When Il Volo fans around the country tune into the “We Are Love” PBS special filmed Tuesday night in front of an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at the Fillmore Miami Beach, they’ll get plenty of the teen trio’s snappy fashion, swarthy good looks and impressive vocal firepower.
But what may not be so evident once the outtakes are taken out: These guys are a lot of fun.
More than just another Il Volo concert, Tuesday’s two-hour-plus filming (for a TV special scheduled to air June 1) offered local fans a unique, unedited view of the Italian pop-opera trio in action. Cues were missed, power was lost, lines were flubbed –– such is “live” TV –– but the boys seized each do-over as an opportunity to show off an abundance of witty charm.
When the impossibly handsome Gianluca Ginoble (pictured, left) was being fussed over by stylists between songs, Ignazio Boschetto (right) asked: “Do you need a mirror?” Then, to the audience: “He has a house full of mirrors.”
As the formerly pudgy Ignazio wandered back from his own primping session, the third member of the trio, Piero Barone, intoned: “Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Depp,” causing Ignacio to do a little catwalk vamping.
