And here I am, listing our beloved trio’s latest events at the end of September.
The most notable event was undoubtedly the performance in Rome at the Vittoriano (Altar of the Fatherland) on the occasion of Saint Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the Italian State Police, September 29th.
The Vittoriano, or Altar of the Fatherland, is located in Rome and is an imposing national monument constructed of white marble. Its majestic appearance and central location in Piazza Venezia make it one of the symbols of Rome.
For those unfamiliar with the Vittoriano, or Altar of the Fatherland, it is a complex built between 1885 and 1935. It has represented the unity of the country since November 1923, when the body of the Unknown Soldier was buried in the heart of the Vittoriano.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located inside the Altar of the Fatherland (Vittoriano) and commemorates the Italian soldiers fallen and missing in action in the First World War. The body was chosen from eleven anonymous bodies and was buried on November 4, 1921 (Armed Forces Day in Italy). Since then, it has been guarded by soldiers, representing the symbol of all the nameless fallen.
In this splendid setting, Il Volo performed accompanied by the Police Band and in the presence of high-ranking government officials.
Il Volo sang three songs: Grande Amore O Sole Mio Nessun Dorma
Here is their performance. The presenter is Lorella Cuccarini, the charming showgirl who also hosted one of the concerts in Mantua.
LORELLA = I wanted to take you back 35 years, because 35 years ago, not far from here—I’m talking about the Baths of Caracalla—there was a concert, an evening event that has become iconic and has gone down in history: the Three Tenors concert.
Why do I say this? Because tonight we have the privilege of likely experiencing another moment that will leave its mark on history, because three artists take to this stage who, like the Three Tenors, come from an operatic background but have then chosen to intertwine it with popular music. They are three extraordinary voices, three artists who are the envy of the entire world. There’s only one name, but I’ll name three to introduce them all personally: Gianluca Ginoble Piero Barone Ignazio Boschetto a.k.a. Il Volo!
(applause—the performance begins with Grande Amore and O Sole Mio)
GIANLUCA = It’s truly an honor to be here with you this evening. A big round of applause for these wonderful musicians, the band, and the maestro, please. Thank you, thank you so much.
PIERO = The pieces we’re performing are pieces we’ve inherited, part of our cultural heritage, and belong to all of us. The next piece is perhaps the world-famous aria, written by composer Giacono Puccini, from Turandot: Nessun Dorma! (applause)
LORELLA = Phenomenal, Il Volo, my goodness, but I’ve already told you, how good you are, my goodness, thank you, thank you to all our teachers, thank you to Maestro Billi, you’ve truly given us something incredible.
Then you can use these, nothing happens. (She means they can use the microphones on the stand to speak too.)
PIERO = Do we have to talk?
LORELLA = Yes, you have to talk, can I let you speak for once?
IGNAZIO = Absolutely.
LORELLA = Because only if you sing.
IGNAZIO = In case we speak while singing, (he says a few words in a lyrical tone) Tell me… How? (laughter)
LORELLA = I wanted to thank you on behalf of the State Police because I know you’ve worked so hard to be here this evening. Tell us what your days are like and where you need to be in half an hour. (She’s referring to all the commitments that Il Volo has had over the past two days.)
PIERO = No, let’s not talk about it, they’re normal (always very discreet and don’t like to brag).
LORELLA = But at least the public will appreciate you being here (meaning it was difficult to be here due to commitments, but Il Volo is here).
IGNAZIO = Let’s just say we’ve been together for 16 years now, and we’re used to the hectic life, and we’re enjoying it, so it’s nice to always be on the move. But there’s always a great deal of affection for the State Police, and it’s a huge honor for us, It’s a pleasure to be able to collaborate and share music with these great professionals and people.
LORELLA = Have you ever been to this place?
GIANLUCA = No, never, in fact it’s a privilege to have these experiences at our age.
LORELLA = Isn’t it breathtaking? (From that level of the Vittoriano, it’s like being in a square with a view of the panorama of Rome, truly remarkable.)
GIANLUCA = These are indelible experiences that will remain in our memories. We hope it’s not the last time. We’re always here for you, and thank you for giving us this immense opportunity. (applause)
Maybe we’ll come back here with a concert of our own. We look forward to seeing you all.
LORELLA = Sure, the capacity isn’t great, but if you’re doing an event for television…
Speaking of the hectic life, I’d like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Ignazio, who recently became a father.
IGNAZIO = This joy, he has only one month!
LORELLA = Excuse me, I’m taking a moment with him (Ignazio), especially to see how he feels, how he’s doing, if he’s sleeping…
IGNAZIO = No, he doesn’t sleep, but I think many of you already know that, he doesn’t sleep, but all the sacrifices are worth it when he looks at you, smiles at you, we grow together…
LORELLA = You’re crushed…
IGNAZIO = I’m completely in love, I’m in love again, that’s it!
LORELLA = I’d like to know how these two uncles (Piero and Gianluca) behave? Gianluca?
GIANLUCA = I take him with me every now and then, then you’ll see.
LORELLA= You take him with you, should we be worried?
GIANLUCA= Yes, he (Ignazio) worries a little.
LORELLA = Why don’t you trust him?
IGNAZIO = No, not him.
LORELLA = You trust Piero more.
GIANLUCA = I’m more of a child than your son sometimes.
LORELLA = So wait a few years.
IGNAZIO = I’ll wait more than a few years.
LORELLA = Piero?
PIERO = But, maybe I was born to be an uncle, so I’m totally ready.
LORELLA = But are you ready to be nannies too?
PIERO = Can I say that? Then you should know that I think it’s right to be proud of our relationship, because singing and spending a professional life together for almost 17 years isn’t a given.
IGNAZIO = Be a team.
PIERO = And in today’s society, being a team isn’t very common. (applause)
LORELLA = I’d almost say become a family.
PIERO = Regardless of our achievements, our careers, we can say whatever we want, but what we’re most proud of is the maturity between us, the respect between the three of us, and that’s what we’ve tried to do since day one. Listening to each other, finding a compromise, and moving forward. This can’t be done just for our own interests, but because there’s respect, there’s love, and one thing … maybe it’s the first time we’ve said it, and I’m thrilled because the three of us, beyond being colleagues, love each other…
IGNAZIO = We love each other…
GIANLUCA = We love each other very much…
(In Italy, to love each other -AMARSI – is only understood as a couple, to love each other -VOLERSI BENE- is understood as great affection.)
LORELLA = Okay, we understood (that it’s about great affection).
PIERO = I rarely get emotional, but three weeks ago, when Ignazio’s son Gabriele was born, Ignazio asked me to be his son’s godfather, and so I think this is a “strong” gesture. It really touched me, and I also think it’s a message for young people in the individualistic world we live in.
I think sending this message of unity, strength, and teamwork… is like an orchestra; without a conductor, all these talented professionals couldn’t play together. So, I have so much hope in young people, in our peers. I’m no one to give advice, but let’s try to prove this with our actions.
LORELLA = You truly are a beautiful family, thank you again, best wishes for everything, for the future. Another huge round of applause for these phenomena: Il Volo.
IGNAZIO = Thank you, thank you all.
PIERO = Thank you.
LORELLA = Thank you guys!
GIANLUCA = Thanks, see you soon!
Il Volo also performed the Italian anthem: Fratelli d’Italia!
It must have been a truly remarkable event, in the presence of many dignitaries and from the top of the Vittoriano steps where you can see a beautiful panorama of Rome, as Gianluca sends us with these videos and photos.
Immediately afterward, Il Volo is expected at the “Sistine Corridors” for another event, the GLOBAL SUMMIT 2025 World Travel & Tourism Council.
But what are the “Sistine Corridors”? They are the oldest hospital wards in Europe.
The historic hospital wards commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere for the Jubilee of 1475 are within the ancient complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia (Rome).
Traditionally considered the largest and oldest hospital complex in Europe, with its eight centuries of history and over a thousand square meters of frescoes, they are just steps from St. Peter’s, within a fully operational hospital.
In practice they are long frescoed corridors, where the sick were hospitalized.
One of these lanes now hosts events, and it’s where Il Volo performed.
There are only a few photos of the evening, but it was a very important event on an international level.
And then immediately Il Volo in volo to Verona where they are expected for the memorial to Pavarotti.
September 30th, their arrival at the Arena for rehearsals.
And here, thanks to a video from music_freizeitparks_travel, is Il Volo’s performance.
The event, which featured numerous guests, was hosted by Michelle Hunziker. The evening was filmed by Rai1, but no one yet knows when it will be broadcast. In the meantime, enjoy this video where Piero, Ignazio, and Gianluca sing “CAPOLAVORO” alongside three female opera singers, and then, alone but conducted by maestro Placido Domingo, “GRANADA.”
My goodness, so many important engagements in just a couple of days! Before the one in Rome for the Police, Il Volo had performed in Naples at the Hotel Excelsior Vittoria for a private event, of which we offer you this short video.
In short, Piero, Ignazio, and Gianluca are highly sought after for high-profile events, certainly also because they embody, in addition to their splendid singing, sound principles. Congratulations again, guys; your efforts over these 16 years are bearing fruit.
But I want to conclude with a look at the family’s new “little one,” Gabriele, who was photographed out for a walk with his mother’s family.
This shot with mom Michelle is so sweet.❤️💙
And what about this sweet shot of Ignazio and Gabriele? ❤️💙
See you soon with the first concerts in South America!!
As I told you, there is no rest for our three guys, we left them in Bucharest and immediately after they ran home to Italy, to Turin for a beautiful performance, among many other singers, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, as part of the feast of San Giovanni.
The participation of the public was incredible, as you can see from the photo below.
It’s a really hot Italian summer and these events in the square attract a lot of people, especially a lot of young people, so I’m very happy when Il Volo joins in on this type of performance, moreover the event was performed live on June 24th, but Mediaset, in particular Canale 5 broadcast it on June 29th.
Here is the moment of Il Volo.
Il Volo sang three songs:
CAPOLAVORO GRANDE AMORE NESSUN DORMA
I start by attaching the two videos from Canale 5, I hope that most of you can see them because they are of excellent quality. The presenter of the evening is Gerry Scotti who introduced Il Volo with beautiful words that I propose to you immediately.
G.SCOTTI= The next ones are artists ambassadors of Italian music in the world.
They are much loved artists with crystalline talent. They are at home on Canale 5, also because they rarely see their real home because they are always around the world with their fantastic concerts, but tonight they are here with us, with you: Il Volo!
(At the end of Grande Amore Gerry Scotti enters the stage and sings with Il Volo. The audience singing with our guys is incredible)
G.SCOTTI= We are about to listen to a timeless masterpiece of Italian opera, and the reason why in introducing you I literally defined you “the youngest ambassadors of Italian music in the world”.
By now you have the success you deserve and the applause of this square is yet another demonstration because I followed your shows on television and you already knew it.
PIERO= Thanks Gerry.
G.SCOTTI= So, the three microphone stands are already positioned, everything is ready, please gentlemen (to the guys) I will make an official introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, it is the first time I make an introduction with this voice, from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini Il Volo sings NESSUN DORMA.
And for those who can’t watch the Canale 5 videos, here is the video of Capolavoro and Grande Amore and Nessun Dorma published by Il Volo en Clase, which we thank.
Towards the end of the evening, a young dancer, Francesco, also performed on stage, performing his dance to the music of WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER sung by Il Volo, so that this song was also heard by the audience.
A series of beautiful photos.
The newspapers talked about the Turin event. I’ll translate for you what they wrote about Il Volo in the DILEI newspaper.
Il Volo, Nessun Dorma, thrilling. Rating 9 They have toured the world with their voices, but seeing them on an Italian stage always has a special charm. The guys from Il Volo arrive in perfectly coordinated black suits, sobriety and class in every detail. They sing with pathos, passion, impeccable technique. They thrill and warm the soul, so much so that Gerry Scotti can’t resist and goes up on stage to join them. But the highlight is Nessun Dorma: a textbook performance, powerful, vibrant, that makes more than one person in the square’s legs tremble. Il Volo confirms itself as the perfect bridge between opera and pop, and on an evening like this they know how to be the absolute protagonists without overdoing it.
But there is still more to see, because on June 26 Il Volo participates in an event on Lake Como, and precisely at Villa d’Este. Nothing has leaked about the evening, Villa d’Este published this press release the following day:
“What can we say about last night? The anniversary of our 150 seasons of emotions deserved to be celebrated with such style and joy! Many thanks to ALL our Guests (not only those who joined yesterday’s celebrations) and to our wonderful staff who made this fairy tale come true.”
(The photo attached to the press release was not taken during the evening but at the same event in which Il Volo participated a couple of years ago.)
Instead our guys sent us these photos taken in the beautiful gardens of Villa d’Este.
But the month of June is not over yet and so from Lake Como, off to Naples on June 28th, and exactly in the beautiful gulf of Sorrento, to the luxurious and exclusive Maya Beach Experience for a private event, of which I can offer you these video fragments.
Do you think that after the U.S. tour and the three concerts in Mantua, Il Volo enjoyed a well-deserved rest???
That’s not exactly the case.
In reality, I don’t understand where those three find the strength to do all this, but they are certainly young and have a staff behind them that works well.
Of course, after the hard work in Mantua, our guys each returned to their family home, but not much time has passed, in reality only five days and Gianluca is making people talk about him, he gave a lesson at an institute in his Abruzzo.
Everything is well described in this article from May 16 that I’ll translate for you.
IN VOLO WITH STUDENTS, GIANLUCA GINOBLE’ LESSON: “TECHNOLOGY HAS ANESTHETIZED US TODAY”
The singer was the protagonist of a meeting at the Lucatelli Institute as part of a course dedicated to the value of words.
Words are not just a means of communication, they are body, life, desire.
Words can imprison us or make us free, make us live in anxiety and fear or bring us joy and serenity.
Words unite but often, unfortunately, they are also occasions of closure and conflict.
This and other things were discussed yesterday during the meeting held in the Comprehensive Institute of Tolentino Lucatelli-Don Bosco to complete the school project “La cura delle parole”.
Special guest, singer Gianluca Ginoble from Il Volo, who gave a lesson to the kids on the value of words and the importance of reading.
“Today, technology – the famous singer observed – has anesthetized us, we have become much more fragile and dependent on the means of communication that, more often than not, distract us from our priorities or duties. Social media often represents a source of linguistic impoverishment.
Young people no longer want to read, indeed they consider reading a useless thing, of no practical value.
However, they must not be a display of knowledge, instead it is necessary to internalize what we read to find within sentences and words a meaning to what we experience.
Taking care of words means covering the depth of the language, analyzing a topic in depth and school represents the privileged place to promote itineraries and strategies aimed at arousing curiosity and love for everything that concerns verbal communication, to bring out the need and pleasure of this ability. Furthermore, it leads young people towards the knowledge of many emotions.”
“Reading Dostoevsky, for example, makes us understand – Ginoble added – what pain is without needing to feel it.
Flaubert makes us feel all the passion of love even without being in love.
Words are therefore not just a tool for communication: through conscious language, we can create images and emotional states within ourselves and also in those who listen to us.”
The project LA CURA DELLE PAROLE (The care of words) involved students from the third class and a second class from the primary school. All classes focused their attention on an aspect of the word, with individual and group work. Many were the questions that the students asked the Abruzzo member of Il Volo, interested in knowing the singer’s habits, his sources of inspiration and his favorite team, Roma.
Gianluca Ginoble finally invited the students to discover their own vocation:
“Do what you feel, don’t let yourself be influenced too much by others, there will always be those who appreciate you and those who criticize you.”
And towards the teachers:
“Respect them, they take care of you, you too take care of them as you take care of your parents.”
Finally, the students gave the singer a painting they had painted depicting a spring landscape with the words, “The voice of silence”. A word, silence, to be rediscovered, was privileged for reading.
A short video of the lesson where an interviewer asks Gianluca his opinion on “letting go – change”.
GIANLUCA = Letting go like changing, even in the old version of me I never had a hard time, in fact I can’t wait to change because there are people who say: “I’m made like this”, and that is the most wrong thing you can say, because it means that you don’t give yourself the chance to be reborn every time and I have never been afraid.
I had a hard time letting go of the people with whom I had shared time, for a question of attachment, when you recognize that it is no longer love but a habit, an attachment, it is hard (to let them go).
But in fact I also wanted to ask you a question (the students laugh because Gianluca who is being interviewed wants to ask the interviewer the question).
You know why, it is clear that you must not be a slave to your own mind, but I think it is a question that everyone asks themselves: “How important is it to learn to let go?”.
(Too bad the video ends here)
In a few days, it’s May 20th, Il Volo reunited, is in Cannes for a private event hosted by the jewelry house CHOPARD.
The private event was held during the Cannes Film Festival.
Here is what the house of Chopard published.
“ @chopard A creative twist on Cannes’s most exclusive night. Caroline’s Universe evening invited the festival’s most distinguished guests into an enchanted forest of artistic imagination without limits. A celebration of the daring vision of Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Chopard by Caroline.”
Here is an excerpt from an article dedicated to the fashion event and published by Globestyles.
During the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Chopard organized “Universe”, an immersive gala dinner conceived by Caroline Scheufele. Hosted in a hangar transformed into a dreamlike universe, the event featured exclusive musical performances, a High Jewelry show with 78 unique creations, and the new dresses from the Caroline’s Couture collection. International guests included stars from the worlds of cinema, fashion, and music.
Guests included a lineup worthy of major film premieres: Festival juror Halle Berry, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabelle Huppert, Carla Bruni, James Franco, Patrick Schwarzenegger.
The evening opened with an aperitif at sunset, followed by a spectacular dinner in a setting inspired by a cosmic forest. Mirrored tables unfolded like luminous orbits, creating an immersive visual effect. The musical interlude was entrusted to the group Il Volo, who introduced the theme of the sensory journey, central to the evening’s imagery.
Only a couple of short videos have reached us.
But immediately after the event in Cannes, the immediate return to Italy, but this time towards Naples for another private event taking place in the Royal Palace of Naples.
This following photo of the entrance staircase was sent by Gianluca.
Nothing is known about the event, but there is a summary video of various musical moments.
So, from Italy Il Volo flies to Brazil on May 27th to record their presence at the famous ATLAS HORA show which will then be broadcast on Saturday May 31st on Brazilian TV.
But there is also time for humanitarian events, on May 29th Il Volo performed at the Clube Atlético Monte Libano, in Brazil, in a private event in support of the Syrian-Lebanese hospital. 😍🥰❤️
We all thought that immediately after the concerts in Mantua there would be a period of well-deserved rest for Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero, but as we saw it was not like that at all.
Congratulations guys, hats off, you have so much energy and also a heart of gold that also thinks about supporting humanitarian projects.
Due to the fragment of the video relating to the Radio Number One interview, where it seemed that Piero and Gianluca had a difference of opinion, a video that we have already published here and we have already talked about, and despite the denials from Stefano Fisico who had interviewed Il Volo at that time and also by one of his colleagues, many Italian journalists and as many newspapers published that Il Volo was disbanding.
So all the newspapers reported the news that Il Volo had reached the end of the line, that the boys would split up and a lot of people believed these words, despite many fans (including me) writing that they didn’t believe these fake messages.
Some newspapers had even looked for the causes of the division, saying that the cause was Piero and for this reason he was already taking opera singing lessons on his own…..others wrote that the cause was Gianluca because his girlfriend (who no longer has ) with his contacts (his grandfather in the cinema field) had pushed him to undertake a career as an actor……others have written that the cause was Ignazio thinking about imminent marriage and that women divide groups.
Some articles even put all the concerts on the tour at risk, advising fans to be careful when buying tickets… Incredible!!
ALL THIS WAS EXTREMELY FALSE BUT THE NEWSPAPERS, FOR DAYS AND DAYS, CONTINUED TO WRITE THIS NEWS.
Only the journalist Alessi, of Novella 2000 a gossip newspaper, had the courage to go against the grain and make this video:
ALESSI= Good news, the guys from Il Volo are not separating, these days all the sites, newspapers etc. after there had been a small fight between two of the guys from Il Volo, they wrote that they are separating, that they will no longer be together, that everyone will go for themselves, reckless lives of soloists etc., among other things, even Rosario Fiorello had intervened to do a public appeal from VIVA RAI 2 (Fiorello’s show) to say not to separate, after 883 and Benji and Fede (groups that separated) don’t separate too.
Well they don’t separate, and not only that, next week I discovered that they will go to Fiorello as guests to reiterate that there are three of them and three of them remain.
And here we are at VIVA RAI, the morning television show (starts at 7.00), a successful comedy show hosted by Fiorello.
This show takes place outdoors in the RAI courtyard, but previously it took place in a street in Rome, precisely in via Asiago and people protested because it was an early morning show (to be broadcast at 7.00 the workers start much earlier ) furthermore people can also go and watch the show, so there was a lot of disturbance for the people who lived in that street and after complaints, the show was moved to the RAI courtyards.
But Fiorello, who is a naughty boy, wanted to spite the inhabitants of Via Asiago yet again, together with Il Volo, who lent himself to this gag that I translated for you. 😂😂😂
FIORELLO= Good morning friends, you see me, I’m alone. I still have to change for the episode. It’s 4.30 am, very early, it’s dark at night.
Now we will connect with Via Asiago, you remember via Asiago, we were there before and they miss us. 😂
Someone told us and then we returned to Via Asiago, at the moment Biggio Fabrizio is there. (Fiorello’s collaborator) Fabrizio are you there? Fabrizio can you hear me? There it is, there, I see you!
BIGGIO= Yes, I’m here, I’m here, I’m in Via Asiago.
FIORELLO= Is everything quiet there?
BIGGIO= There is an incredible silence. You can’t hear a fly.
FIORELLO= Where was Glass once? (their glass station)
BIGGIO= Here, Glass was here (he points to a point on the road)
FIORELLO= Yes, yes. Do we want to go back to the old days and bring some good humor to Via Asiago?
BIGGIO= We are here on purpose! We are here on purpose!
FIORELLO= Who is with you, who is there
BIGGIO= I’m not alone, I’m not alone exactly, there are the guys from Il Volo, look!
Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero imitate the three musketeers by shaking hands and saying: “One for all and all for one” and giving each other the names of the three musketeers.
GIANLUCA= The atom is divisible but we are not.
PIERO= Il Volo united, will never be defeated (paraphrasing a well-known song)
IGNAZIO= There will be no Yoko Ono to divide us!
PIERO= (To Ignazio) You want to be Pooh (a group that split up!)
IGNAZIO= No!
BIGGIO= (to Fiorello) Here, you see, you saw Rosario, they are united….all these voices….they are united.
FIORELLO= Leave the rumors alone, then let’s do that thing over there…
BIGGIO= We are ready.
FIORELLO= Those of Via Asiago will be happy, whenever you want, go.
BIGGIO= So guys (call Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca) let’s sing your great success.
IGNAZIO= 3×2 six
PIERO= Why are you 3×2?
GIANLUCA= Again??
BIGGIO= Yes, Big Love, but keep your voices down guys….
PIERO= If they wake up they will kick us out…..
BIGIO= Here we go…
GIANLUCA= (he intones in a low voice) Tell me why when I think, I only think of you….
PIERO= (also, in a low voice) Tell me why when I see, I only see you….
IGNAZIO= (also him, in a low voice) Tell me why when I live, I live only in you….
I+P+G= (all very loudly) Big Loveeeee
IGNAZIO= Sleepyheads!!!!
FIORELLO= Run away, run away!!
IGNAZIO= Don’t sleep!!!
FIORELLO= Stop, stop, throw everything away!! See you later, theme song, what’s up, I don’t know what’s up. Sssshhhhh!!! 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Fiorello, you are truly unstoppable and those kids Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero who listen to you!! What a laugh!! 😂😂
And now, here we are now in the internal square of RAI. The performance of Il Volo begins outside with the song Capolavoro. Unfortunately the day is not hot and it is drizzling.
Wow, how wonderful, shame about the weather. Well done Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca and the two dancers are also very good, but what a very hot dance!!! 🔥🔥 But weren’t they cold? The water in the pool was warm, but what courage and what hot kisses!!
A very beautiful performance, technically, but perhaps not exactly ideal for the day, but with music like this, with voices like this, a masterpiece was needed.
The performance continues inside the Glass Box with a succession of gags that I will translate for you.
FIORELLO= More united than ever, truly more united than ever, you know that rumors are chasing each other over a small spat…. guys, how many times, how many squabbles, I and you (to Biggio) but we don’t break up (and they sing a song that says…but we will never leave each other, we have too many things together, if we get angry then we will find ourselves with three body and a soul) 😂😂😂 if we prepared it, we would never have done it so well!
Gentlemen, here we are. First, however, I present to you something incredible, because there is something that no one knows, because as you know these guys now, they weren’t like this before. Just think, before they were a rap-trap group (laughter).
What, did you laugh? I know, they were called La Dark Volo Gang, look (and there’s a video of a Fiorello show from 2019 where Il Volo imitated rap singers and sing Caruso in rap mode….🤣🤣🤣 then they start Capolavoro)
Il Volo, I Voli, so here we are, here we are finally, I couldn’t wait for you to arrive…(Gianluca continues to hug Piero and Ignazio)
PIERO= Please, will you remove it from back here? (Gianluca)
GIANLUCA= No, I have to stay among you, because we are a united, cohesive group, we won’t break up like the others!!
PIERO= Well done Gianluca!
IGNAZIO= (starts singing the song…..we will NEVER break up….)
FIORELLO= Look at the record company how happy they are (happy that they aren’t separating). In the meantime, look at how beautiful this is (photo by All for One, then he shows the tour dates, ) it’s incredible guys.
GIANLUCA= But we didn’t come to promote the tour…… but our tour will start in May at the Verona Arena.
FIORELLO= And will we be there from May?
PIERO= Did you buy the ticket?
FIORELLO= No! I will never pay for one of your concerts…..(laughter).…but you think I pay, they invite me…I’ve already seen them.
Seeing a show is refreshing for me, because I sit down and see the talent, these wonderful voices that intertwine. I would like to be the fourth of Il Volo, (he tries a high note), without instead doing (he intones Tirichitolla), this is our hit that sooner or later we will do.
Before starting everything, give me the books, do you have them?? (Every time there is a guest, Fiorello shows off books with ridiculous labels). They not only make music, but they also have a publishing activity and here it is their new book (Fiorello shows the book written by Fabio Volo, on which they removed the name Fabio with a sign and wrote IL so that you read IL Volo ), you see it’s their book!
How long did it take you to write this book?
IGNAZIO= Two days.
FIORELLO = Did you write it with three hands? But you were wrong, you wrote Fabio … and then there are the other books, travel books, obviously one each: TAKEOFF (with the photo of Gianluca) 🤣 HIGH ALTITUDE (with the photo of Ignazio)😂 LANDING (with Piero’s photo)🤣 and then the small one, you see: LOW COST (laughter) 🤣😂🤣
GIANLUCA= But I see it has a preface by Fabio Volo! 😂
FIORELLO= We don’t miss anything, we are quite didactic. But technology has also taken care of you, and I have allowed myself to ask a question to our artificial ignorance. 😂
PIERO= Ignorance??😂
FIORELLO= Yes, we have artificial ignorance.🤣 So, Ignorance: Il Volo.
IGNORANCE= (in an artificial voice) Thanks for the question Rosario Fiorello, because I have always liked Il Volo, even if they could have chosen a name that you could immediately understand that there are three.
Il Volo have been together since they were children, since Ti Lascio Una Canzone, when they were still in nursery school.
Even though they are beautiful, do you ask the tall one if he is single? 😂
FIORELLO= Are you single? (to Ignazio)
IGNAZIO= No.
IGNORANCE= The tall one, (doesn’t know the name) I’ll leave you my cell number, which is: 12##13.😂😂
FIORELLO= But what number is it? What number is that, sorry Ignorance?
IGNORANCE= And they sang with Barbra Streisand and Placido Domingo, not like you three (Fiorello and his two friends), who do the job of making jokes (the comedians), I would send you to dig.
This time I really studied the guests, did you know that Il Volo has sold, to be precise, a number of millions of records, even gold and even platinum, like even in Venezuela. Sorry if I’m too precise, but I wanted to, now Rosario Fiorello, I have to leave you because I have an audition to join an all-female artificial musical band, we thought we’d call ourselves The Three Ignorances, or The Very Ignorant, what do you think?
FIORELLO= The three ignorances.😂
IGNORANCE = Happy extinction to everyone, that is, I was saying, a big hug to everyone.
FIORELLO= No, you have extinction, you said happy extinction to everyone, you said it! We salute our artificial ignorance. (applause)
So, dear Volo, you have fun when these rumors are going around, look at them here how beautiful they are, let’s hug them, come here.
GIANLUCA= But then they said everything, that Piero takes lessons on his own…🤬
FIORELLO= Who takes lessons alone???
PIERO= Me
FIORELLO= But why there is a singing school to be a soloist, I don’t understand, it seems to me…..
GIANLUCA= But then they are mean, they say that Gianluca is going to America, because there are girls who ruin groups…. don’t spread rumors that aren’t true!! 🤬
IGNAZIO= John Lennon calm down.
GIANLUCA= Everything you read IS NOT TRUE!! 👏👏👏
IGNAZIO= Unfortunately it’s fake news!!😂
FIORELLO= Guys, I’ll take care of it, don’t worry, I’ll take care of it. 😂
PIERO= But how many distractions, my goodness. (Ignazio starts the song Capolavoro)
Do we want to play a game? You have done everything and we have to renovate you, give me a lyric of the song, for example one of your lyrics….
IGNAZIO= You seem like my hairdresser..” we need to renovate”…
FIORELLO= So they tell you… do we have to renovate?…
PIERO= Yes and then you always come out bald! 😂
FIORELLO= Are you ready? Guys, here we have the lyrics of Nessun Dorma, but we have to restructure it, let’s see if we can do it.
PIERO= The orchestra???
FIORELLO= The orchestra is there! (there is only the pianist) 😁 For the first time I will have Il Volo who will be my backing singers with a cheerful samba….(a samba starts to the beat of which Fiorello and Il Volo sing the lyrics of Nessun Dorma) 😂😂😂😂
It is being renovated and this is Il Volo low cost!!
Look, Sanremo went well, though!
IGNAZIO= Yes, we had fun.
FIORELLO= Is it the third Sanremo or the fourth?
IGNAZIO= It’s the third Sanremo, it went well, it depends on what point of view you look at it.
FIORELLO= But what have you done: first once, you came first once.
GIANLUCA= Once third and once eighth.
PIERO= We miss finishing last!
FIORELLO= No, it’s good, you won’t be there next time because you’ll be traveling around the world.
PIERO= Yes
FIORELLO = Gentlemen, now to seal the love, at 8.02 am, there is a song, a duet, the duet of duets which is “Non Amarmi” (it is a beautiful song that won Sanremo New Proposals 1992)
PIERO= Who is Alessandro Baldi? (The song was sung by Alessandro Baldi, a young blind man and by Francesca Alotta)
FIORELLO= I play Baldi and you play Alotta and we translate the song into the plural, we pluralize it.
IGNAZIO= Ok
PIERO= (music begins) But this is THE SHOW MUST GO ON by Queen!!
(they start singing the song, and of course the words of the chorus have been changed to adapt them to Il Volo’s situation with the Italian journalists)
IL VOLO = “Don’t love us for the sake of something different”
FIORELLO = “But do you think it’s right to spend time together”
IL VOLO = “Don’t love us and we realize how true a lie is, if your love is not worth it, don’t love us but don’t send us away.”
FIORELLO= It couldn’t have come out better!! Gentlemen, now and forever. IL VOLO.
Two selfies with Il Volo!! 🥰🥰🥰
A few words with Il Volo 😍😍😍
MAN= Good morning guys, good morning, Il Volo to Viva Rai 2, how was this morning.
PIERO= It’s finally stopped raining.
MAN= Are you happy that it stopped raining?
PIERO= Very happy.
MAN= I saw you this morning a little worried about the rain.
PIERO= But that’s two drops of water.
GIANLUCA= But why is Fiorello there to put you in a good mood!!
IGNAZIO= Two small drops of water…..the umbrella, the umbrella!! (imitates Piero)
GIANLUCA= We had fun, thanks to everyone as always.
MAN = Beautiful Capolavoro!
PIERO= Thanks!
MAN= Now the world tour awaits you.
IGNAZIO= In May at the Verona Arena, see you there.
GIANLUCA= And Caracalla in Rome.
IGNAZIO= Yes, Caracalla in Rome.
PIERO= At the Baths of Caracalla, but first let’s go to Japan.
MAN= First in Japan and then Rome, but which is the stage you are most looking forward to?
PIERO= Rome.
GIANLUCA= We are in Rome and we say Rome.
MAN= Ah ah, of course, it depends on where you are. Thanks guys, bye, bye.
Do you remember the ballet performed at the beginning to the music of Capolavoro?
The choreographer of that ballet is Luca Tommassini, a famous Italian choreographer who also worked with Madonna.
At the beginning of Il Volo’s career, when they were little and in America, he was the one who instructed them on how to move on stage, I also seem to remember that he appears in a PBS video while giving the kids some advice on stage.
However, the video of the performance on Capolavoro was interrupted at the end of the song but live, our boys complimented the choreography, remembering that it is by Luca Tommassini and he, who was present, published this comment on his Instagram page:
I’m so proud of these three guys, I’ve never talked about my experience with them, the first American tour that I directed… They were so small and so phenomenal that it was an honor to personally accompany them on many of the North American stops… I still remember the first ones hosted on the most important shows in America… The first messages from the biggest music stars…. In a few months the world fell in love with them… I did everything to support them. I also bought him outfits for the first shows, I cut his hair😅… In short, I loved them and I still love them❤️❤️❤️ Thanks again to the whole #vivarai2 team and again to our wonderful dancers Giulia and Cristian ❤️❤️🙌 (the water was hot😅) Long live Rosario Fiorello!!
And do you remember Stefano Fisico, the one who interviewed them on Radio Number One and who had made a video against the journalists who wrote about Gianluca and Piero’s argument?
After Fiorello’s show he posted this:
“My compliments to all the pseudo-journalists who, in order to click on the newspapers or pseudo-newspapers with which they collaborate, invented this fake news on the dissolution of Il Volo taken from an interview of mine. In fact, we can see that they are close to doing so 🤣🤣🤣
As Emilio Fede (Italian journalist) would say:
What a figure of shit.”
Eleonora Venturini Storaro also had to make a statement that put an end to this false news, and so we definitively read, as we suspected, that she and Gianluca are no longer a couple.
It’s not my business to publish this type of story and I’ve tried to stay out of it as much as possible, but given the circumstances I feel I have to protect myself.
I wanted to communicate that all the news that has come out in recent days regarding my involvement and that of my grandfather Vittorio Storaro regarding the dissolution of “IL Volo” for a possible career of Gianluca Ginoble as an actor in Hollywood are totally false.
Furthermore, the love story between me and Gianluca ended 4 months ago for reasons that have nothing to do with our respective professional activities.
Eleonora Venturini Storaro.
Of course, after this Fiorello show, all the newspapers are publishing that Il Volo will never split, that it was just false news!!
I still can’t understand the Italian press and I don’t think I will ever understand it, but there is one positive thing, in this period the news on Il Volo, even if false, have invaded all types of newspapers and I must say there have been many comments begging Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca not to split up.
But do you think that once Fiorello’s show was over the boys had a well-deserved rest??
Absolutely not, because they immediately went to Naples, where the following day they were expected for a private event for FinecoBank at the beautiful San Carlo Theater in Naples.
There was a real mini concert by Il Volo, but here are a few short videos.
I wanted to point out one thing to you, and then I hope not to return to this topic again.
You have noticed that Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio are dressed in their nice suits, this silences the rumors that they did not appreciate their new look, but as I have already told you several times, they adapt to the place and the public. Very good guys!!
At this point the post was finished, but……as usual the news chases each other and therefore the release of the new CD on March 29th was announced, and the title is AD ASTRA!!
And here are the songs that make up the compilation:
The new album will be available in these versions:
Il Volo published this:
Ad Astra is a sound journey composed of 11 tracks with an international flavor that arrives after the participation in the 74th Sanremo Festival with Capolavoro, a real tailor-made suit, sewn on the three distinct and complementary personalities of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
It is a one-of-a-kind recording project, born from intense work shared with an exceptional team made up of some of the most important authors and producers of the moment.
The new songs draw a bridge between the past and the present, with a decisive impulse towards the future: a true cosmic experience without borders, between intimate atmospheres and celestial suggestions, with which the most famous Italian trio in the world combines their talent musical to the grandeur of space and time.
We also remember that there will be a duet song with IRAMA.
As I already told you, Ernesto Ginoble, who was one of the promoters of this CD, is also part of the new recording project.
He is the youngest soul of Il Volo! Ernesto published these beautiful words:
I am proud, happy and satisfied to be part of the Artistic Direction together with Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero of AD ASTRA, the first album of unreleased songs by @ilvolomusic out on March 29th.
It is almost impossible to summarize two years of work in a few lines, two years of passion, friendship, sacrifice, obsession.
In Ad Astra there is everything about us, the love and care that we put into every song, into every single moment that allowed this project to be born and realized.
Thank you Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero for this opportunity.
Thank you @edwynroberts, Thank you @stemarletta, Thank you @michaeltenisci, without you all this would never have happened. Thank you @lucafaraone, pure talent, rare soul. Thank you @______michelangelo, true friend and professional. Thanks to all the authors and producers who were part of this project. Thanks @sonymusicitaly and @epicrecordsitaly for the support and trust. Thank you @enricobrun and @patti_carmelo for taking care of every detail. Thanks Michele Torpedine, lighthouse, guide. We can’t wait for you to be part of this journey too. With all my heart, Ernesto.
Very good Ernesto, you are officially part of the Il Volo staff, congratulations to you and the Ginoble family and fingers crossed for the success of this CD.
Also Studio Aperto, the Italia 1 news program, has already spoken about the new project:
IGNAZIO= It’s been 15 years of union, 15 years of esteem and respect.
PIERO= The beautiful thing is that perhaps our audience has always followed us from day one, assisted us and accompanied us along the way in our growth, which was not only artistically professional, but also personal.
WOMAN’S VOICE= Other than a crisis, the masterpiece of the Il Volo trio comes from this song which celebrates the culmination of 15 years of career.
GIANLUCA= We started when we were 14 or 15 years old, we grew up together and shared the most intense emotions of our lives and that’s what truly unites us in a unique way. This is our relationship.
WOMAN’S VOICE= The album AD ASTRA, composed for the first time entirely of 11 unreleased pieces, will be released on March 29th.
A project born from the collaboration with some of the most important authors and producers of the moment. And then a world tour starting from Japan, the four special evenings at the Verona Arena and sixteen summer events throughout Italy.
PIERO= We want to invite everyone to our concerts.
But because this title AD ASTRA, I must say that it is not Italian, but Latin, and is part of a famous phrase, here it is: PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (For aspera to astra)
It literally means “through difficulties to the stars” and is used to encourage someone, as if to say “you will make it”.💪
And so my dear Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero, we, who love you so much, will always be here for you, to applaud you, to give you all the affection you deserve and we will take you… to astra!!🌟✨💫
With love: Daniela ❤️❤️❤️🤗
One last video that will make you very happy:
What a masterpiece! 2024 Italian Pair Champions Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini perform “Capolavoro” to a full house at the Torino Palavela. 👏👏👏
Italy is an emotion and in the center of that emotion is a passion and that passion is Naples. Naples is like no other place in Italy or, for that matter, no other place in the world. Neapolitans are the most diversified people in all of Italy. Naples is a feeling you can never shake but, above all, Naples is Music!
In the mid 1800’s Naples began to see a new movement in music. In 1835 a new song “Te voglio bene assaje” appeared. This song is considered to be the first modern Italian song.
The first “hit” may date back to 1835 but the golden age of song, in Naples, was from 1890 – 1910 when immigration to America began. Men left with the dream of a better life but what they found was even harder than what they left. They left their homes and families, and, in some cases, they never went home again. They found themselves alone with nothing but their music. Many Neapolitan songs were written about these times. Most of these immigrants lived in New York City in lower Manhattan in an area which became known as Little Italy. Small music companies would put on one act plays. Little vignettes. The stories were always the same, they were about home and family. They were about the mother they would never see again.
In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Caruso’s debut on November 23, 1903 was in a new production of Rigoletto. Marcella Sembrich sang opposite him as Gilda. A few months later, he began his lifelong association with the Victor Talking Machine Company. He made his first American record on February 1, 1904, having signed a lucrative financial deal with Victor. Thereafter, his recording career ran in tandem with his Met career, both bolstering each other, until his death in 1921.
Caruso was the first International singer to come to America. He introduced America to Italian Music. Caruso loved to sing Neapolitan songs and they were so popular that when he performed at the MET at the end of the show he would come out and sing Neapolitan songs. Among these songs were O Sole Mio, Torna Sorrento and Santa Lucia. As a result, Neapolitan songs became a part of an opera singers’ repertoire and every opera singer after Caruso would sing opera and Neapolitan songs including Il Volo.
Neapolitan music as it was at the turn of the century, in Naples, really didn’t change much but with the arrival of US troops in World War II, Naples woke up to a new beat. The US troops introduced them to the buzz and rhythm of jazz and boogie, and the Neapolitans immediately liked it.
I would not do Neapolitan Music or Il Volo justice if I didn’t mention Pino Daniele.
Pino Daniele was an Italian singer-songwriter, and guitarist, whose influences covered a wide number of genres, including pop, blues, jazz, and Italian and Middle Eastern music.
Pino Daniele made his debut in the Italian music world in 1977. He defined his music with the term “tarumbò.” His lyrics, written and sung in intense Neapolitan, attracted praise, though critical at times, because of his strong and bitter accusations against the social injustices of the times. Authorities say Pino Daniele brought about the rebirth of Neapolitan song.
He wrote and sang his own music and this music was known in America.
I started this piece by saying Italy is an emotion and Naples a passion. If Naples is a passion that passion was Pino Daniele. Songs likeNapule è, Quando and Quanno Chiove are just a few example of his songs. Examples I chose because I know Il Volo fans know these songs.
(Pino Daniele live in Napoli 2013 – Quanno chiove)
They are very deep passionate songs. Many artists have sung Daniele’s songs but in order to do justice to a Pino Daniele song you have to bring passion, emotion and Neapolitan dialect to the song. Enter Ignazio Boschetto! Ignazio’s tribute to Daniele is amazing and emotional. You can feel the depth of the song because of the presentation of the song and, I’ve said it before and I will say it again, it’s as if Daniele wrote his songs for Ignazio.
(Ignazio Boschetto live in Arena 2015 – medley of: Napule è – Quando – Quanno Chiove)
Let’s look back a moment to see how Il Volo fit into the picture I presented here. Well we know they sing opera and we know they sing Neapolitan songs. Why? Remember what I said about Enrico Caruso. Every opera singer after Caruso would sing opera and Neapolitan songs. As a result, Neapolitan songs became a part of an opera singers’ repertoire and that includes Il Volo.
But do we see any other similarities here?
20th Century the year is 1903 – Enrico Caruso comes to America at the turn of the century. He brings with him a new kind of music. The music changes Americas way of viewing Italian music. To Americans, Italian music was opera. But now, they have Caruso singing Neapolitan songs at the MET. A few months later, he begins his lifelong association with the Victor Talking Machine Company. He made his first American record on 1 February 1904, having signed a deal with Victor Talking Machine company. Thereafter, his recording career ran in tandem with his Met career, both bolstering each other, until his death in 1921.
(Enrico Caruso – O Sole mio)
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
Fast forward 100 years to the 21st century – the year is 2009, Il Volo signs a major contract with Universal Music. They come to America where their music immediately catches on and causes a revolution in the music industry. Over the next ten years they sell out every American Concert. All their albums and concerts are a tremendous success. And their success is from singing Opera and Neapolitan songs. Thereafter, their recording career runs in tandem with their Concert career, both bolstering each other.
Did I read that right? Did Caruso and Il Volo do exactly the same thing in two different centuries? Did history repeat itself?
Like Caruso in 1904, Il Volo in 2009 revolutionized the music industry. These three teenage boys were the first Italian artists in history to sign a contract with a major American music label even before they arrived in America. They presented Operatic pop or popera to America. What is this new movement? It’s singing Opera in a more modern style. While opera is very strict and regimented, popera is more ethereal it has a lighter feeling and it moves freely. It takes away the hard edges of opera and replaces it with a more ethereal feel while still presenting the drama and the high notes of the opera. This along with the classical Neapolitan songs become a big draw.
Continuing on this amazing journey, their music evolves and, they crossover. In 2018 they released one of the most exciting Latin albums to come out in years. I would go so far as to say Amame is the most exciting Latin album that was ever produced. It’s opera, it’s rock, it’s classical, it’s pop and it never stops giving. The rhythm in songs like Noche Sin Dia is amazing. You have to move with the music. You can’t sit still. Songs like Maldito Amor is a phenomenal experience for your ear. The delivery is smooth and beautiful. It’s one of those songs that stays with you forever. This album is so Exciting! Exciting! Exciting! I sat and thought about this album the other day and how I would write about it. These three amazing guys absolutely floored me. The beat is so intense and, they are spot on. I think the guys knocked it out of the box with Noche Sin Dia. With Latin music you don’t just sing it, you feel it, and if you don’t feel it, you don’t cut it. This album cuts it! Good move!
(Il Volo – Amame)
As if that wasn’t enough, they follow up with Musica! This is the album that proved that great can get greater. This album is representative of where these young men are now. It’s beautiful, it’s sensitive, it’s romantic. It’s about love. It’s about them being ready for love. It comes from deep within them. All the sweetness and humility of these guys is in this album. It moves your senses. What I am saying is they have evolved and, their voices have evolved. They’ve grown into their voices. Their voices are mature and have expanded in such an amazing way. There’s an intriguing balance in their voices. To experience this amazing evolution in voice and song you need go no further than Be My Love. Gianluca’s voice vibrates and expands to realms I’ve never heard before. Ignazio makes your heart stop as you journey along his notes which lead to absolute ecstasy. Piero fills all your sense and brings you to such heights that you have to stop and breathe. Musica che resta!
The difference between Caruso and Il Volo is Caruso came to America towards the end of his career while Il Volo came at the beginning of their career.
Lucky for us!😉
(Il Volo pays homage to Caruso with the song CARUSO by Lucio Dalla)
(Lucio Dalla, begins the song)
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