Il Volo: "Placido Domingo told us he was our number one fan"

"I listen to Placido Domingo since I was five years old and now is that he listens to us," says the tenor of Il Volo, Gianluca Ginoble.

Gianluca Ginoble insured -via telephone from Abruzzo- that in April, he will return to Venezuela with his peers Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone, who complete the Italian trio Il Volo lyrical pop. Gianluca promises the [17]-year tenor, will sing some of the songs of We are love, which released the group album in November.
The recording plate has some strong collaborations, as the Spanish tenor Placido Domingo in Il theme song and the performer Cosi Italian Eros Ramazzotti. Moreover, the young, still retains a cassette of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti, said that they also recorded a theme with Mexican singer Belinda.

-So far have shown no songs written by you. Will you at some point?
-On the new album we have only four versions and I think there are eight original songs, which we intervene in the process of composition. As for our own songs, Ignazio and I wrote some very nice things, let's see if they go on the next album.

While recording Il Canto with Placido Domingo, Did he say to you something memorable?
-Remembering that day excites me. I listen to Placido Domingo since I was five years old and now it turns out he listens to us. He said he was delighted with our voices since we started. Also, it was our number one fan. We can say: "Placido Domingo is our number one fan".

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Pop the question with Il Volo

You may remember Il Volo when they made their U.S. debut performing on ‘American Idol‘ a few years back… Now the pop-opera trio are busy traveling the world (literally) promoting their recently released sophomore album ‘We Are Love,’ a mix of contemporary hits mixed with Italian classics.
We were lucky enough to have the trio of teenagers — Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble — visit the PopCrush offices while they were in the States to take on a game of Pop the Question.

Now, a fair warning to those who melt like butter at the sound of their voices: These boys (whom Barbara Streisand “treated like her own grandsons” as they put it) are no doubt sweet… but they aren’t super serious or formal. In fact, they’ll most likely make you laugh.
As they take turns throwing darts at our balloon-filled questions — frequent shouts like “The blue one! The blue one! Ole!” and “He’s gonna miss it!” could be heard ringing through the halls — the boys were forced to talk about some silly subjects. One topic they tackled was their bad habits, which include singing and dancing like Elvis [insert Barone's baritone voice here] while crossing the street. Now, just picture that and try not to laugh.
They also talk about their celebrity crushes, shouting out several A-list names such as Natalie Portman and Angelina Jolie. In his suave Italian accent, Peiro also added: “You know that we love everyone… that is a problem.”
The boys also chatted with us about their latest studio effort, ‘We Are Love,’ stating: “We are really excited about this album because there are eight new songs, two duets — one with Eros Ramazzotti, and one with Placido Domingo.” Barone adds: “With this album, we want let the people know who we really are, [so that] in the next tour, the next concert the people are going to sing with us our songs.”
Be sure to watch the hilarious Pop the Question interview with Il Volo [below]!




Source: popcrush