And here I am with an update on the various events Il Volo participated in.
Let’s start with September 10th, when Fiorella Mannoia’s concert, held on June 3rd at the Baths of Caracalla, was broadcast on RAI1. I’ve already told you about this concert and attached the videos filmed at that moment, but now that it’s been broadcast on TV, I’m reposting the video of Fiorella and Il Volo’s moment.
On September 12th and 13th, the TIM MUSIC AWARDS took place live from the Verona Arena, where various awards are presented to outstanding singers.
On the evening of September 12th, Il Volo was also present, performing Cohen’s beautiful “Hallelujah” and then accepting the award for their “LIVE” worldwide tours. The event was broadcast live on RAI1.
The event was hosted by Carlo Conti and Vanessa Incontrada, and I’ll translate their words for you.
VANESSA= They’re always touring the world.
CONTI= They’re the most famous Italian trio, having captivated audiences on every continent for over 15 years, and tonight they’re giving us a song that’s primarily a hymn to peace.
By the way, I’m seeing a drone flying, transmitting images; those are the only drones we like to see (he’s referring to the incursion of five Russian drones into Polish territory, which were immediately shot down – applause).
And tonight their song is dedicated precisely to peace.
VANESSA = Exactly.
CONTI = And for you, it’s a chance to turn on all the lights on your phones.
VANESSA = Let’s all turn on the lights, more, more.
CONTI = A sign of peace, so that all the countries of the world can experience evenings like these, of music, joy, serenity, but above all, peace. With us, with Hallelujah:
VANESSA + CONTI = Il Volo!! (the song begins)
(The lyrics at the end of the song.)
CONTI = Il Volo.
VANESSA = At the TIM Music Awards, these three friends, amazing artists.
GIANLUCA = A round of applause also to Maestro Edmondo Savio and the orchestra of musicians, thanks to you too.
VANESSA = (hugs in greeting) Hi Ignazio, how are you?
CONTI = Thank you for this beautiful moment you gave us.
PIERO = Thank you.
CONTI = Here’s the award for you.
PIERO = How lovely!
VANESSA = (to Gianluca, to whom she gives the award) Hi, handsome boy!
GIANLUCA = (in Spanish) How are you, dear?
CONTI = (hands the award to Ignazio) Here you go for your tour.
I+G+P = Thank you, thank you.
VANESSA = So, you did a tour in the United States, some dates in Europe, and special concerts in Italy, right?
IGNAZIO = Yes, absolutely. Today was a bit of a demonstration of how music can be a bridge between different cultures, different ways of thinking, and the best thing about a tour is being able to meet different people, meet our fans, and still give people a feeling through music.
PIERO = This is a special evening because this is the first award Ignazio has received after becoming a dad. (applause)
VANESSA = It’s true! I didn’t want to pry into your private life, but… (as if to say he wanted to respect your privacy, but it’s great news)
CONTI = And you (Piero and Gianluca) are like uncles!!
CONTI = This fall, you’ll be starting your live concert tour in Latin America, then all of Europe, but most importantly, in December, you’ll be back in Italian arenas, back home.
VANESSA = Exactly!
PIERO = We’ll be back on tour in Italy, so we’re waiting for you, and thank you for the support and love you show us every day. Thank you!
VANESSA = Thank you, thank you for coming.
CONTI = And for this very important moment, thank you!
IGNAZIO = Love and respect each other, that’s all, thank you.
VANESSA+CONTI = Il Volo!!
G+I+P = Thank you, bye everyone!
What can I say? I don’t know if any of you had the chance to see the entire event, but 38 singers performed, receiving various awards, many rappers beloved by young people, often “over-the-top” figures heavily tattooed and sometimes scantily clad, and women performing in lingerie. In short, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca always bring a touch of elegance and refinement in addition to their talent. With their song, they highlighted something precious: PEACE, and their voices rose majestically above a sea of “summer hits” that often disappear.
Once again, Il Volo stood out and was appreciated!
On September 13th, the 19th edition of GRACE FOR THE WORLD, conceived by Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams, took place in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. The event was broadcast live on RETE4.
Among the various artists, Il Volo was also present (in addition to Bocelli, the only Italians).
It was a spectacular evening with St. Peter’s Square as a magnificent backdrop and a series of drones in the sky creating beautiful patterns.
During the evening, beautiful words of brotherhood and peace, testimonials and artists from all over the world, a magnificent choir and orchestra, and a truly unique atmosphere.
Piero Ignazio and Gianluca performed towards the end of the event with a splendid MAGNIFICAT, which we had already heard at the Jubilee of Youth, a truly solemn moment!
I also wanted to point out that before all the events I’ve just listed, Il Volo had two private events, one apparently in Greece and one in Milan.
We learned about the second one through a publication by the Franciacorta Orchestra, which follows Il Volo. They published this post, of which I’m translating a portion.
“An evening that will remain etched in our hearts ✨
Last night we had the honor and pleasure of participating in a truly unique private event, hosted in the prestigious setting of Superstudio Events in Milan. A special, elegant, and refined occasion that allowed us to experience and share unforgettable moments.
On stage, joining us, were the talented Il Volo, who conveyed authentic emotions with their music and extraordinary voices. The magical encounter between an orchestra and three internationally renowned artists created a vibrant atmosphere, combining tradition, style, and contemporary energy.”
The update is over for now. It’s been a very intense few days of television, where we saw Ignazio, Piero, and Gianluca in top form. Now they’re back at the end of September for the memorial in honor of Pavarotti.
See you soon: Daniela 🤗
…and may there be peace throughout the world….🕊️❤️
We were all waiting for the news of the birth confirmation. Gabriele was born on September 4th, and mom Michelle and dad Ignazio are incredibly happy.
No photos of the little one will be published. Furthermore, in Italy there is a law that prohibits publishing photos of children, and if they do, their faces must be blurred.
But the important thing is that Gabriele and his parents are doing well, so we are all happy for them and send a huge WELCOME to little Gabriele and many congratulations to mom and dad. ❤️💙❤️
I’m taking this post as an opportunity to recap what’s happened so far in August.
On August 24th, Il Volo was a guest on Giovanni Zarrella Show, where they performed “CAPOLAVORO.” Here’s the video.
In this video, in addition to the song, you can see a short interview with Il Volo and Giovanni Zarrella. Unfortunately, I don’t understand German, but I can translate Piero, Ignazio, and Gianluca’s answers, which are in Italian.
(The question follows in German; I assume he’s asking Il Volo about their upcoming tour)
PIERO = Yes, we’re coming to Germany in November, we’ll be doing six concerts: Berlin, Munich, Munich…there are six, Leipzig…(he also asks Ignazio for help, but they don’t remember all of them)
GIANLUCA = We’ll be performing all over Germany. We’re very happy because our Italian culture, our music, is conquering not only Italians but the whole world, and it’s truly wonderful to be able to follow in the footsteps of our idols like Bocelli, Pavarotti, and so many others. We’re very happy and proud of the support our fans are giving us.
GIOVANNI = (question in German)
IGNAZIO = For us, music has no limits, music has no barriers. Ultimately, our goal is to continue this musical genre, lyrical pop. We cannot forget the songs that have been part of Italian culture like “Il Mondo” or operas like “Nessun Dorma” and as he (Gianluca) said, maintaining the Italian tradition and following in the footsteps of greats like Bocelli, Pavarotti, this is the goal.
PIERO = I can also take this moment to thank you for what you do, for inviting us, every time we come to Germany and we come to your place, we come back to a friend’s place and officially invite you to one of our concerts. You decide which concert, we want to see you.
GIOVANNI = answers in German.
IGNAZIO = (in German but I think I understand) We love you Giovanni!
GIOVANNI = (he speaks in German)
PIERO = Look, this year we’re celebrating our almost 17 years together with a world tour and seeing the audience that has grown with us over these 17 years. What we thank our audience for is their loyalty. They’ve been following us for so many years and that’s why we do so many concerts. Without them, neither we nor you could work, so we are forever grateful to our audience.
GIOVANNI = (he speaks in German)
GIANLUCA = If you want, it would be great to sing with you one day (Giovanni is a singer as well as a presenter)
GIOVANNI = (Shakes hands as if promising and says goodbye to Il Volo)
Short video for questions during the show, backstage.
In this photo Il Volo with Ricchi e Poveri, a duo of famous Italian singers and Giovanni Zarrella.
Gianluca and Piero backstage before the performance.
Videos and photos taken during the Youth Jubilee by a foreign interviewer are still being published and are worth seeing for the beautiful messages they convey.
PIERO = To all digital missionaries and Catholic influencers I send a big hug and a great message of hope.
QUESTION = What do you think of digital missionaries, Catholic influencers?
IGNAZIO = (The interviewer is Spanish) I’ll tell you in Spanish.
(I don’t know Spanish but since it’s similar to Italian I think I can figure out what’s going on.)
I think it’s good when a good message is spread, and thanks to digital technology it can reach more people, but the most important thing is that it’s a good message.
I think it’s also very important for all young people who are approaching God, who are seeking God, and for them to discover the thoughts of other people, their experiences, and those who have come to faith.
MAN = Thank you!
IGNAZIO = You’re welcome!
And then, in August, come images of relaxation, vacations, and family.
Gianluca sends beautiful images from the Dolomites (high, distinctive mountains in northern Italy).
Ignazio remained close to his Michelle. He published beautiful photos of him and Michelle during the final stages of her pregnancy.
Piero remained in his native Sicily. During his vacation in Agrigento, there was a concert by Fiorella Mannoia, the talented singer who often performed with Il Volo. Piero went to see her concert; this article, which I’m partially translating for you, talks about Piero’s presence in the audience on the evening of the concert.
Piero Barone at Fiorella Mannoia’s concert: the tenor from Il Volo entertained the audience.
Piero Barone was among the VIP guests at Fiorella Mannoia’s concert last night at the Live Arena in Agrigento. The Il Volo singer, in top form, smiling, and open to everyone, met the Roman singer in the dressing room. From the stage, she then said: “A third of Volo came to see me this evening,” she said, smiling. “Piero, where are you…” she exclaimed from the stage. “I admire you so much, you’re wonderful!” The audience broke into a thunderous applause.
Before the show, Piero Barone also spoke to the audience, greeting some disabled guests sitting in the front row and allowing several photos to be taken.
Finally, he paused for a photo with Daniela Ciminnisi and Maria Secondo of the Solide Ali Association in Cammarata, which for years has been transporting cancer patients to various hospitals on the island and also provides wigs to women who lose their hair after undergoing chemotherapy.
On August 30th, in Abruzzo, specifically in L’Aquila (the capital of Abruzzo), the Perdonanza Celestiniana is celebrated from August 23rd to 30th.
The final day concluded with a beautiful open-air concert held in front of the beautiful Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio.
In 2019, Il Volo performed a beautiful concert, and we talked about it here:
Unfortunately, there’s no video of his entire performance, but his performance, though brief, was memorable, and the newspapers raved about it.
Bravo, Gianluca!
Gianluca commented on his presence:
“I’m proud to be from Abruzzo. Maestro Leonardo De Amicis and I have known each other since 2009, along with Piero and Ignazio (he’s the evening’s conductor and a friend since the days of Ti Lascio una Canzone, where he used to prepare the kids for the evenings).
Forgiveness is truly important to me, and I hold the spirituality of forgiveness dear.”
In Italy we will soon see our favorites on television; on Wednesday, September 10, RAI1 will broadcast Fiorella Mannoia’s concert, recorded last year at the Baths of Caracalla. Il Volo also performed a couple of songs with her.
And on September 12th and 13th, RAI1 will broadcast the TIM AWARDS evening live from the Verona Arena, and Il Volo will be among the many singers performing.
I can’t wait to see them again!
So we’ll be back soon, commenting on the performances of our beloved boys.
As I had already announced, the TIM MUSIC AWARDS took place live on September 13th in the Verona Arena.
The date of the event was given only recently and Il Volo was invited to collect a prize, but as it was the possible days of Ignazio’s wedding, it was thought that Il Volo would give up, and instead, despite the 12th being the wedding day civil of Ignazio and Michelle, Il Volo participated, even opened the event in the Arena, which was then broadcast on RAI 1.
Greetings from Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca and a short video of the interview with Radio Italia, where they talk about their tour in Japan.
Their rehearsals
And here they are, splendid and always excellent, they opened the television program which began directly with them on stage, they performed a medley composed of short moments of CAPOLAVORO, FRAMMENTI DELL’UNIVERSO and WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, sensational!!!
The only ones who performed with a real orchestra behind them.
Dressed in a casual-elegant way, Piero, Gianluca and the new groom Ignazio gave a great performance.
At the end of the performance they were joined by the two presenters, Carlo Conti and Vanessa Incontrada who, after the usual greetings and questions, congratulated our young men.
Ignazio admits that it is the first event he has attended as a married man.
Ultimately they send a message of encouragement to young people to always pursue their dreams.
These days right after Ignazio’s wedding party, the weather in Italy was really bad, a lot of rain came for several days and there were also floods.
One of the first days of this weather instability brought a discharge of lightning to Abruzzo and one of these struck the bell tower of Montepagano, 😩 Gianluca’s town, causing damage, and this is why Gianluca made an appeal to the authorities responsible for the restoration work to begin soon.😍
Here’s the video, turn on the subtitles.
And now a nice interview in English from a Polish program.
In September this beautiful song was published, a truly unique duet, of great sweetness and with a great purpose, that of research against cancer.
She is the very sweet and talented Olivia Newton-John, who passed away two years ago. 🙏
A duet with Il Volo wasn’t in the cards, but with technology it could be done.
Let’s listen to this sweet song presented by her friend Jim Brickman.
MY DREAM
And also very sweet are the voices of Gianluca Ignazio and Piero who did not prevail but remained delicate, enhancing Olivia’s beautiful voice even more.
I bet you will struggle to recognize Piero’s non-lyrical voice.
Congratulations, it’s a beautiful and sweet duet. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
PEOPLE magazine talked about the song and its purpose.
Below is a link to Olivia’s Foundation Fund, Beyond Cancer – an independent charity sponsoring global research into plant medicine for cancer. In her video she explains her goal and the ongoing studies to treat cancer. There is a “Donate” button to make a secure donation to her foundation, if you so desire.
Once again we must bow to your projects like this splendid duet with humanitarian purposes, you are a force!
Even though your presence at the Tim Music Awards was quick, you were impeccable, bringing your skill and professionalism to people, because despite your personal commitments you did not miss the event.
But this too is archived and the European tour is getting closer and closer: first date LONDON!!! Good luck!!
Daniela🤗
This post was ready but since the video of Michelle’s promises was published and I promised to give you the translation immediately, I added it here at the bottom. Let me start by saying that Michelle speaks part of the speech in Spanish and I have read the automatic translation, but believe me it doesn’t make much sense, I don’t know Spanish, but as it is quite similar to Italian I try to give you a possible translation, so forgive me for any words not understood.
These words from Michelle are also very beautiful and with a lot of love. ❤️❤️
OFFICIANT= Recognize that love is about understanding, mutual respect and commitment.
Ignazio, do you want to receive Michelle as your bride, live together in union and love and support her, comfort her, respect her, in sickness and in health, in good days and in difficult ones, from today and for the rest of your life.
IGNAZIO= Yes I want it.
OFFICIANT= Michelle, do you want to receive Ignazio as your husband, live together in union and love, to support him and comfort him and respect him in sickness and in health, in good days and in difficult ones, from today and for the rest of your life?
MICHELLE= Yes I want it!
IGNAZIO= Thank goodness!
OFFICIANT= Now Ignazio and Michelle will express their personal promises, the fruit of their love and dedication. Michelle, I’ll turn the floor over to you.
MICHELLE= (she begins the speech in Spanish, I translate the first part as far as I understand, I hope it is correct).
My love, the moment I’ve been waiting for has come, now I can tell you. You don’t know the happiness and pride I have for you who are the love of my life. From the first time I saw you I had no doubt that you were the perfect man that you are and I have no doubt that you will be a good husband and dad. I can’t wait for my love to turn you into a dad. With you I learned that love exists, that it exists and it is so beautiful and exciting every day of life to fall more and more in love, to grow together caring about every detail. It’s a love that I could never imagine but it exists and I want to live it all my life.
(Now she continues in Italian)
I wanted to say thank you to my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law, from the first day they made me feel at home and I feel very lucky that you are my family and I am sure that my father-in-law is happy for us and will always protect us from above. (Ignazio wipes away a tear)
My prince, I promise you my faithfulness and loyalty, I promise to love you and make you feel loved every day of my life, that I will take care of you and that I will do my best as a wife, hopefully soon as a mother and for our families. I will always be close to you, my love, and I promise you that there will not be a day in which you will miss a kiss from me. I love you with all of myself, love of my life. (She continues again in Spanish) I love you beyond words, beyond the physical, beyond time and space, I simply love you, above everything in this world!
Il Volo captivates the audience at the Sferisterio in Macerata (sold out) for over two hours of great music. Tonight 6 September we repeat / VIDEO, photos, lineup and review.
Nothing to say. They are good and the public loves them. Sold out for the first (5 September 2024) of the two dates at the Sferisterio in Macerata (tonight it is repeated and there are no tickets, including the gallery) for Il Volo: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
The tour “Tutti per Uno – Capolavoro tour” (produced by Friends & Partners), celebrates 15 years of the group’s career and friendship.
There are many songs in the setlist, but there is no shortage of moments of reflection and chats with Ignazio as the one who gets angry and the other two who tease him. The audience is there, laughs and applauds. “We have been away from Macerata for 9 years and it is an honor for us to be in this magical place”, they begin. Then Ginoble greets his family members present in the Arena and together they thank Michele Torpedine and Maurizio Tosoroni who took them to a memorable concert in the Frasassi Caves.
From young Italian revelations, today the trio boasts a consolidated international career, with hundreds of performances in the most prestigious theaters in the world and millions of records sold. More than two hours of music for a special evening, with Il Volo enchanting and exciting everyone present with a set list of songs
from the album “Ad Astra”, the first of the unreleased ones, which reflects the personal and artistic evolution of the trio – together with great successes from the Italian musical tradition and from the group’s now consolidated repertoire. And, there is no shortage of songs by Ennio Morricone. Supporting them is a large orchestra of over 40 elements.
Il Volo continues the celebrations of an important year in music: 2024 represents 15 years of career and began in February with the success of Capolavoro’, the song – certified Gold Record – presented at the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival, continued with the dates in Japan and arrived at the Verona Arena with Tutti Per Uno (a project by Michele Torpedine), three special concert events with numerous guests on Canale 5.
On the stage of the Sferisterio in Macerata the three artists, together or individually, presented a large group of evergreen songs, from My way by Frank Sinatra to La cura by Franco Battiato, from Caruso by Lucio Dalla to Who wants to live forever by Queen, to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. A tribute also to the place with an intense interpretation of Il Mondo by Jimmy Fontana. We get to the encore with Grande amore… where it all began thanks to Michele Torpedine who immediately bet on those guys.
And it is the producer who reveals the group’s next projects to us: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will be the protagonists of a tour in the main European capitals in autumn and in 2025 they will be in the USA, Canada and Latin America, while in January they will touch the sports halls of Milan, Bologna, Turin and Rome.
The Sferisterio is a very beautiful and particular theatre. I propose this beautiful video collage published in Sferisterio live, where you can also see the beauty of the theatre.
Look at the queue to enter the theatre…..we’ll enter with the people too!!
How many times have we heard this beautiful song, I believe that they proposed it from the first moments, but in this case it had a special flavor because Jimmy Fontana, author of this song, is a native of this area, so it was a tribute to him well appreciated by the present: IL MONDO 🥰
My goodness, how much passion Ignazio has in this song, in this short video filmed by your Michelle ❤️ ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO.
This song by Morricone is simply fantastic, with a poignant sweetness: SE ❤️
Piero, your voice becomes more and more powerful, congratulations, the studies can be seen and heard!! ❤️ AMOR VIDA DE MI VIDA
You absolutely must see this video, the song is the beautiful MISERERE, a serious song. At the top of the video it says: “Being able to be funny even during Miserere is not everyone’s thing”, in fact here too Ignazio managed to make everyone laugh and now you will understand why.
The beginning of the song is entrusted to Gianluca and these are the words that he must sing: “But what a mystery my life is
What a mystery,
I am a sinner(and here Ignazio indicates Gianluca nodding with his hand and people laugh)from the year eighty thousand A liar”(once again Ignazio confirms Gianluca’s words and everyone laughs)😂😂😂
But certainly the song that received most of the positive comments of these two concerts was the new song proposed by Gianluca, the wonderful MUSIC OF THE NIGHT taken from The Phantom of the Opera. Gianluca you surpassed yourself, what a voice, what thrills, what a feeling, what an emotion.❤️❤️🔥
But that’s not all, our Kirsten from Denmark was at her first concert and so as soon as she gets home we expect a nice report as in her style.
And then the surprises of these two concerts aren’t over, because during HERE’S TO YOU, as usual the guys dropped into the audience and Piero recognized someone in particular……but I’ll tell you in detail in a future post!! Don’t miss it.
Another very nice thing is these backstage photos. We are used to seeing Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca always perfectly dressed in their concerts but who thinks about ironing and checking their clothes? In Macerata the STOP IRONING Ironing Shop took care of this. Here are the photos of the holder backstage and her words:
“Me and IL VOLO, (Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto), a great work experience tried for the first time at the Arena Sferisterio and tomorrow it will be repeated.”
I honestly don’t know how many artists would have posed with photos together, well done our guys!!👏👏👏
And now I’ll post some photos of the concerts, there are many and all beautiful just the embarrassment of the choice.
The two concerts in Macerata are over and you will think that the boys are rightly resting, but no!!
On September 7 the boys were invited to a beautiful wedding, not that of Ignazio, but of a singer friend of theirs Arianna Bergamaschi, who had also sung Smile with them in Miami, remember?
She got married in Rome in San Pietro and also invited Il Volo as friends. Ignazio wasn’t there, he must surely be finalizing his preparations, but here are Piero and Gianluca.
Gian and Piero with some guests at the wedding.
But they also did a nice duet to cheer up the guests: MY WAY!
GIANLUCA= There are two of us and Ignazio obviously also greets you. We are delighted to be here for such an important event, for such a special wedding that has linked us by a friendship for more than ten years. With Arianna we shared wonderful moments, we sang together several times, with Olivier we are bound by this great esteem and friendship. We thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for the affection you show us every time and for the wonderful day you made all of us experience today. (applause)
PIERO= I wanted to thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for a gift you have given us. This year we are celebrating 15 years of our career and for the first time in 15 years we sat at two different tables (laughter) what a great gift!!
GIANLUCA= So??
PIERO= They put me at a table where they are all singers.
GIANLUCA= I am with producers, singers…
PIERO= … there is someone who sold me the impossible. He tells me Grande Amore, Grande Amore, I can’t take it anymore (ironic) Grande Amore,…… we can’t sing it, there are two of us and it’s made for three.
GIANLUCA= But we have a song in our repertoire that can be sung by two and that we all know.
(he continues in English) Is a very famous American song…..
PIERO= in Italian…
GIANLUCA= ….but there are some Americans, maybe…
PIERO= But if they are here in Italy, they make an effort to understand Italian! (laughter and applause)
GIANLUCA= So shall we sing directly?
PIERO= Let’s sing in English though! (laughter)
GIANLUCA= We didn’t do the soundcheck, without rehearsals.
ARIANNA= You are legends!!
GIANLUCA= Are you ready?
PIERO= Yes! (My Way begins. Arianna, evidently happy with the surprise, warmly embraces Gianluca and Piero. At the end of the beautiful song, Piero goes to the man sitting at his table to make him sing the chorus of Grande Amore) 🥰😂🥰😂
But now guys go and rest because there is the last concert of the Italian summer tour!!
September 9: CASERTA
In front of the beautiful Royal Palace of Caserta, right in the park in front of the entrance, a large stage was set up and in the background of the stage there was the writing IL VOLO!!
You should know that here we are in the Campania region, we are in the Neapolitan area and therefore the song list, as you will notice, has undergone some variations, this is to make you understand how Il Volo is attentive to the preferences of the areas in which their concerts take place. 👏
NELLE TUE MANI
FUNICULÌ FUNICULÀ (This is a famous song characteristic of the Neapolitan area)
(Ignazio chose this beautiful solo by Pino Daniele because Pino is Neapolitan and much loved by the people of his area. Quanno Chiove means When It Rains and while Ignazio was singing the song it also started raining 😂)
And so the Italian Summer Tour is over and I would say it was fantastic, lots and lots of people, lots of love and lots of skill!! Congratulations to Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca.💪❤️
Il Volo, on its official page, published these beautiful words:
Our summer tour has come to an end and we are still full of emotions. Every stage, every city, every stage was incredible thanks to you, who welcomed us with your warmth and energy.
We experienced moments that we will never forget. Your affection has accompanied us at every stage, and for this we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for sharing part of your summer with us. In October we will leave for the European tour, and then return to the Italian arenas from January 2025 where we can’t wait to see you all again.
This is just the beginning of new horizons to share together.
With love, IL VOLO
❤️❤️❤️
But there is still a new commitment: on Sunday 13 September in the Arena in Verona there will be the TIM MUSIC AWARDS event where all the artists who have received results will be rewarded and Il Volo will be among them, so we will show you their performance and awards ceremony . 🥰
The next commitment will be the start of the European Tour on October 6th in London. 🎉
There are many empty days of commitments, could it be the time of the wedding between Ignazio and Michelle??? No news has been leaked but we will certainly try to inform you immediately if the event will take place. 😍😍
Michelle is getting ready, here is a video of the wedding dress fitting!! In the end Ignazio says that he doesn’t imagine anything, but one day Michelle accidentally showed him a photo and he immediately looked away……but now he sees from Michelle’s look that she is very happy!!
So I promised you to continue with the translation of the RTL 102.5 interview, but these three young men: Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, didn’t stop for a moment!!!
Let’s go in order:
Thursday 14 September
Private event in Rome, in the beautiful Villa Aurelia, organized by the VIP travel agency: I.D.I. TRAVER SRL.
There aren’t many videos or photos, but from that little we see a very beautiful location and a very elegant audience.
Friday 15 September
New program on RAI 1 hosted by Bruno Vespa, entitled “5 minutes”.
Short but really nice interview, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca happy and relaxed, important news from Piero!!!
We’ve been missing “Uncle Bruno” interviews for a long time!! 😉
PIERO= Hi Bruno, we wanted to greet you and congratulate you on the new program.
GIANLUCA= We just returned from the tour in South America.
IGNAZIO= Do you have 5 minutes? (paraphrasing the show title) Just to tell you what happened.
GIANLUCA= So we’ll tell you everything.
PIERO= See you soon.
GIANLUCA= Hi!
VESPA= And here they are: Piero Barone, tenor 30 years old Agrigento. Ignazio Boschetto, 29 years old, Marsala/Bologna Gianluca Ginoble 28 years old, Roseto Degli Abruzzi, only boyfriend.
GIANLUCA= Abruzzo like you.
VESPA= Like me. The other two womanizers. 😁😁
PIERO/IGNAZIO= No, no.
VESPA= I said it on purpose. What have you done?
PIERO= Many things, we promised you our presence, we came to wish you a good season.
VESPA = And happy tour to you, because you never stop, now a minimum of stasis and then you start again.
PIERO= We leave in two days for this 2-month European tour. We are happy because we will sing in cities we have never been to, in Greece, we will also sing in Prague. We are happy because next year we will celebrate 15 years of our career…….
VESPA= ……speaking of career, when Antonella Clerici took you on TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE you were fifteen years old, and immediately had an extraordinary success in America, but in Italy no one knew you, so much so that 10 years ago, on 17 December 2013, you made your television debut here. Let’s see it. (a short video of that evening in 2013 appears)
GIANLUCA= The incredible thing is that we were older then than we are today, we have gotten younger over time.
VESPA= So, you went to Sanremo essentially to make yourself known to the general public.
PIERO= We went to Sanremo thanks to you.
GIANLUCA= Let’s say that you were one of the first to believe in us, before the Italian success, let’s say, because it all started with talent…..
VESPA= There was a song called Grande…. how does he do it? 😁
PIERO= (he mentions a refrain from Grande Amore a cappella)
VESPA= But did you know that you don’t sing badly? 😁😁😁
IGNAZIO= Let’s try.
PIERO= The public should know that we were undecided whether to go to Sanremo or not for that song, (Grande Amore) you listened to that song and said: “You have nothing to lose, go!”
VESPA= In fact, all you had to do was win!
Then the great duets began in America, Domingo, Anastacia, Barbra Streisand, then Ramazzotti and then remember Woody Allen? When we met him in New York.
IGNAZIO= Absolutely. (a video starts that summarizes all those moments)
VESPA= How much fun we had in America. So you have returned to Italy for the first time from a theatre, the Arcimboldi, a glorious theatre, among other things the general public got to know it when during the restoration of the street, La Scala moved there. Sold out, there you are.
GIANLUCA= Yes.
IGNAZIO= It was a wonderful experience, arriving in Italian theaters for the first time. We knew Arcimboldi from other television programs, having close contact with the public in Italy, having them close in a more intimate environment, was very interesting and beautiful.
VESPA= Sold out.
IGNAZIO= For 6 concerts…..
VESPA= Listen, but you also wrote the soundtrack…
IGNAZIO= By Makari, it was beautiful, it was interesting, I like the composition and therefore it is small satisfactions that unite us.
VESPA= (he turns to Piero) And do you remember when we sat in the seats at the Metropolitan?
PIERO= Yes.
VESPA= Your dream was to go there. Right? Is he left? Are you growing it?
PIERO= It’s my goal. And the most important thing is to persevere.
VESPA= How old?
PIERO= I believe and hope by 30. I have just turned 30, by the end of the year (by June 2024) I hope it happens.
IGNAZIO= I hope you reserve a place for me….
PIERO= No, not at the Metropolitan, debut with opera….
VESPA= Where, where….
PIERO= Let’s hope, I can’t say because we are still in the preliminary phase…
VESPA= Role, role??
PIERO= I hope for TRAVIATA, Alfredo!! ☺
VESPA= Ah, let’s start high…..and you boy (to Gianluca)
GIANLUCA= For me the objective of Il Volo is always the main one, then, who knows, then we’ll see, we are united and we are strong together.
IGNAZIO= However, if I may, I don’t know how much time we have, we want to thank you, because in these years you have given us fundamental support, especially in 2015, where you encouraged us to participate in Sanremo, because you were the first to say that We had nothing to lose anyway….
PIERO= …. and in 2013 to believe in us…
IGNAZIO= And then we want to wish you a good season, great success and lots of fun…
VESPA= You guys too! Good luck.
PIERO= Thank you.
VESPA= Are you going to Sanremo this year??
PIERO= Amadeus!!
IGNAZIO = Ama, Ama…..
GIANLUCA= Hi Amadeus!
VESPA= Hi Ama, are you taking them to Sanremo??
(with these sentences, it seems that Piero Ignazio and Gianluca want to say that the decision is up to Amadeus who is the artistic director of Sanremo and who decides who the competitors will be, so the three of them could have even proposed themselves). 😉
Saturday 16 September
Il Volo will be one of the guests scheduled for the evening at the Arena organized by TIM MUSIC AWARDS.
The evening was supposed to be live on RAI 1 but, due to the final volleyball match between Poland and Italy for the European Championships, the evening takes place on Saturday evening in the Arena and is broadcast on Sunday 17th on Rai 1.
Even if a big secret surrounded the evening, during the afternoon rehearsals it transpired that Il Volo will open the evening with the beautiful Hallelujah.
(Il Volo opens the evening, without introduction and with a truly engaging Halleluja, then the presenters enter, Carlo Conti and Vanessa Incontrada)
CONTI= What a start!!!
VANESSA= Oh my goodness, we’re off to a great start here at the Tim Music Awards.
CONTI= Il Volo
VANESSA = With these three handsome boys.
CONTI= What a show (greetings)
VANESSA = What gentlemen
PIERO= Good evening Verona, good evening everyone.
IGNAZIO= It’s nothing new that I have a weakness for…. (Vanessa)
CONTI= What a start, what a powerful start. Lights, crazy atmosphere, thanks also to your voice, the orchestra and the audience of the Verona Arena, in this magnificent place that you know well.
VANESSA= Next year 15 years of career.
IGNAZIO= Yes, let’s say we are getting older too.
VANESSA= All of us, me too.
IGNAZIO= Time passes for us too, we had a lot of fun.
CONTI= You will celebrate in the best way, the Arena is your home, we will be waiting for you soon, because we will see you again.
IGNAZIO= See you later.
PIERO= See you later (Il Volo exits)
VANESSA= What a great start.
CONTI= We started off great.
VANESSA= Yes, great.
(At this point the evening continues with many other singers. The video resumes with the mid-evening performance of Il Volo. There are three solo moments, the first is Ignazio performing from the royal stage with AT LEAST YOU IN THE UNIVERSE.
The second is Gianluca with ANGELS sung among the audience.
The third is Piero with E LUCEAN LE STELLE from the stage. At the end all three reunite with a short chorus of Grande Amore.)
VANESSA= They opened the evening of this TIM MUSIC AWARDS and obviously now they return to this stage. I, Carlo, would define them as the 3 musketeers of Italian music.
CONTI= Three unique, extraordinary voices, who are loved and known throughout the world, and truly perform with the same success not only in Italy, but from Japan to the United States, on the 5 continents, everywhere.
VANESSA= They are: Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca.
CONTI= Il Volo.
IGNAZIO= Arena, let’s turn on all the flashes (start the 3 pieces of solos followed by Grande Amore – applause)
CONTI= Il Volo!
VANESSA= I love this song so much. (Vanessa sings the chorus of the song) Here we are again.
CONTI= It seems like yesterday, you know that they won Sanremo, my first Sanremo in 2015…..I said: “The Sanremo Festival wins with Grande Amore Il Volo”, it was 2015.
VANESSA= And look where they are now!
So, 2 million records, 1 billion views, millions of subscribers on the YouTube channel. What else do you want?
PIERO= But they are fake numbers come on…..
VANESSA+CONTI= But how are these fake numbers?
PIERO= But yes you said random numbers (piero is ironic, because these are the responses of certain young people or the press when they talk about Il Volo).
VANESSA= Yes, in fact they came to mind like this now. (Vanessa supports Piero’s game, because it is logical that she gives real news).
CONTI= Let’s do one thing, let’s move this way, so the masters (orchestra) whom I greet and thank, can leave.
PIERO= Ok.
IGNAZIO= The orchestra of Franciacorta ( a country very close to my home)
PIERO= Carlo, Vanessa, can we tell you something very important for us?
VANESSA= Tell me, tell me, sure.
PIERO= We can’t say the day yet, but next spring we will have 3 big events here at the Verona Arena, the ALL FOR ONE concept, three big events where every evening there will be 10 guests…
CONTI= With you?
PIERO= Yes, here at the Verona Arena. So we are really happy to announce this event.
VANESSA= But it’s a scoop.
GIANLUCA= But then next year will be a year of great celebrations because we are celebrating 15 years of career.
VANESSA= Exactly, as I said before.
GIANLUCA= Exactly.
IGNAZIO= We will also have Carlo Conti as a guest who will sing with us for the first time.
CONTI= Sure, I guarantee it. All for One is a bit like your life philosophy.
IGNAZIO= Absolutely, we grew up together, it’s been 15 years now, unfortunately we’ve been together…. no, I’m joking!! (laughs) We have been together for 15 years and we really know each other better than our brothers, and sharing our music together, but above all with you (the audience), which in the end is thanks to all of you if we are here, so we are very grateful to our public and to the people who have followed us since day one. And in April 2024 he will even tour Japan.
IGNAZIO= Yes.
CONTI= Here are the prizes for you, a prestigious prize, the ARENA DI VERONA prize with this motivation:
FOR THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE EVENTS AT THE VERONA ARENA TO WHICH THEY BROUGHT ALL THE SOUNDS OF MUSIC, OPERA, POP, ROCK AND GREAT SONGWRITING,as you also demonstrated tonight, MAKING THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCE A REAL JOURNEY INTO MUSIC THAT ONLY THREE GREAT ARTISTS OF TALENT AND SENSITIVITY LIKE IL VOLO COULD INTERPRET. Good guys! (applause)
GIANLUCA= Thank you
IGNAZIO= Thanks everyone.
PIERO= Thanks Verona. (The DIVA award is given to them)
VANESSA= They are well deserved, good luck, see you next year.
PIERO= See you next spring, thanks everyone!
IGNAZIO= Thank you very much Verona!
VANESSA= Good evening.
PIERO= Thanks to all of you, have a good evening. (final greetings)
IGNAZIO= Hi guys, we are Il Volo.
PIERO= To all the friends of RAI Radio 2….
GIANLUCA = ???? ( He didn’t remember the phrase to say) 😁😁😁
IGNAZIO+PIERO and then GIANLUCA= We send a big hello!!
Rai Radio 2interview with Il Volo and LaMario
LAMARIO= I remember when I saw you for the first time, I was younger too, but you were obviously children and now I find them again: grown up, cool, successful…..oh how beautiful life is!
IGNAZIO= Cool… I would be slow to say it….but…
LAMARIO= But it’s like this….
PIERO= Established yourself, but I wouldn’t say it…
GIANLUCA= Sweaty tonight…
IGNAZIO= We were lucky enough to do in life what we like, our passion, and it’s nice to grow together, 15 years have passed…
PIERO= We can say that we are privileged.
LAMARIO= I really like this consideration, but sorry, can you tell me the story of the Korean band? Because I’ve read it, but I’d like to hear it from you
IGNAZIO= We too saw it on social media.
LAMARIO= But they didn’t warn you?
PIERO= No.
LAMARIO= They didn’t even have the good heart to send you their piece for you to listen to?
PIERO= But they are strong. They are very strong, right Ignazio?
GIANLUCA= Ignazio didn’t like it very much…
IGNAZIO= No, why?
PIERO= I have to tell you that I like the Korean version of Ignazio, I prefer it. (laughter, Ignazio tries to make some Korean sounds)
I’d say it was a very intense weekend and the award at the Tim Music Awards was truly deserved.
And what about the news that Piero will soon be making an entire opera, fantastic!
And now off to Zurich immediately, the concerts begin!!
See you soon: Daniela 🤗
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