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.
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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