On Saturday 24 February, Il Volo was a guest on “C’è posta per te”, a show on Canale 5, hosted by Maria De Filippi.
For those who don’t know the format, I’ll give a brief summary.
There are people who, for any reason, have argued in life and when one of the litigants wants to get closer to the other person, write to Maria and explain what happened due to the separation. Maria sends a postman to the contact person with an invitation to the program, without explaining who sends the invitation. When the person accepts and comes to the studio, finds himself in front of a large closed envelope and from a video he sees who sent him the invitation. At this point can decide to listen to the person who asked you and then let them speak. Maria mediates in all of this, trying to act as a bridge between the two people. In the end the person who listened can decide to open the envelope (i.e. meet the person who spoke), or close the envelope and leave without meeting the other person.
There are also people who write to give a gift to a very dear person, to thank them for their dedication, and this is the case in which Il Volo intervened, as a surprise for Mrs. Anna, who was called on the show, by her sons, to thank her for her affection and availability towards them.
Anna became a widow in 2017 and her children decided to write to the program: “Our mother always says that she can’t be happy because dad is no longer with her”, theirs was a love story that lasted many years, and which was interrupted by his death.
I attach the entire video of the story, as you notice Il Volo entered at the beginning, preceded by a beautiful video that summarizes some beautiful moments of the concerts and their career. After greetings with Maria who admires Ignazio’s physical form, our boys reach their place and Anna’s two sons enter. At this point there is a long introduction of the various moments of Anna and her husband’s life and then Anna sees Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio and is very happy, they are her favorite singers.
I start translating just before Il Volo meets Anna. Click on the link below to view the video.
MARIA= (she reads the sentences written by Anna’s sons) You and dad taught us that even if you have little, life gives you a lot, when there is love, or rather a great love, just like yours, and to make sure the concept is clear to you, we asked some experts on the topic, whom you admire so much that you consider them relatives, or rather grandchildren. Mom, look at the ladder in front of you, prepare without guilt to be happy.
(applause, the song MUSICA CHE RESTA begins, Anna understands and is very excited, Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio go down the ladder. Hugs and kisses)
ANNA= My love. Hello, my grandchildren!!😍😍😍
IGNAZIO= How are you?
GIANLUCA= We didn’t know we had another grandmother, today we know!
ANNA= Of course, you are my grandchildren! 😍😍😍
MARIA= It’s a grandmother in common.
IGNAZIO= No, no!!
MARIA= No? It’s yours?
ANNA= My love, how beautiful you are!😍😍😍😍
IGNAZIO= I learned that the lady has a weakness for me, so!!🥰😂
GIANLUCA= She has a weakness.
PIERO= You have always been the grandmothers’ favorite.
ANNA= No, no, not this time, you are all three the same.
PIERO= Can we address each other on first terms? (In the Italian language, you speak in the third person to people you don’t know).
ANNA= Yes, of course, I’m your grandmother!
GIANLUCA= Of course, so you have to talk to grandma!
MARIA= Gianluca, everyone sit down.
IGNAZIO= Let’s sit down.
PIERO= Listening to this story is incredible because today we talk a lot about education, perhaps our hectic life doesn’t allow us… (meanwhile Anna kisses Ignazio and Gianluca 😘, not to be less, she kisses Piero 😘😂 people laugh )…..but will you stop? I’m trying to say something serious……. (applause) .
MARIA= Come on Piero, you were making a serious speech.
PIERO= Today perhaps the hectic life we live does not allow parents to dedicate a lot of time to the education of their children, so we feel privileged people and I believe and hope there is still a lot of hope because you Anna and her husband, with the story that we listened to, you demonstrated education to your children, you demonstrated value, affection, and this is the result, with your smile. (applause).
It is with these stories, which are really rare to hear, that we should stop and understand what the small daily gestures are that make you understand what happiness is.
ANNA= Nothingness made us happy, nothingness.
IGNAZIO= If I can say one thing, I had the same experience as your children, unfortunately, I lost my dad…..
ANNA= I know, I know, I know everything.
IGNAZIO= You know everything, I’ll keep quiet (laughter), no, but…. with my mother we learned that love never ends, even if a person goes away, even if a person is no longer in our life, it’s not true that it no longer exists, because it exists in everything, in every gesture, in every sensation…..so love never ends, and you think that the people who love us, they can’t wait to see us happy, and only if we are happy, they are happy. (applause)
ANNA= You know, 44 years old, it’s 44 years (Anna and her husband have been married for 44 years, applause)
IGNAZIO= I know, but life goes on.
PIERO= (to Anna) Wait, wait, after such a beautiful speech I want to see what he (Gianluca) has to say to you.
GIANLUCA= Oh, me?
IGNAZIO= Give her a sexy face.
ANNA= No, not me, what does it have to do with it?
GIANLUCA= If I can add one thing, I believe that in some way we have always known each other…..
ANNA= Always….
GIANLUCA= And so we are happy to keep you company even in moments of discouragement, to give you that extra strength that can allow you to face the days….
ANNA= My children know, when you are around, everything stops at home…
GIANLUCA= We are happy with this role of making you happy. (appaluse)
PIERO= You haven’t opened this package yet, okay, first Ignazio has to give you something.
IGNAZIO= We thought we’d give you this bag.
ANNA= Thank you!
PIERO= It’s a travel bag.
IGNAZIO= A travel bag, why this travel bag?
PIERO= Inside this package, there is a pass to come to our concerts….
ANNA= Thank you!!!!
PIERO= You decide which one. In Italy or outside Italy, wherever you want!
GIANLUCA= If you want, you can also come on tour with us, you can go around the world…
ANNA= I would go!! With all of you, yes. (laughs)
IGNAZIO= What do your grandchildren say? (he turns to Anna’s children) I’ll talk to you when we get back.
GIANLUCA= See you in eight months!
ANNA= If my nephews let you pass!
PIERO= Of course.
GIANLUCA= Wait, then you cook for us?
ANNA= Yes!
IGNAZIO= A very important question, is it arancino or arancina? (Sicilian specialty consisting of a ball of rice with ragù inside, very good)
ANNA= Love, it’s arancino! (depending on the areas of Sicily it is called arancino or arancina)
IGNAZIO= (does not approve and puts his hand on his heart, people laugh)
ANNA= Let’s not argue, in Palermo it’s arancina, in Catania it’s called arancino and we all agree.
IGNAZIO= So, I’m your arancino! (laughs) 😂
ANNA=Okay! You all are my loves! 🥰
PIERO= This year we are celebrating 15 years of our career…. there is no reason to applaud, imagine 15 years of the two of us (him and Gianluca) together with that subject (Ignazio. laughter)
ANNA= But you’re not even joking. (she means that he is also part of the gang)
PIERO= But is he really your favourite?
GIANLUCA= Of course!
ANNA= All three (Ignazio touches her arm) yes, yes it’s him!
PIERO= We can’t do anything about it.
MARIA= Look, I know that her favorite is Ignazio!
GIANLUCA= Make sure we don’t get offended (but Piero tries to get up and leave)
Look, he’s my favorite too.
ANNA= When they sing, I stop.
Ignazio sings and I am enchanted (Ignazio kneels)
He (Piero) sings and it’s wonderful!
He (Gianluca) sings and it’s wonderful!
They make me die. All three together are unique.
IGNAZIO= So let’s do this like this…..(and he sings the chorus of Il Mondo)
ANNA= I know that the whole world loves you, as I love you.
PIERO= But you have to make the promise to us too, you have to promise your children that you will never lose this smile which is enchanting.
ANNA= Thanks, but I feel guilty smiling.
IGNAZIO= I play the part of Mary: “Shall we open the envelope or not?”
MARIA= Wait Ignazio, Lorenza (Anna’s daughter) is here and she wants to say something and then I’ll ask her.
LORENZA= So, as you can see, life surprises us, so there will be no shortage of other beautiful things in our lives, let’s hope. We promise to never leave you alone and to always be there, but you must promise to rejoice and no longer have this sense of guilt. You have to do it for dad, because dad wanted this, he wanted you happy and you have to be happy. I love you mom. ❤️
ANNA=Me too!
MARIA= So….
IGNAZIO= Shall we open the envelope or not?
ANNA= Yes, yes!
MARIA= Let’s open and promise!
ANNA= ….. I promise.
IGNAZIO= Do you promise?
ANNA= I promise.
MARIA= Let’s open the envelope. (hugs between Anna and her sons)
You would have spent hours chatting with Il Volo!
ANNA= Yes, yes!
IGNAZIO= However, I haven’t had grandparents for a while, if you want to be a rented grandmother, if possible (laughter)
ANNA= Of course!
SON= She would be happy!
Final greetings and hugs. 🥰🥰🥰
I don’t know what to say regarding the presence of Il Volo, Piero Ignazio and Gianluca seemed like this to me – polite, sensitive, loving, affectionate and even sportingly elegant, this is my opinion, it’s a shame that they didn’t sing, but they told me that no guest sings on this show. 🥰🥰🥰
While they were backstage at the show, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca were asked a really fun question game, on their ability… Good fun. 😂
Click Here to view the question game video
GIANLUCA= Let’s delve deeper into Il Volo’s abilities.
PIERO= Let’s hope.
IGNAZIO= (to Piero) I hope they will never give you a television program, I swear to you.
PIERO= (He reads the questions) DO YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A SEXY LOOK?
IGNAZIO= He’s the attendant (Gianluca), look sexy!
GIANLUCA= I’m the one who looks sexy in the group, I don’t sing!
IGNAZIO= Do it.
(Gianluca looks and Ignazio continues reading the questions)
Who knows how to kiss better?
IGNAZIO= Me, because I have a goatee.
PIERO= For him, the goatee is an added feature!
IGNAZIO= DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS…. (and he reads a sentence in Neapolitan dialect)
PIERO= (tries to translate) The mouse said to the walnut…..
GIANLUCA= He (Ignazio) had a girlfriend from Campania, you should know how to translate.
IGNAZIO= (He tries to make sense of the translation) Is there an animal, a squirrel? Said the caterpillar near the nut…
PIERO= Says the caterpillar…..
GIANLUCA= ….give me time to pierce it…..as if to say that everything comes to those who know…..
PIERO= …..wait…
GIANLUCA= …no waiting,….. those who are determined over time.
IGNAZIO= WHO CAN BOX BETTER?
I also took the lesson with ….. (they give him a punching game and he does it)
GIANLUCA= Let’s move on.
IGNAZIO= WHO CAN DO BEATBOX BETTER?
Me.
PIERO= He. (Ignazio)
GIANLUCA= He (Ignazio) is the jewel of the group. (Piero and Ignazio doing beatbox)
IGNAZIO=WHO OF YOU CAN RAP BETTER? (and immediately Ignazio says a phrase in rapper and he does it very well) sorry…
WHO OF YOU WANTS TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH WITH THE LEFT HAND? Gianluca.
GIANLUCA= This is with the right (then he writes it with the left) my goodness, it’s incredible, it almost came out better with the left.
IGNAZIO= Right….(he signs with both hands)
PIERO= This is the right (his signature) and this is the left (he made a nice X, everyone laughs)
IGNAZIO= DO YOU KNOW WHO GREETS YOU?
This worries me a little….do you know who greets you? No!
PIERO= You know who greets you….WHO!
IGNAZIO= You say it.
And finally a beautiful review of the evening of covers and explained very well with technical terms, needless to say that this young Italian vocal coach Giacomo Rossini who puts IL Volo in first place, according to his ranking!!
You can turn on the subtitles, Il Volo is the last to be reviewed in this video.
Enjoy these beautiful words of esteem for Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca!!
I thanked Giacomo Rossini for the wonderful review and told him that his beautiful words are going around the world on Il Volo fan pages. ❤️
And now, if you want to have a laugh, watch this video, the translation is already set with clear subtitles.
Il Volo is hosted by The Jackal, three boys and a girl, they are comedians who always produce very funny short videos. In this case the girl admits that she knows Il Volo because her grandmother likes it and therefore they call her grandmother on the phone live. Grandma’s answers were beautiful!! 😂😂😂
In this video however, listen to how well Gianluca sings CAPOLAVORO solo.
Fantastic Gianluca! ❤️
And after listening to CAPOLAVORO, I want to show you this video of GRANDE AMORE, I really enjoyed seeing this choral performance, made by young singers from a Prague choir who sing in Italian: well done!! 🥰
Well, that’s all for now, tell me your impressions on what I proposed and we’ll talk soon, because Il Volo will be a guest on Fiorello’s morning show.
See you soon:
Daniela 🤗
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.