves better and, why not, influence the older generations as well.
NEK= And this is very important.
WOMAN= And this is also the message for this evening, because even artists who can help scientists disseminate advice, you who are famous all over the world, feel this responsibility?
IGNAZIO = Each of us has a responsibility, we must be an example for everyone, not just artists who have an audience. Each of us has friends, family, and we must set an example for everyone.
Personally… I want to share an experience of mine, especially with younger people. Sometimes we look for an excuse to change our lives or to try to take care of ourselves. I’ve experienced it firsthand, starting to take care of myself when, unfortunately, I lost my father too soon. So, let’s not wait for the right moment to realize that we need to take care of ourselves; let’s start doing it now, right away.
WOMAN = Thanks, Ignazio.
NEK = Thanks to Il Volo, we’ll see you later.
IGNAZIO = See you later.
GIANLUCA = See you later.
PIERO = Bye.
(Immediately afterward, the second guest song: Grande Amore)
WOMAN = It’s an act of love, a great love, I’d say, and who could sing this Grande Amore to us? Il Volo!! (The song begins)
And here’s a review of Il Volo’s performance published by LIBERO.IT.
Il Volo isn’t joking around, and thankfully so. Rating: 8. If there’s still someone who dismisses everything with the word “boredom,” perhaps it’s time for them to refresh their understanding of live music. Ignazio, Gianluca, and Piero rocked the Circus Maximus with the tune “In Your Hands.” Not just a performance, but a demonstration of strength: vocal, artistic, and scenic. Every time they take the stage, they remind us of something we too often forget in Italy: they are an absolute excellence. Three young men who bring Italian music to the world with a credibility that many can only dream of. More than the national team that failed to win the World Cup, more than postcard stereotypes, more than pizza and the mandolin. Yet we continue to take them for granted. A mistake. Indeed, almost an outrage.
Several interviews from Il Volo have been published in recent days, with Ignazio, Gianluca, and Piero reuniting and giving interviews.
This particular one was published by IL MATTINO on June 17th in Naples.
Interview with Il Volo: “Success? It’s judged by the concerts, not the numbers on the platforms.”
Il Volo is coming to Naples and launching the September 8th concert at the Royal Palace of Caserta: “The setting deserves a special tribute. In addition to -O sole mio-, we could do another Neapolitan classic, perhaps -Marechiaro-, a real tongue twister.”
Globetrotters from the front of the stage, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble are taking a day off in Naples—but a day off is a bit of a stretch, as they’re taking advantage of the opportunity to meet the press and launch their September 8th concert in front of the Royal Palace of Caserta.
“It will be the last stop on our summer tour; we’ll tour Italy, Spain, and Greece,” anticipates Gianluca Ginoble, the trio’s baritone and sex symbol. “The setting is one of those that gives our work the most meaning, allowing us to highlight the continuity that exists in Italy between music, culture, art, and great beauty.” “For that occasion, we’ll have to come up with something,” reflects Piero Barone, the trio’s most lyrical tenor. “Our repertoire already includes ‘O sole mio,’ which we perform all over the world, but we could add another Neapolitan classic, perhaps ‘Marechiare,’ a real tongue twister. But so far, I’ve done it alone a few times; we should all prepare it.” Ignazio Boschetto, the other tenor, with a voice both light and powerful, is ready for the challenge: “It’s true, if you lose the rhythm in the pronunciation of the words, you never find it again. It also happens in ‘Il tempo delle cattedrali,’ one of the key pieces from ‘Notre Dame de Paris.’”
Speaking of signature tunes, you just recorded “Cuerpo sin alma” with Carlos Rivera.
Barone: “We’ve had a good relationship with him, a Mexican Latin music star, for a while now, and we wanted to do something together. We were looking for the most suitable song, but he told us about this Riccardo Cocciante song that his father used to listen to. When he told us the title, we didn’t immediately understand that…”
Was it the translation of “Bella senz’anima”?
Barone: “Exactly. And it seemed perfect, especially since Riccardo had come to us as a guest during the “Tutti per uno” television concerts on Canale 5 and had proposed it himself. It seemed like a sign of destiny.”
While we’re at it, shall we talk about the 2026 edition of “Tutti per uno”?
Boschetto: “We’re working on it; the event is September 24th to 26th in Mantua, Palazzo Te. We’re finalizing the cast.”
So, let’s get back to the Caserta concert. Aside from the tribute to cantaNapoli, what repertoire will you be performing?
Barone: “It will be divided into three acts.” Boschetto: “Like a massive opera.” Ginoble: “We want to tell the story of who we are, who we were, who we are becoming.”
Let me explain a little better.
Ginoble: “We started as youngsters, with a magnificent management team. We’ve done great things, and also made mistakes, which are the most important lessons, because you learn not to make them again. We’re growing, we want to choose the direction we want to take, proud of the songs we have in our lineup, of the projects dedicated to Morricone or the Three Tenors, but also with the desire to contribute to building our future.” Barone: “The three movements will bring together our most classical and lyrical songbook, the more pop-oriented one, and the one inspired by the experience of “Tutti per uno.” There’s room for trios, for duets, for solo performances…”
You’ll be back on tour in the States starting in November. You can’t live on platforms alone, after all.
Barone: “No, I actually think that today, true success should be judged by concerts rather than by streaming. Young people have more time than adults to listen, experience music at any time of day, post it, repost it, comment on it… Our audience, however, chooses to come hear us every night, drives, buys tickets… And we’re still here, 17 years later.” Ginoble: “I respect artists like La Niña and Andrea Laszlo De Simone; they prove that pursuing your artistic career doesn’t necessarily mean selling your soul to the devil.” Barone: “Then there are compromises: with the market, with managers, with the public, with record companies. But the important thing is to be faithful to your dreams.”
You were talking about mistakes along the way. Can you name at least one?
“In 2019, we came in third at Sanremo with “Musica che resta,” behind Mahmood and Ultimo. But we don’t perform that song live, we’ve never done it; it was impossible to repeat the success of 2015 with “Grande amore.” While “Capolavoro,” which even at the 2024 Festival, an edition featuring all the talents (Mahmood, Geolier, Mannoia, Annalisa, Angelina Mango), placed eighth, has become our other personal classic.
The interview included two videos, which are combined into this one, which I’m sharing and translating.
I want to emphasize that the interview was conducted by Federico Vacalepre, the man who harshly denigrated Il Volo with harsh and vulgar language in the press room at the 2019 Sanremo Festival. 🤬🤬
GIANLUCA= The Royal Palace of Caserta will close the Italian summer tour, which begins in early July. The first time we sang at the Royal Palace of Caserta was with Placido Domingo, if I’m not mistaken. Yes, we then had the opportunity to perform a concert in 2024 after the Sanremo Festival with Capolavoro, and obviously it’s a setting that helps; our music can become a soundtrack for these prestigious venues, so we’re very happy to bring our music to the Royal Palace of Caserta again.
PIERO= This year we somehow decided to divide the concert into three acts to showcase Il Volo’s identity, what Il Volo is today, from Grande Amore to O Sole Mio, a song that cannot be missing from the Caserta setlist of the Italian tour, and what Il Volo will be in the near future.
GIANLUCA= There will also be a part dedicated to TUTTI PER UNO where we will sing individually and there will also be duets so we will alternate, not just the three of us all the time, so it will also be interesting to see this new part live.
IGNAZIO= For us, Neapolitan song has become a very important part of our show, especially for the whole world, and we still have to decide which song to sing…
PIERO = Can I challenge the guys? Since last year at TUTTI PER UNO I sang “Marechiare,” which is a very difficult tongue twister, we’ll try to sing it in Caserta.
Then Il Volo was interviewed by Radio Kiss Kiss on the program “Fuori tutto”—a fun interview!!
Turn on the subtitles!
I can say that after a well-deserved break, a truly great live return for Il Volo. Piero, Gianluca, and Ignazio sounded at their best, their voices magnificent and rested.
The interviews were also great; in short, I’m completely satisfied, but I’d also like to hear your comments.
Daniela🤗
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