As soon as we got used to the idea that Ignazio was in love again with great pleasure, the web was flooded with beautiful photos of Ignazio asking for Michelle’s hand and her beloved response!!
But let’s try to understand who Michelle Bertolini is.
She was born in Caracas on 15 June 1994 to an Italian father and a Venezuelan mother, therefore she is Italian-Venezuelan and is the same age as Ignazio.
She was a professional tennis player, but in 2012, due to a knee injury, she was forced to abandon that path as a professional tennis player which was proving to be particularly promising for her.
She is a beautiful girl and therefore began a modeling career, which culminated in 2013, she excelled in the Miss Venezuela International beauty contest, winning the scepter and crown.
After sports and beauty pageants, Michelle is building her career as an entrepreneur. She and her brother founded the Kiko Sake Sushi by Bertolini restaurant in Caracas.
In the photo the staff of Kiko Sake Sushi. The tall man in Michelle’s side is her brother Enrico Tiziano Bertolini, with whom he runs the restaurant.
She also imports Italian wine into Venezuela, where she currently lives.
This photo was published by the Consulate General of Italy in Caracas, with this comment:
Happy 🤩 to have conversed with @michbertolini, Italian entrepreneur and sportswoman 🇮🇹 born in 🇻🇪. A former tennis champion, she was Miss 🇻🇪 Internacional 2013. Today she imports high quality Italian @bertoliniwine 🍷🍾 wines in 🇻🇪. Michelle is one of the many splendid examples of compatriots abroad who contribute to the growth of the economy 🇮🇹.”
But now we come to our Ignazio.
I would say he is in love with love and when he knows he is reciprocated, he throws himself into the relationship.
Can I say that, apart from some brief intermediate flirtations, there were four important female figures in Ignazio’s life, the first was Francesca Angileri, but they were both two kids, their relationship ended in 2015.
Then came his first adult relationship, with Alessandra Di Marzo, from 2016 to 2019.
So Ana Paula Guedes from 2021 to June 2022.
And now, the place in Ignazio’s heart belongs to the beautiful Michelle.
Distance is certainly a big problem, it was with Ana Paula, and in my opinion it was a wall that could not be overcome, in fact Ana Paula did not come here to Italy, or at least there was no news like that.
But I believe that the two of them broke up by mutual agreement and as good friends, in fact the breakup dates back to June 2022 and Il Volo was in Brazil on tour last year and fondly met Ana Paula and her family, a clear sign that they remain in good friendship.
But it seems that for Michelle the distance is not a big problem, because she lives here and also in Venezuela, and she has relatives here in Italy and her work as an exporter of Italian wines also requires her presence here too.
In fact, after Christmas spent in Venezuela, complete with Ignazio’s declaration of love, she followed him here to Italy.
She was with him at the Crotone concert.
Nina also loves Michelle, she published this photo with this dedication: “I am the happiest sister and sister-in-law in the world.
When two such pure and beautiful souls meet, they are destined to be together for life. I love you two !! ❤️❤️”
Yes, truly two beautiful souls Ignazio and Michelle, in fact in Venezuela they visited the pediatric hospital DOMINGO LUCIANI, and brought donations.
The former beauty queen @michbertolini and her new partner @ignazioboschetto who is a renowned singer of the Italian musical group @ilvolomusic were at the @hdr_domingoluciani carrying milk, diapers for the children of the neonatal unit of this hospital, they were accompanied by the renowned stylist @carlosaguilar85 who, with his foundation @fundacionpadrinossinlimites, was in charge of making the link to bring said donations to the institution.
They were received by the hospital’s public relations committee and its director, Dr. Maurilia Guzmán @Dramaurilinaguzman, who highlighted how grateful they were for this help that benefits many sick children in said hospital unit and commented on the importance of these collaborations for the hospital. and advocates that these good actions be encouraged.
In the video, Ignazio introduces Michelle and Carlos and thanks Carlos for accompanying them to give a smile to those in need.
Carlos says he is enchanted by Ignazio and Michelle, he thanks them for holding this noble heart and coming to give this gesture to the children of the Domingo Luciani hospital in Caracas Venezuela.
Michelle says hello to everyone.
But this is not the first time Michelle has gone to this hospital, in fact, she has already volunteered her work on other occasions.
This video dates back to the period immediately after her election as Miss Venezuela 2013.
And here is the complete Bertolini family.
And here are Ignazio and Michelle, beautiful and shining with love and happiness on January 5th in Trieste, the city where Michelle’s father lives.
Here with her uncle’s family.
With her make-up friend
A beautiful story and a beautiful couple, Ignazio and Michelle.
Ignazio has always said that he would like to start a family and have children.
He’s no longer a kid, I think it’s a well-considered desire and it seems that the love relationship with Michelle, even if it’s quite recent, is very serious.
We wish them both great happiness and let’s give time to time, in the meantime let’s enjoy their beautiful love. ❤️❤️
On Christmas Day, “Helene Fischer Show” was broadcast on ZDF TV in Germany, the program recorded about a month ago and in which Il Volo also participated with the song “A CHI MI DICE”.
Beautiful and elegant as always and their voices, what can I say, fantastic and well blended with Helene’s voice.
The RAI 1 news talked about the new Il Volo EP, a really pleasant article, here it is.
Merry Christmas with the voices of Il Volo, the trio interprets 4 great traditional classics. (video starts)
A new album dedicated to the holidays is the gift that, 10 years after the release of BUON NATALE THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM, Il Volo puts under the tree.
From the most famous Italian trio of singers in the world and who is preparing to perform in Sanremo for the third time in a few weeks, 4XMAS, the most famous Christmas songs in the world in a dedicated album.
Warm voices that envelop and warm the atmosphere with four timeless hits including the cover of HAPPY CHRISTMAS – WAR IS OVER by John Lennon, inevitably revisited with the addition of bel canto.
Food, wine, gifts, decorations, but also notes, because music cannot be missing at Christmas, and who knows whether the trio’s new melodies will soon become part of those “Christmas jingles” that struggle to get out of our heads and remind us with festive sounds, the happiest moments.
On the same day, our three lovely young men posted photos of themselves in the sweetness of Christmas.
MariaGrazia Barone, published this beautiful photo with the two brothers Francesco and Piero.
Ercole Ginoble published this sweet photo that portrays Ercole himself and his sons Gianluca and Ernesto around their grandfather Ernesto.
….and also a nice gathering at the Ginoble house with the whole family.
And finally, Michelle Bertolini published this beautiful photo portraying Ignazio in love embracing the beautiful Michelle. What a splendor this couple of lovers. ❤️
and if you are wondering if there was a declaration of love with ring…..
YES IT HAPPENED❤️❤️
Ignazio officially declared himself to Michelle with the delivery of the ring!!!………
And this is the response Michelle posted:
SI Y MIL VECES SIIII AMORE MIO!!! Quiero pasar mi vida junto a ti.. TI AMO TANTO
YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES MY LOVE!!! I want to spend my life together with you.. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH❤️
The newspapers immediately seized on the news, which in a flash went around the world wide web via fan pages. 😍
Orange flowers at the Il Volo house, with the marriage proposal from Ignazio Boschetto to his partner Michelle Bertolini. The images posted by the two boys on Instagram really suggest the big step. The photos of the rings… They look really unmistakable!
Ignazio has been a regular couple for some time with the Italian-Venezuelan model who was elected Miss Venezuela in 2013 and spends her few free moments in South America.
In recent days on social media the two have posted some Instagram stories in which Michelle’s outfit stood out, truly breathtaking and amazing.
Michelle Marie Bertolini Araque, of clear Italian origins, was born in Caracas on 15 June 1994 and is 1.80 cm tall.
His family originates from Trieste, on his father Enrico Bertolini’s side. The mother Jackeline Araque is, however, Venezuelan. At the same time as her career as a model and entrepreneur, Michelle was also a professional tennis player, so much so that she entered the WTA circuit in 2010. A bad injury during a match on the circuit caused her to end her professional career prematurely.
There are no details on the probable wedding between Ignazio and Michelle, it seems certain that the musician is now completely focused on his next participation in the Sanremo Festival. Il Volo, in fact, will return to the Ariston 5 years after the third place in Musica which remains with the song entitled Capolavoro.
So, still lots of sweet news during these holidays and I could not update you right away, even if the news of the official engagement will certainly have already reached you!!
Surely after reading all this, your heart will be filled with so much happiness for our Ignazio who seems to have found his soul mate. 😍😍
There is still one event in which Il Volo will participate as a guest among the many singers, the end-of-year concert hosted by Amadeus which will be held outdoors, in the beautiful Piazza Pitagora in Crotone, Calabria and which will be broadcast live by RAI1 on December 31st from 9.00 pm (Italian time)
So a 2024 truly bursting with news and events awaits us, but for now let’s prepare to leave this 2023, so our best wishes reach you!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!
with the hope that it will be a year of peace, and that your families will not lack health and happiness.
As usual, it’s December 26th and I’m sitting down to write my last story of the year! The problem is it’s Tuesday and my column should already be in!
To add to that, I’ve been distracted all day by some beautiful stories that were posted. It seems our Ignazio is engaged to the beautiful Michelle Bertolini! Now what does that have to do with me? I have been getting messages all day with questions about Ignazio and (mostly) Michelle! What I can tell you is she is a lovely lady who will make Ignazio’s life complete! I wish them a lifetime of Love, Happiness and Joy! I promise I will write about this at another time but for now, I have to wrap up the year!
So here it is December 26th and so much has happened this year I don’t even know where to begin. Actually, I do know where to begin. I’ll begin at the end! Last week we learned that the guys will go to Sanremo 2024 and they will sing Capolavoro! So, it’s no coincidence that the title of my story this week is Masterpiece! (Capolavoro). But in all sincerity, this whole year has been a Masterpiece for them.
2023 was about new beginnings! So now let’s go to where these new beginnings began. The best place to start is the televised concerts at Verona in May. The beautiful Frederica Panicucci who was the presenter of the IL Volo concert had this to say about what would happen that evening.
“During the evening Il Volo will show unpublished moments with solos and duets they never performed before. It will be their way of showing their different personalities.”
Yes, Federica was right, that night was different because we’ve heard these voices before but not in the way we heard them that night. The guys introduced us to their personal feelings about their music.
A great example of this is in Ignazio’s words before both concerts:
In the first concert Ignazio said, “I’ve always loved great female voices….”
And in the second concert he said, “I will try to take a trip to the most beautiful female songs in the world tonight.
When Ignazio said this, he brought me back to his childhood. If you recall in Ignazio’s story he talks about meeting Lilliana Adreanò, his singing teacher, for the first time. She asked Ignazio what kinds of songs he likes to sing and Ignazio replies, “You know, Liliana, I like to sing Giorgia’s songs.” Lilliana said: “Strange for a kid to sing this kind of song.”
So, it seems Ignazio still enjoys singing these (female) songs. And why wouldn’t he? He is the only one of the three that can sing that kind of song because they are songs that require a strong voice that is very clear, crisp and very lyrical and a lot of passion must be put into each song! I think I just described Ignazio’s voice! Let me add and, “very soulful!”
Next we met the real Gianluca in his rock mode and he introduced us to his feelings for Elvis, Sinatra, Dylan and the Beatles.
Piero brought us his perfect operatic voice. Whimsical and joyful. He has a great love and sincerity for this music. Opera is in his soul. He opens up that soul to us in these concerts with arias we have never heard before.
Amid a thousand points of light that sparkled like stars in the night sky, our guys were the brightest stars on the stage. They showed not just their love for one another’s music but their love and appreciation for the music of the other performers.
During their solos, the other two guys sat on the side stage and listened. In these moments, we see the admiration these men have for one another. Truly amazing!
This was a nice way of presenting each of them.
I remember Piero saying, in his story, that when he did a solo he couldn’t wait for it to end when Ignazio and Gianluca would return. He has to love this new arrangement.
These concerts were different. They showed a beautiful evolution from where the guys were to where they are now. Their new direction! Their future!
This new arrangement is thrilling because there is a lot of feeling in the music. The songs they have sung from the beginning have always had feeling but in a different way.
Here we feel each man’s thoughts, ideas and mindset. In the soul of each man there is a longing to bring you their music unlike you’ve ever heard it before. It is the movement within their souls when they sing. They were restless to release these feelings and make you feel what they feel. They bring a feeling of sheer bliss to each note in each song. Think about expressing your feelings for someone you love. Put that to music and you have each guy’s mindset.
So where did this go? Individuality!!!
Their new concerts are giving us the opportunity to look into the heart of our guys through their music. It allows us to see them in a deeper and more personal way.
Their idea of “individuality” was not to dissuade you from one or the other. No, in fact, they want you to take a closer look at the other guy. Not to compare but to understand their individuality!
You may have found that some of the music they are singing now you like more than what they were singing or vis versa! It’s called taking a closer look!
Il Volo is magic, and that magic is on the stage, in the concert halls, in Arenas and Amphitheaters, on TV, in videos and CD’s but the true magic of Il Volo is in our hearts!
Every concert I’ve seen is phenomenal. I feel that the guys are new at every concert. What does that mean. It means that even though they’ve sung those songs before and you’ve heard them a thousand times, when they come out on that stage, they make you feel like they are singing those songs for the first time. It’s called caring about your audience! Not just singing for the audience but wholeheartedly wanting to give the audience the most phenomenal experience of their lives. And that they do at every concert.
Just in time for Christmas, the guys released a new EP 4 Xmas ~ Amazing Grace, O Tannenbaum, Feliz Navidad and Happy Xmas (the War is Over)
And how did they end the year?
So everything they did this past year was new! It seems even newer and better things are coming. After the announcement of the Capolavoro the song they will sing at Sanremo, the guys did a very interesting video which tells us about what we will experience next. Sanremo 24, A New Album and A New World Tour! The theme, “All By Myself!!” It seems they are alone in their own universe! Does this say something about the new album? We already know the concerts are about individuality, perhaps the album will be too!
And of course, the new Armani look! Talk about Individual! All Black and all different!
What about the Best Photo of the Year 2023. Well, you’ve already seen it! It is my cover picture today!
This photo says so much about our guys. Look at their faces! This photo says we worked very hard and we’re happy to share all that we’ve done with you this evening. They are so proud to be standing on that stage! Their faces are full of emotion and joy! They can hardly contain themselves! They are very proud of the changes they made in their music! When you look at this picture what does it say it you? To me it says I think we got it right! Yes, guys, you did and that is why this is the Picture of the Year!
Actually, you got it right for 14 years! But this year you opened your hearts in song to us and each song you sang was a Masterpiece! We can’t wait to hear Capolavoro and all the new music you have for us!
In the end, this year was not about moments it was about changes! New beginnings, new songs, new feelings and each and every one was a Masterpiece!
One final note! I’m hoping that Ignazio or all of the guys together wrote Capolavoro!
And from myself, all the staff at Flight Crew and all the Fans we wish you guys a veryHappy New Yearfilled with many new Adventures!
We also wish all the Il Volo Family including Michele Torpedine, Barbara Vitali and all the crew that work so hard to bring us the best productions a very Happy New Year!
Join me next week as I go back Through the Field of My Mind and open the door to a new adventure!
And for your listening pleasure the full concert from Verona May 2023.
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