October 22, 2011

Il Volo Live in Concert to be Filmed By Detroit Public Television

Il Volo Live in Concert to be Filmed By Detroit Public Television October 27 at Detroit Opera House

Show to Premiere on Detroit Public TV on December 7 at 8pm
National PBS airing to begin March 3, 2012

Italian heartthrobs Il Volo, the three Teenage Tenors who are in the midst of a hugely successful 17-city Live Nation US concert tour, will be filming their live show at Detroit's famed Opera House on October 27th, it was announced today by Detroit Public Television. The show will be produced by famed Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich, and Il Volo's managers, Michele Torpedine (who discovered Andrea Bocelli) and Steve Leber, are executive producers. The show will be part of their local pledge drive. DPTV is a viewer supported PBS member station serving the nation's 11th largest television market in Southeast Michigan and over a thousand communities in Canada. It is a leading national producer and distributor of PBS fundraising programs.

"We are excited and proud to be producing this concert for national distribution with our partners at PBS and the Michigan Opera Theatre," says Detroit Public TV's President and General Manager, Rich Homberg.

Il Volo - Piero Barone 18, Ignazio Boschetto 17 and Gianluca Ginoble 16 have been receiving unanimous raves for their vocal talent and showmanship. "If you've never heard them sing 'O Solo Mio' or other classics in their rep, then be prepared to be blown away," raved NY's Daily News. "Il Volo wring every ounce of emotion from the classical-crossover material on their self-titled debut, then find just a bit more to extract," commented The Village Voice.

Their self-titled Geffen Records debut produced by Grammy Award winning producer Humberto Gatica (Josh Groban, Michael Buble) and Tony Renis landed at No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart upon its release and has sold over a half million copies globally. Il Volo has appeared on several TV shows since their May release including American Idol, The Today Show, Ellen, Leno, The Talk as well as the final episode of HBO's Entourage. Their astonishing vocal talent was first heard on the Italian hit TV show, "Ti Lascio Una Canzone (Leaving You A Song)."

Source: PR Newswire

Il Volo adjusting to 'scary' success

Kids today - what do they know about opera?

Thanks to Il Volo, the answer could possibly be "quite a bit" someday.

The Italian ensemble, a trio of teenage tenors, is one of the most surprising and fast-rising crossover acts of the year. In May, its debut album "Il Volo," (Italian for "The Flight") came out stateside, landing at No. 10 on the Billboard charts.

That month, the operatic pop group performed on the season finale of "American Idol," and this summer it made a cameo on the series finale of "Entourage." On its first North American tour, the trio already is playing venues as large as the Milwaukee Theatre just a month after its first full concert.

"It was a little bit scary," Il Volo's Piero Barone, 18, said of kicking off the tour. "But when we have a beautiful audience, everything is easy. But we have to study, study, study, always study."

The baby-faced boy band with the manly voices is collecting older fans, the sort of loyal PBS viewers who generally appreciate the Italian arts. (Il Volo will have a PBS special in March).

But in a surprising change for the genre, a young female following - the kind you'd expect for Justin Bieber and the JoBros - is expressing interest in the romantic heartthrobs with the velvety voices, even though Il Volo's single is a 100-year-old-plus opera staple, "O Sole Mio." (It is, admittedly, a knockout performance.)

When Tap Milwaukee took to Twitter to solicit questions for Barone, some of the smitten inquiries included, "Where do you get your stylish glasses?" and "Are you dating anyone?" from fan Madison Field. (The answers, Madison, are Italian eyewear company Luxottica and, "I don't have a girlfriend, but remember: Always single, never alone.")

"We thought our music was only for the people over 40 years old, . . . but our goal was to bring our music to the young generation, because they don't know this kind of music," Barone said. "If you know this kind of music, you fall in love with it."

Barone himself fell in love with it at age 3 when his blind grandfather, Pietro Ognibene, would play classic Italian albums for him.

In 2009 Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, 17, and Gianluca Ginoble, 16, auditioned for the Italian talent show "Ti Lascio Una Canzone." A producer suggested they join forces, and as a result, they formed Il Volo, won the show and, soon after, a record deal with Universal Music Group.

It's a meteoric rise for Barone, who just a few years ago was an anonymous teen in Sicily, the son of an auto mechanic, who loved singing but, like the others in Il Volo, had no formal training.

"I miss my family, I miss my sister, my brother," Barone said. "But I know what I am doing. I am building my future. It is what I always dreamed."


Source: http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/il-volo-adjusting-to-scary-success-132318373.html

Il Volo San Francisco Concert HQ Vids

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Can't help falling in love



Funiculi Funicula



O Sole Mio



Il Mondo

Il Volo Detroit Concert (10/16)



Part 1



Part 2



Christmas Medley

Il Volo Los Angeles Concert (10/12)

SUPER HQ VIDEOS!! Thank you for uploading!



Can't Help Falling in Love



Mi Vida



Il Mondo

Il Volo Boston Concert - Solo Performances



Ignazio Boschetto - Ti Voglio Tanto Bene

Lyrics:
Dimmi che l'amor tuo non muore
è come il sole d'oro
non muore mai piú

Dimmi che non mi sai ingannare
il sogno mio d'amore
per sempre sei tu

Cara, ti voglio tanto bene
non ho nessuno al mondo
piú cara di te

T'amo, sei tu il mio grande amore
la vita del mio cuore
sei solo tu

Cara, ti voglio tanto bene
non ho nessuno al mondo
piú cara di te

T'amo, sei tu il mio grande amore
la vita del mio cuore
sei solo tu



Gianluca Ginoble - Musica Proibita

Lyrics:
Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone
Sento cantar una canzone d'amore
Più volte la ripete un bel garzone
E battere mi sento forte il core
E battere mi sento forte il core

Oh quanto è dolce quella melodia!
Oh com' è bella, quanto m' è gradita!
Ch'io la canti non vuol la mamma mia
Vorrei saper perché me l'ha proibita?

Ella non c'è ed io la vo' cantare
La frase che m'ha fatto palpitare
Vorrei baciare i toui capelli neri
Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi

Vorrei morir con te, angel di Dio
O bella innamorata tesoro mio
Qui sotto il vidi ieri a passeggiare
E lo sentiva al solito cantar

Stringimi, o cara, stringimi al tuo core
Fammi provar l'ebbrezza dell'amor



Piero Barone - Non Ti Scordar Di Me

Lyrics:
Partirono le rondini dal mio paese
freddo e senza sole
cercando primavere di viole
nidi d'amore e di felicita
La mia piccola rondine parti
senza lasciarmi un bacio
senza un addio parti

Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te
Io t'amo sempre piu
nel sogno mio rimani tu
Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te
C'e sempre un nido nel mio cor per te
Non ti scordar di me!

Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te

C'e sempre un nido nel mio cor per te
Non ti scordar di me!

Il Volo Boston Concert (10/18)



Mi Vida



O Sole Mio



Christmas medley



Funiculì, Funiculà



Mamma



This Time



O Sole Mio



Il Mondo



Un Amore Cosi Grande

October 16, 2011

Il Volo San Francisco Concert (10/14)



Reloj. Nice singalong with Il Volo :)
Ignazio must have been so happy!



This Time



Can't Help Falling In Love



Hasta El Final



Per Te



O Sole Mio



Il Mondo



October 15, 2011

Il Volo on The Talk



Il Volo performed Un Amore Cosi Grande on CBS The Talk.
The audiences are clearly loving them from the beginning! :D
Loved their harmony as always. Great job guys!

Il Volo: The boys who tempt teens to love opera

Italian pop-opera trio Il Volo have taken America by storm. Adam Sweeting reports

Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre is famous for its neo-Grecian decor, as well as legendary performances by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Steely Dan and the Allman Brothers. But as I found my seat, I could only see a 10-year-old kid called Ethan Bortnick, sitting at the piano in a miniature dinner suit and impersonating Louis Armstrong in a bizarre guttural growl. Then he started wisecracking to the audience like some cranky old Borscht Belt veteran. It was freak-show hell.

Luckily, Bortnick was only warming up for the main event, the Italian teenage “pop-opera” phenomenon Il Volo. As the trio of singers took the stage with their band and string section, the crowd – or at least its huge female contingent – hit the hysteria button, and remained in a state of shrieking frenzy for the next 80-odd minutes.

They loved the group’s syrupy super-ballads, like E Pi`u Ti Penso. They adored their shuffling, Latin-tinged take on O Sole Mio, and their weepy rendition of Charlie Chaplin’s Smile. The boys’ energetic blast through the old Neapolitan song Funiculì, Funiculà struck a resounding chord with a house packed with Italian-Americans lavishly dolled up for a musical trip back to La Bella Italia.

“Oh my Gaaaad!” yelled the woman next to me, tears rolling down her cheeks. “They just move my soul!”

“I think that was the best show we ever did,” 17-year-old Piero Barone told me the following morning. He’s the studious, bespectacled one who speaks the best English of the three. “You were in the audience, yes? Did you see how many girls were there? When we came out of the theatre to go back to the hotel, there was a big crowd of them waiting for us.”

“Yes, it was our best show!” agreed Ignazio Boschetto, as his phone kept beeping with greetings on his 17th birthday. Ignazio is the big, burly one whose lyrical tenor tones put the sun-ripened tomatoes and Chianti in Il Volo’s sound. “I think it’s because New York is New York, and the audience was so hot.”

Il Volo’s third man is 16-year-old Gianluca Ginoble, whose dark good looks suggest a gene-splicing experiment involving Mario Lanza and Paul Anka. He wasn’t saying much, because he’d eaten something that didn’t agree with him the previous night and had turned a queasy yellow colour. However, he did manage to frame the thought that “we have three different voices, three different ways to live life, but together we are one soul”.

The trio’s American tour schedule takes them from the East Coast to California, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and more, before they head back to Europe at the end of the year. Their hectic work rate is designed to cement Il Volo as a crossover phenomenon which (their handlers hope) will in due course be able to rival the likes of Andrea Bocelli or Josh Groban. The difference is that whereas the former tend to reach middle-aged or older crowds, Il Volo are proving staggeringly successful with the young pop generation.

Their first album – due out here later this month – debuted at number 10 on America’s Billboard 200 chart, boosted by a TV blitz that saw them appearing on American Idol, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the space of a week. For every knee-jerk comparison to the Three Tenors – even though Gianluca is technically a baritone – there has been another to New Jersey boy band the Jonas Brothers.

“We never expected all this to happen,” said Piero, “but we dreamed and hoped it would. We thought our music would be for people over 40, but now we understand that teenagers love this kind of music.”

“Our goal has been to bring our emotion and our music to the young generation,” Ignazio added. “We are doing this and so we are happy.”

With maximum commercial reach in mind, their album has been designed to hit as many bases as possible, and of course any dabblings in unadulterated opera are out of the question. As Gianluca put it, “even in Italy young people don’t love opera. People are tired of this kind of music.”

“We chose a lot of kinds of music,” said Piero. “You can find Spanish songs, English songs, Italian songs and pop songs. It’s music that lets you love, laugh and cry.”

Every teen band needs its Svengali, but Il Volo has a whole battalion of them. They were spotted by Italian music biz veteran Tony Renis (author of the much-covered Quando Quando Quando) when they appeared on Italy’s Pop Idol-style TV talent show Ti Lascio Una Canzone. The boys had each been appearing as a solo contestant, but one of the show’s producers suggested they join forces to sing O Sole Mio. When he’d picked his jaw up off the floor, Renis got on the blower to record mogul Jimmy Iovine and producer-A&R man Ron Fair, which resulted in Il Volo becoming the first Italian act to sign to Geffen Records in the States.

The group are managed by Michele Torpedine, who has worked with Bocelli and Italian rocker Zucchero, and he’s assisted by former Aerosmith and AC/DC manager Steve Leber. Renis co-produced the debut album with Humberto Gatica, sometime collaborator with Bocelli, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. Let’s hope there’s some money left for the group when this lot have all taken their cut.

For now, they’re finding it all incredibly new and amazingly exciting.

“It’s not difficult because we love what we’re doing,” Piero stressed. “We do it because we love it, so everything is easy.”

“The hardest thing is leaving our families at home in Italy,” Ignazio added. “But everyone knows we are building our future, so we always do it with a smile.”


Source: The Telegraph

Leonor visita Roma e o trio Il Volo

I think this is a Brazilian program. Does anyone speak Portuguese?
This is more like Italy sightseeing featuring Il Volo here and there.
Il Volo is mainly appeared in part two of the video.



Part one.



Part two.



Part three.

Il Volo Bahamas Concert (10/8)



Can't Help Falling In Love



Funiculi Funicula

October 12, 2011

Il Volo Concert: Solo Performances



Ignazio Boschetto - Ti Voglio Tanto Bene

Lyrics:
Dimmi che l'amor tuo non muore
è come il sole d'oro
non muore mai piú

Dimmi che non mi sai ingannare
il sogno mio d'amore
per sempre sei tu

Cara, ti voglio tanto bene
non ho nessuno al mondo
piú cara di te

T'amo, sei tu il mio grande amore
la vita del mio cuore
sei solo tu

Cara, ti voglio tanto bene
non ho nessuno al mondo
piú cara di te

T'amo, sei tu il mio grande amore
la vita del mio cuore
sei solo tu



Gianluca Ginoble - Musica Proibita

Lyrics:
Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone
Sento cantar una canzone d'amore
Più volte la ripete un bel garzone
E battere mi sento forte il core
E battere mi sento forte il core

Oh quanto è dolce quella melodia!
Oh com' è bella, quanto m' è gradita!
Ch'io la canti non vuol la mamma mia
Vorrei saper perché me l'ha proibita?

Ella non c'è ed io la vo' cantare
La frase che m'ha fatto palpitare
Vorrei baciare i toui capelli neri
Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi

Vorrei morir con te, angel di Dio
O bella innamorata tesoro mio
Qui sotto il vidi ieri a passeggiare
E lo sentiva al solito cantar

Stringimi, o cara, stringimi al tuo core
Fammi provar l'ebbrezza dell'amor



Piero Barone - Non Ti Scordar Di Me

Lyrics:
Partirono le rondini dal mio paese
freddo e senza sole
cercando primavere di viole
nidi d'amore e di felicita
La mia piccola rondine parti
senza lasciarmi un bacio
senza un addio parti

Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te
Io t'amo sempre piu
nel sogno mio rimani tu
Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te
C'e sempre un nido nel mio cor per te
Non ti scordar di me!

Non ti scordar di me
la vita mia legata e a te

C'e sempre un nido nel mio cor per te
Non ti scordar di me!

Il Volo Melbourne Concert (10/9)



Il Volo meets their youngest fan Mia!! They sang Can't Help Falling in Love with You for her. Soooo adorable!!! A must-watch clip for sure ;)



E Piu Ti Penso



Granada



Mamma



Funiculi Funicula



Mattinata



Hasta El Final



Mi Vida



Notte Stellata



O Sole Mio



Per Te. I love this song but oh my... Ignazio's microphone was experiencing some serious technical difficulties!!!



Smile



This Time



O Sole Mio / Now or Never



Christmas album track previews. I think Ignazio's voice has gotten richer!

Il Volo Interview in Portugal


Portugal's exclusive story with teen singers Il Volo straight from Italy! I think the program is called Eliana. Does anyone speak Portuguese? 

October 9, 2011

Random high-res Il Volo pictures

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Il Volo interview: 'We're nothing like Il Divo'

Say hello to Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio, who form Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo.

After a hectic 12 months which has seen them release their self-titled debut album around the world, break the Top 10 in the US and perform on American Idol, they've decided the time is ripe to take on the UK charts.

With said LP out later this month, we met up with the teenage stars to find out how they're handling their rise to fame.

You've released your debut album in lots of countries already; are you confident about its chances in the UK?
Piero: "The last place we're releasing the album is in Spain, but we're so excited to get it out here. England is the most beautiful country...after the US! They've been very good to us out there - we've been on American Idol, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Jay Leno."

Sounds like a hectic year; are you tired out yet?
Gianluca: "No, not at all! We are ready for this."
Ignazio: "We are still only 17 - we have a lot of energy! If we don't do this now, we might lose our chance forever."

Have people confused you with Il Divo yet?
Gianluca: "Yes they have. We are very different, though! They are over 30 for a start."
Piero: "It's the same kind of music, but it's a different kind of project. It's like Justin Bieber - people don't compare him to every male pop artist. It's the same thing."

You perform Nat King Cole's 'Smile' on the album in English. How many languages do you speak?
Piero: "We record songs in so many different languages - we're even releasing a completely Spanish version of this record next."
Gianluca: "For live performances we can sing in German, French and English as well as Italian. We're learning Chinese and American English at the moment, which means it's hard to understand a British accent!"

Were you all fans opera music before you formed the group?
Gianluca: "We all like rock and pop music, but my parents introduced me to opera music from a young age too."
Ignazio: "We are teenagers, so we like music that's current, but I'm also a fan of Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble and Pavarotti - it's an influence passed down from my grandad."

Would you ever collaborate with a more mainstream pop artist?
Piero: "We'd love to collaborate with Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Celine Dion. We love Celine Dion! She is crazy in a good way, but she's so funny. Everyone we've met has been funny, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Pink... Paris Hilton."

You were put together on a talent show in Italy; how do you feel about those who criticize that particular path to fame?
Piero: "We met on the show two years ago, and we'd never met each other before that. I understand that, but in my opinion we're completely different. Like Il Divo or Andrea Bocelli, you could sell our album today or in 30 years' time. This music is completely different."

Have you started thinking about your next album yet?
Gianluca: "Yes we have! After this album we are releasing a Christmas EP, which we're really excited about. We recorded it back in July - it was a bit strange singing 'Jingle Bells' in the middle of summer!"

You're all still teenagers; is singing what you've always wanted to do?
Piero: "We all dreamed to be singers, but never at this age! I would like to have been a piano player or a sports car driver."

What's been the highlight of the last 12 months?
Gianluca: "American Idol was great, but honestly, everything is a highlight - we never expected any of this. After today we're back off to New York, it's incredible!"

Il Volo release their self-titled album on October 31. Their Christmas EP follows later this year. Pre-order the album at: http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/110922141911

Source: digital spy

Interview with Il Volo, performing at Comerica

Kind of an Il Divo for the younger set, Il Volo features three Italian teens who capably work their way through a repertoire heavy on operatic pieces and standards. The trio met on an Italian reality show, then continued to perform together. The group's self-titled debut has been an international hit, reaching the U.S. top 10 after its release late last year.

Members Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble are currently on the road for a U.S. tour. Barone, at 18 the oldest member, called from Chicago to discuss the shows and the sudden fame. His English is a bit shaky, but his enthusiasm transcends any language barriers.

Question: The group's big song is "O Sole Mio." Is it a stereotype to think that every Italian knows this song?
Answer: Growing up, this song is a traditional Italian song. Everybody knows this song. My grandpa made me listen to this kind of music. Then the first time the TV producers had us sing together, they had us sing this song. Then when we made a record, they put it on the album. It's special for us.

Q: Did you listen to pop music growing up?
A: Of course. We sing pop music and classic music. But if you looked at my iPod, you'd see all kinds of music, from Andrea Bocelli to Elvis Presley and Lady Gaga.

Q: Was your goal to wind up in a group?
A: No, never. My goal was just to be a singer. I never thought that this would happen at this age. I never planned on finding two different guys to start this career. Now we are three friends.

Q: What's it like having your music do well in the United States?
A: For all Italian singers, I think it is like a dream. Italian artists come here and bring the music, and we have arrived here, and we're bringing the music to the people of the United States.

Q: The group is also successful in Spanish. Do you speak the language?
A: Yes, we understand and speak Spanish. Our producer (Humberto Gatica) speaks Spanish, and it was very important to us to do it right.

Q: What are your audiences like?
A: We love our audience. They may be from Mexico or Latin America or North America or everywhere. We have people from 13 years old to people over 40. The nice thing is we can say the younger generation now gets to love this music.

Q: Have you gotten starstruck meeting any celebrities yet?
A: Oh my God! We really meet everybody because we're contracted with Interscope and Geffen and Universal Music. At the parties after the Oscars and after the Grammys, we've met Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black Eyed Peas. They are like big stars and we are like normal fans.

Q: Is your schedule exhausting?
A: We are never tired. We are ready to do everything. Now we are on an American tour, and we'll be in Chicago. We are ready to see America and taste the American food.

Q: Do you miss Italian food?
A: Yes, of course. You can find Italian food in America, but it's not like in Italy. In Italy, it's the best in the world. If you eat in Italy, you eat like you are eating in paradise!

Source: azcentral

Il Volo New York Concert (10/3)

At the Beacon theater. Love the high quality videos. Thanks!!



Smile



Can't Help Falling in Love



O Sole Mio



This Time



Un Amore Cosi Grande



O Sole Mio



Hasta El Final



Granada

Il Volo Interview with Craveonmusic

Il Volo Foxwoods Concert (10/2)



Christmas carol medley! :)



Mi Vida

Il Volo Miami Concert (10/6)



Il Mondo



Un Amore Cosi' Grande and E piu ti penso



Ignazio's Solo, Granada and Smile



O Sole Mio


Chicago Concert Review

Thank you Barbara N for emailing me her amazing concert experience!!! Enjoy! :)

I was thrilled to be in the Chicago Theater on September 28 for the Il Volo Concert. I am SO crazy about these talented young men and so impressed with their humility, charm, and stage presence! The intro act (Diva) was good but too long, and was followed by a long break when people were leaving their seats. When Il Volo finally took the stage they seemed to connect with their audience immediately, and their show was a real treat! I loved how they interacted with each other and with their fans! I was disappointed that the sound system seemed somewhat unbalanced, especially in the beginning, and the lighting seemed a little off and sometimes too dim. Il Volo deserves much better! They deserve the BEST! I was so impressed with their performance that I am also driving 6 hours to see them in Detroit next week! I am such a fan, their music is all I listen to since I first heard them on American Idol! I hope they produce a video of one of their concerts some day because they are so good looking and fun to watch while they sing! I think they have a very bright future and I pray they stay healthy, safe, and always Il Volo!

October 2, 2011

Il Volo Chicago Concert (9/28) - 2

The videos below are recorded from a different fan than from the previous post. Enjoy!



Il Mondo



O Sole Mio



Un Amore Cosi grande. I looooove this song!!!



El Reloj



This Time



Funiculi Funicula



Non Ti Scordar Di Me (Piero's solo)



Gianluca's solo ... does anyone know the title of this song?