Il Volo takes flight

Il Volo means flight in Italian – and it turned out to be the perfect name for a trio of teen tenors who have been soaring to new heights since winning the TV talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone” in their native Italy.
Since their 2009 reality TV win, Il Volo – Piero Barone, 19, Ignazio Boschetto, 18, and Gianluca Ginoble, 16 – have toured with Barbara Streisand, performed across the world, released a platinum-selling album in Italy, and topped the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart in America with their classically influenced music.
On Thursday, Il Volo will take the stage at The Westchester County Center in White Plains. The concert has been generating local buzz with fans of all ages, including Jeanne Lolya, a self-described “little old lady from Ossining” who told us how much she loved their music and impressed us with her knowledge of the group. “Ignazio is the one with the dimples!” she pointed out. “I want to tell them to keep singing.”
“The people [in America] are very warm,” Gianluca said when we mentioned loyal fan Lolya during a phone call on Friday. “We can’t wait to come to White Plains.”
While winding down from rehearsals, the trio also chatted about their music, competing on reality TV (they offered some advice for two locals who are currently competing on “The Voice” and “X-Factor”), and shared their admiration for their legendary tourmate Barbara Streisand.

Italian pop-opera teen singers Il Volo bring their music to the world

The three teens from Italy internationally known as Il Volo — Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble — have grown-up music on their minds. For the past three years, Barone, 19, Boschetto, 17, and Ginoble, also 17, have been singing a pop-classical crossover brand of opera.
Barone, calling from a tour stop in South Florida, immediately acknowledges they “don’t sing real opera,” but his enthusiasm for the style is beyond reproach.
“Our goal is to bring this kind of music around the world,” he said. “Our music is for all ages. I grew up with this music, so the first time I heard this kind of music I fell in love with it. Everybody can love this music. When you discover it, you are going to love it.”
In the span of a mere two years, Il Volo has released four albums. The trio’s self-titled debut was released twice. One version, which includes songs in Italian, Spanish and English, was released in May 2011. A Spanish edition of the disc hit stores a month later. A live album, Il Volo Takes Flight: Live From the Detroit Opera House, arrived in February. There’s even a digital-only EP of Christmas songs.

Videos: Il Volo in Ontario, Canada

Never forget to take flight

“Never Forget ‘Il Volo’” were the last words the three young Italian tenors said before leaving the stage at the Essar Centre last night.
And it would be hard to try as they proved why they are an international sensation at last’s night’s performance at the Essar centre.
Nominated for Best New Artist and Best New Album by a Duo or a Group by the Latin Grammy Awards just last year, the young men have reached world-wide stardom all before the age of eighteen.
As approximately 2500 local patrons entered into the stadium, the excitement of the viewers was ever present as they patiently waited for the three teenage boys to take the stage.
With bright white lights cascading over Piero Baron (17), Ignazio Boschetto (16), and Gianluca Ginoble (16), the audience could not hold back their admiration and offered epic applause and resounding cheers of praise.
Members in the audience were found clapping and singing along to several well-known and classical songs including the upbeat “Finiculi, Funicula” and “O Sole Mio,” which the band performed in an encore performance.

How Anna found Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca

SooToday.com received the following account of how sweet the reward for persistence and ingenuity can be. Loyal SooToday.com reader Anna Mollame sent us her story and pictures of how she found and met Italian singing sensations Il Volo for the second time. Everyone can find the two young members of Il Volo on stage at the Essar Centre tomorrow evening. There are still a few tickets left. Get yours now.
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Hello, my name is Anna Mollame, I am 18-years old and on Tuesday August 6 I had the pleasure of meeting Il Volo for the second time.
I first met Il Volo when I went to their concert in Detroit on October 16, 2011.
They were the sweetest boys I've ever met so when I discovered they were in the Sault I made it my mission to meet them again.
My friend mentioned that she saw their tour bus on the bridge and from that point on I went on a hunt to find where this bus was.
My inner detective came out and I thought to myself, where can they possibly hide a bus and then I figured it out!
I found the bus at Comfort Suites, just around the corner from my house (bonus!) .
The next morning my friend and myself went to the hotel and waited in the lobby for the boys to finish their breakfast.

Il Volo Tour Bus

Check out Il Volo's new tour bus! Super awesome! What do you guys think?
The designers of the bus were "Wrap artist" who also have design for Miley Cyrus, Camp Rock, Covergirl, among many others. Looks like the boys are going to have a lot of fun with their  new bus.
Check out more photos at Wrap Artist FB