Il Volo live in Fresno (Saroyan Theatre)

Review Il Volo at the Saroyan Theatre

You don’t have to search long and far on the Internet for times in which fans of Il Volo — the pop-opera singing trio that enthused a packed Saroyan Theatre Friday with a peppy, crowd-pleasing performance — rebuke the local music critic for not “getting it.” You know the online comment drill when it comes to transgressing reviewer: draw, quarter, eviscerate, turn into Italian meatballs, etc. The chief fan complaint: Critics treat Il Volo like it’s opera, and it isn’t. Don’t judge a group for what it isn’t trying to be.
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And you know what? I’ll buy it. Il Volo isn’t opera. The group sings lots of songs in Italian, yes, and even some opera classics, but in no way, shape or form is this meant to represent the highly trained, specialized style that allows mere mortals to boom over full orchestras and fill 2,000-seat halls unamplified. Il Volo is pop-opera, and while its repertoire might lean toward the operatic — especially to American ears — the mentality is heavily pop, from the format (three adorable young guys wooing the audience) to the delivery (five musicians, heavily amplified and synthesized).

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Il Volo visit HFPA

The Italian operatic trio Il Volo met with HFPA members at their headquarters in West Hollywood as part of the association’s Round Table series of interviews.
Just hours before performing at a sold-out Gibson Amphitheater, tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca Ginoble spoke about the challenges of their growing popularity in the United States.
  “We pretty much live on an airplane,” Gianluca says. “Just this week alone we’re performing in six different US cities, starting with San Francisco and ending it at Radio City Music Hall in New York.”
  The trio, nicknamed the Three Young Tenors and discovered during an Italian talent search by the producer behind Andrea Bocelli, have been a European teen sensation for several years.

“It’s great for us to bring this kind of music to younger people,” explained Piero. “Still, when you look at our audience they are both young and older.”

Jessica Carrillo interviews Il Volo before LA concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre

 

Jessica Carrillo interviewed Il Volo before the LA concert last night, and here's the full interview in English.
G:We're excited to sing here. We're going to sing in Spanish too, and we going to sing the beautiful song by Jose Jose "El Triste"
Interviewer: That certainly was the song Latinas fell in love in your presentation of the Latin billboards. And you guys keep conquering the word
P: we're very thankful because we're bringing our music to the young generations, to the girls. And this is our third week, and we will also go to Latin America
Interviewer: This one the most expected tours, you talked a lot about coming back for this tour
G: Yes, we started the tour in Vancouver and were going to all the important cities in USA and Canada. And in October we're going to Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama among many others

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Il Volo performs at The Gibson Amphitheatre

  Italian operatic pop singers Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto of Il Volo perform at Gibson Amphitheatre on August 28, 2013 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Concord: Il Volo live in concert

Il Volo With Nikki Yanofsky In Concert - Concord, CA

CONCORD, CA - AUGUST 27: Italian operatic pop singer Piero Barone of Il Volo performs at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on August 27, 2013 in Concord, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic)

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CBCNews: Il Volo's sound check

Teen opera sensations Il Volo
Italian opera stars started at age 14

 

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Il Volo brings hit pop-opera to Comerica Theatre

The Italian lads who comprise pop-opera trio Il Volo are definitely men now: Youngest member Gianluca Ginoble turned 18 this year. But the guys show no signs of shaking up their family-friendly, PBS-ready image anytime soon.
“When we have free time, we enjoy our Playstations,” says Ginoble, caught at a Vancouver hotel before the launch of a North American tour. “We have fun, like all teenagers and people 18, 19 and 20.”
The group still travels with parents in tow. Baritone Ginoble and tenor Ignazio Boschetto are accompanied by their moms; second tenor Piero Barone brings his father. The entourage journeys around the globe, with the group boasting a strong following that extends through Latin America, Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.
“Everything is going good,” says Ginoble, who speaks Italian, Spanish and charmingly accented English. “We hope to continue in this way. This is our third tour of the United States, and we will sing at the best venues, like Radio City Music Hall. This is a dream come true to do this live and in such a short time.”
The three singers first performed together on Italian TV in 2009 during a talent show, and stayed together once their run on the series ended. A 2011 debut album reached the Top 10 in the States; a second studio album, “We Are Love,” appeared late last year. The group also issues releases aimed at the Spanish-speaking market; this year’s “Mas Que Amor” topped the Latin pop-album charts in the States.

Il Volo kick off “We Are Love” tour 2013

Il Volo – Orpheum Theatre – August 25, 2013

 Italian popera trio, Il Volo kicked off their headlining “We Are Love Tour” at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver last night. Supporting their November 2012 release “We Are Love“ the trio of Piero Barone(20), Ignazio Boschetto (18) and Gianluca Ginoble (18) are still riding the high from backing Barbra Streisand on tour last year, appearances on American Idol and are now making the most of the recognition to carve their own niche.
Kicking off their 20 date Canada/US tour (which is followed by another 22 shows in Latin America) at Vancouver’s elegant Orpheum Theatre was a perfect venue for their elegant vocals and classic matinee idol good looks, like a mashup of The Jonas Brothers and The Three Tenors. Starting with “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” (in Italian), the 2 hour set included a mix of contemporary songs and classical standards in English, Italian, Spanish and French. The three young men who have vocal range beyond their years each performed a couple of solos in between the group numbers, the audience was enthralled, leaping to their feet after many numbers. The audience also enjoyed the witty banter and occasional stumbles over English words, Ignazio proving to be the most playful one of the trio. Going back and forth between languages and classical and contemporary kept the set lively and meant there was something for everyone to enjoy. Even if you didn’t know the words or know the song there was no doubting that these performers were astounding talents. “Beautiful Day”, “Splendida”, “Angel”, “Surrender” and “Maria” filled out the set list. They paid tribute to Barbra Streisand before Ignazio’s solo version of “Memory”, Frank Sinatra before Gianluca sang “Night & Day”, also the group spotlighted Placido Domingo when singing “Il Canto”, their duet with the maestro.
Although it’s only been just over 3 years since they met on the Italian TV talent show Ti Lascio Una Canzone, their stage and vocal chemistry is perfect, no wonder the judges put them together as a trio to sing their final song of the night “O Sole Mio”.

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Il Volo first concert in Vancouver

 

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Il Volo visiting the Showroom di Affidato (Italy)

Il Volo singer charms in talk about Fresno concert

Can you blame a guy for wanting to kick back a little? Some downtime with his beloved grandfather, hanging out with his 13-year-old younger brother (who's already taller than he), soccer every day with his buddies, some free moments to wander the meandering streets of his quaint hilltop village — it's all a nice break.
"I'm enjoying my vacation — for a month!" exclaims Gianluca Ginoble, on the phone from Italy.
But don't get the 18-year-old Il Volo singer wrong. He's excited to get back to the crushing schedule of an international pop-opera star.
After a whirlwind couple of years in which the trio has criss-crossed the globe, including concerts and TV appearances, in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South America, the three singers — Ginoble, Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto — are embarking on a new American tour.
Fresno is one of four West Coast appearances scheduled, along with Vancouver, Concord and Los Angeles.
The group plays Friday in a presentation by Fresno Grand Opera at the Saroyan Theatre.
The funny thing is, Ginoble says, that Il Volo gets more attention overseas than in his native country.
"We are not so famous in Italy," he says.

Il Volo earns its wings

Somewhere in Sicily, Piero Barone is soaking up some sun.
On a break from Il Volo’s hectic schedule, the 20-year-old is right at home in his native Italian province.
The Italian pop opera trio has been garnering much praise of late, not least of all from the great dame of show business, Barbra Streisand, with whom the vocal group toured last year.
“Barbra is a legend for us and for everyone in the world,” Barone said with a charming Italian accent. “Every night we were singing in front of 25,000 people. I remember the concert in Vancouver — the audience was great and everyone was so nice. We can’t wait to come back.”
Il Volo won’t be sharing the stage with anyone in Vancouver, performing in the rather smaller Orpheum Theatre for roughly a tenth of the audience that packed Rogers Arena for Streisand’s performance last fall, when Il Volo duetted with Babs on classics like Smile and Make My Garden Grow.
That isn’t to say that Il Volo won’t go for the gusto. In fact, they are shooting for big things, bringing along a 20-plus piece orchestra that will provide live string arrangements for the band’s soaring numbers.

Il Volo on CTV Morning Live

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Il Volo continues to reap success

When they joined their voices in 2009, they never thought to reach success today after winning combination of vocal timbres to sing traditional songs in the style of pop song lyrics.
And is that just three years after released their debut album, Il Volo has become a phenomenon: his first album reached tenth place in the Billboard Top 200 chart and to date has sold over a million copies worldwide.
Last year, the Italian trio-consisting of Piero Barone (20), Ignazio Boschetto (18) and Gianluca Ginoble (18) - presented their second study, entitled We Are Love (More Than Love) -, which has also been very successful and led to sing with Eros Ramazzotti, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Belinda.
To give a taste of the cover included in their latest material, the Three Tenors (as they are also known), will be presented on Wednesday at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Studios, site that will soon be demolished to make way for the new attractions wizard Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood.
"I can not wait to be in Los Angeles," said La Opinion enthusiastic voice from Sicily, Italy, Ignazio Boschetto. "Personally, Los Angeles, is one of my favorite cities. I like to sing there, the audience's very warm."

Il Volo: Interview on TG2

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Il Volo is living the teenage dream

GIANLUCA GINOBLE, LIKE his buddies in the teen pop-opera sensation Il Volo, would at the tender age of 18 seem to have it all. With the looks of a young, perfectly coiffed Tony Curtis, a closet full of slim Dolce & Gabbana suits, and stage gigs with the likes of Barbra Streisand and his idols Placido Domingo, he has already done more in his life than a lot of people three times his age.
While other teen pop stars meet early success by, say, vomiting on-stage and relieving themselves in janitors’ mop buckets, it’s refreshing to find Ginoble staying down to earth. The Straight reaches him while he’s on a rare break at his small hillside home of Montepagano, just a few minutes’ walk from the coastal city of Roseto, in the Abruzzo region where he grew up the son of a truck driver.
“We toured from March to July through Latin America and the U.S., so it’s nice right now to be with my friends, hanging out, going to the beach every day, and playing soccer,” the polite, affable young baritone says in a mellifluous Italian accent.
Il Volo’s rocket-ship ride to worldwide stardom started about four years ago, when Ginoble was just 14. All three members were competing in an American Idol–like show in Italy called Ti lascio una canzone. Producers Michele Torpedine (who took care of Andrea Bocelli’s career) and Tony Renis were blown away by the mature sound of their voices and had the brilliant idea to hook them up, like a boy-band Three Tenors. There’s a guy for every taste: Ginoble is the dark and romantic baritone, Piero Barone is the serious one in funky red spectacles, and Ignazio Boschetto brings the big-voiced, dimpled charisma. Think Bocelli sound with One Direction looks, if the latter had a penchant for Italian designer suits.

Il Volo, U.S. tour and a movie for Disney

LOS ANGELES - Pasta was the most successful Italian export product to the US until Il Volo, the operatic-pop trio composed of young Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble. They landed, and caught the attention of radio, have faced successful tour of the States on the stages and in the meantime their records went up high in the rankings. The Rise of Il Volo overseas seems unstoppable. The debut album was immediately "platinum", while the second, We Are Love, lea is climbing the Billboard charts. Last year Barbra Streisand wanted them with him along the North American tour, the first for her for twenty years now, and a duet with them on stage.
[NOTE: This is the best we can translate Italian, sorry. ]
Il Volo has appeared in popular television talk shows (to Jay Leno, in particular), in many shows over the public network PBS and finally landed well on American Idol, the X Factor U.S.. The interest of the entertainment industry for the trio nostrano is huge, and not only by the record: Disney is planning a film about their (still) short career, starring themselves. The three tenorini boast legions of teenage fans who adore them, in open competition with Justin Bieber.
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Promo: Il Volo "Buon Natale"

 

Il Volo is back with their first holiday special!

Piero Barone (20), Ignazio Boschetto (19) and Ginaluca Ginoble (18) are celebrating the Christmas holidays with their brand new PBS special, "Il Volo Buon Natale."  Filmed at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, Il Volo performs this 60-minute special before an enthusiastic audience and adoring fans amidst a backdrop of Santa hats, decorated Christmas trees and beautifully wrapped presents.  From Italian Classics in Il Volo's first special to contemporary pop in their second special, the group takes on American Christmas classics virtually unknown in their Italian culture.

The track list includes:

1.      Panis Angelicus
2.     Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
3.     I’ll Be Home For Christmas
4.     Christmas Medley (Jingle Bell Rock/Let It Snow/It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year)
5.     The Christmas Song
6.     Ave Maria
7.     Santa Claus is Coming to Town
8.     O Holy Night
9.     Silent Night
10.  Blue Christmas
11.  Notte Stellata (The Swan)
12.  White Christmas
13.  Feliz Navidad

Il Volo presents: "We Are Love: Live from The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater"

Il Volo, the Italian trio of pop opera, presented on August 6 "We Are Love: Live from The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater", a material is also been shared on DVD.
The special was produced by Richard Jay-Alexander (Barbra Streisand), directed by Scott Lochmus Detroit PBS agent and producer Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis as musical producers.
This presentation also includes a special duet "Constantemente Mia" with the talented Mexican singer Belinda and the song that made ​​them famous in the U.S., "O Sole Mio", the most popular song of their first album.
Il Volo, Piero Barone (19), Gianluca Ginoble (18) and Ignazio Boschetto (18) delighted an audience which was ecstatic after their presentation. [original source: evenpro ]

You can buy the hard copy of the DVD on Barnes&Noble and the mp3 version on amazon

Il Volo: Classical trio on musicals

The trio of opera singers known as Il Volo came together in 2009 on the Italian reality television show Ti lascio una canzone. Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble were chosen to sing the classic “O sole mio” and have been together ever since settling on the name Il Volo meaning “The Flight.”
The performed onstage at American Idol then landed a guest spot with Barbra Streisand on her world tour. They sang with her on songs such as “Smile” and “Make My Gardens Grow” as well as their own hits.
Recently they released Il Volo Takes Flight on PBS, CD, and DVD to give audiences a taste of their live show.
Volo flew into town to discuss their music with Jerry Nunn and to sign latest copies of We Are Love for the fans.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, guys. You are from different parts of Italy but were formed on a reality show?
Gianluca Ginoble: Yes, an Italian TV show put us together. Our first song was “O sole mio” and turned out to be our first single in the United States. We sang it on American Idol as their special guest. We have performed it for Ellen DeGeneres also.
Piero Barone: We made a DVD in Detroit of our live show recently We Are Love.
JN: Whose idea was it to make a One Direction cover song?

Il Volo performs "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" on The Talk

Il Volo was interview Sharon and Sheryl and then beautifully interpret "Can you feel the love tonight" as part of their promo for their  upcoming tour.

 

 

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Il Volo performs on Pooh's tour "Opera Seconda" as a special guest

 

Il Volo was the special guest of the Band Pooh in Salerno, Italy.

Gianluca described the day as special and twitted the band saying: "@siamoipooh #THANKS for having us as #specialguest in your #concert! It was an #honor. #Seeyousoon!"

Piero shared a photo of the rehasals: http://instagram.com/p/c9KlRlEzDU/

Il Volo performed "Surrender"

Il Volo will be the special guest of the Band "Pooh" for their tour

And continues with the successful summer tour of "Opera in Second Tour" of POOH that after the sellout of the dates of the last few months, take up these days the tour on the stages of the most important open-air theaters - tomorrow, Friday 9 August, Galatone (Lecce), and Sunday, August 11 in Nettuno (Rome) - to arrive Monday, August 12 with a special stop in the charming Theatre of the Temples of Paestum (Salerno). The stage set up in the archaeological area of the POOH will have special guests : IL VOLO.
The three young tenors, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble - who joined after the participation in the second edition of the talent show on Rai 1 "ti lascio una canzone" and that with their first album, simply titled Il Volo, have reached the top ten in Italy, USA, France, the Netherlands, the Netherlands and Austria - the audience a surprise live, for an unexpected and exciting live meeting, the result of a mutual appreciation of art.....
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5 awesome reasons to see Il Volo

1. They’re taking off.
Il Volo, which translates to “the flight” in English, chose its name based on the boys’ desire to spread their wings. And now that the band has taken off from Italian soil, Il Volo has landed full force in America. After the international release of its first, self-titled album, "Il Volo" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Album chart.
2. They’re ‘Idol’ status.
Almost immediately after dropping their first album internationally, the guys headed to the U.S. for a performance during the final three results show on American Idol’s Season 10. The group performed a cover of “O sole mio,” which translates to “my sunshine.” The song is an 1800s Neapolitan song, which Il Volo released as a single.
3. They’re do-gooders.
Post-earthquake, the trio participated in the charity single, “We Are the World 25 for Haiti.” The song, a remake of “We Are The World” by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, debuted at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Il Volo also participated in the President’s Star Charity show in Singapore and performed “O sole mio” to help raise funds for the handicapped.

Il Volo on the "Premio Letterario Caccuri" award ceremony

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Il Volo receiving the "Premio letterario Caccuri 2013" (award)

 

Il Volo on the Magna Graecia Film Festival

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The event will air on RAI1 on August 11th at 11:25pm (Italy)

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"Il Volo" going to Magna Graecia Film Festival

Another surprise for the Festival of Gianvito Casadonte. Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, the young tenors that were on the talent show Rai1 Ti Lascio una Canzone, will be present on the final evening of Magna Graecia Film Festival August 4th.
The three talents formed in 2009 as Il Volo.
Their first album, produced by Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis, was published in the United States and Europe and has sold only 30,000 copies in Italy.
Their outstanding participation in the festival catanzarese will surely warmly welcomed by the public.
Sunday night will also be a special prize to Domenico Fortunato, experienced actor who has recently been in the cast of the television series Rex 6