3 Good Looking Young Italian Guys Show Off Their Amazing Voices

On Friday I was assigned to write a piece on the Il Volo concert happening at Radio City Music Hall that night. Initially dreading that I had to go home shave and put on a shirt that didn’t have a Death Metal font across the chest I agree and cleaned myself for their first New York appearance in 2 years.
Since your Pandora stations most likely wont pull up one of their songs on a Pop playlist I will Il Volos fame in a few sentences. Il Volo started as 3 teenage Opera singers who met on a Italian music competition show called “Ti Lascio Una Canzone” in 2009. After the competition the boys formed Il Volo and broke the hearts of Moms, Grandmas, Aunts and younger Sisters around the world. Their charming good looks, boyish cuteness and surprisingly good Opera voices gave them international success in a genre that is pretty much not existent in Pop Culture. So I went to the world famous Radio City Music Hall to experience Il Volo in concert. .

Il Volo Radio City: a dream come true

"This is Radio City. I hope, we hope and everybody hope to go there, do a big concert for the American people". We all remember Ignazio showing their desire to perform there.
On September 27th, 2013, 3 years after the interview "A Day In The Life in NYC", Il Volo realized their dreams. Ilvolover, you just lived an historic day for Il Volo and this is just the beginning.
We're proud of them, there's nothing more to say about that wonderful day; "speechless".
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Il Volo Performs at Radio City Music Hall Tonight

Live Nation brings singing sensations Il Volo to perform on the Great Stage at Radio City Music Hall tonight, September 27th, 2013 at 8:00PM. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com, by Ticketmaster Charge by Phone at 1-866-858-0008, or in person at the Radio City Music Hall Box Office. [Note the show is sold out]
Il Volo released their new cd, We Are Love (Special Edition), May 28th on Interscope Records. The new offering will feature selections from their fall 2012 release We Are Love as well as five newly recorded songs including: One Direction's "Little Things," Sarah McLachlan's "Angel," "Surrender (Torna A Sorrento)," "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and West Side Story's "Maria." We Are Love (Special Edition)was produced by Tony Renis and Humberto Gatica.

Il Volo at The Amway Arena-Orlando

All invited by the  Mayor to the City of Orlando Suite at the Amway Arena to the Il Volo show. The show was a mixture of popular Italian songs, Il Volo’s most recent hits and during the second part of the show, they performed, classical Italian, and American songs, the Mexican Hit Granada, hits from Placido Domingo, Luis Miguel, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand, . I can’t explain the effect it caused but the audience was so moved that little by little they were getting closer to the stage. At the end a standing ovation, they were called back to the stage and performed three more songs, bringing the audience to a climax. A show that is a must see by everyone that is a serious admirer of great music and great voices.  Many thanks to Director of Multicultural Events for the City of Orlando, Luiz Martinez-Alicea for organizing everything. [...] Click here to se the photos

Il Volo's big success in Miami

A beautiful concert was held last night at The American Airlines Arena. Il Volo wasn't expecting the tremendous welcome from all their fans.
The boys were full of excitement and performed each song with the passion that characterizes them. When it was the time to perform their solos, long standing ovations will follow.
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After the concert, ilvolovers were waiting for them. The humble Il Volo approached them to share the love with each one of them.
 Il Volo Miami shared on their twitter account that the boys will be back in Miami for a recording session. And according to the ilvolovers present, Mr. Barone shared pizza with them. Also "Chino" Jesus Miranda (Venezuelan singer) was present at their concert. 

An unforgettable night!
The boys tweeted which such joy that you could feel their happiness:
ignazio boschetto : I think tonight was one of the best show ever..!! Thank you sooo much Miami..!! #Miami #ilvolovers #ILoveYou
Piero Barone: SPEACHLESS!  #Miami i'll never forget this night. You've been #amazing  I love you all ❤ Ps: #Orlando we are on our way! See you tomorrow😚
Gianluca Ginoble:  I have been left speechless by your continued support. THATS amazing!! Thank you!!! #miami #wearelovetour


God job guys We're proud of you.

 

Videos: Il Volo at Westbury, NY

 

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Il Volo's 4 Backstage Secrets

As the Italian-born operatic pop sensation Il Volo winds their way across the United States and onto the stage of Radio City Music Hall for their We Are Love Tour, I had the opportunity to closely observe and analyze the cross-generational appeal of this young trio. In a rare behind-the-scenes pre-concert interview in Pittsburgh for Parade.com, the three talented young stars, Piero Barone, 20, Ignazio Boschetto, 18, and Gianluca Ginoble, 18, opened up with me and 16-year-old high school newspaper entertainment editor Maura McNulty about life in and under the spotlight.
Within seconds, the charming trio had won the hearts and respect of this old-enough-to-be-their mom interviewer and her teen colleague. Conquering the mother-daughter age range of fans isn’t an easy feat, but Il Volo has surpassed that. From hyperventilating high school seniors and screaming senior citizens to starstruck preteens, the demographic profile of their fan base is one of the most comprehensive I have ever witnessed. Few artists, especially those under the age of 21, are able to fill enormous theaters with relatively equal numbers of Gen X, Gen Y, Baby Boomer, and Pre-Boomer fans. But Il Volo did it almost effortlessly.

Celebrities Descend on Boston’s North End: Piero Barone (Il Volo)

 

Piero Barone of Il Volo is shown below at Boston Barber Co. on Salem Street for a fresh cut by Robert Dello Russo. Il Volo performed on Saturday night at the Bank of America Pavilion.

Piero also enjoyed dinner at Carmelina’s North End on Hanover Street. He is shown below with his father, Gaetano, Carmelina’s Damien DiPaola and Robert Dello Russo. Piero mentioned on stage that he loved the Frutti di Mare.

Ignazio Boschetto speaks about the soaring success of Il Volo

When Italian trio Il Volo takes the stage, prepare to be swept away by the powerful passion only Italian opera can bring. Ignazio Boschetto, 18, Piero Barone, 20, and Gianluca Ginoble, 18, launched Il Volo in 2009. The group’s name, which means “the flight” has rocketed to global fame with their hit rendition of “O Sole Mio.”
In 2011, they appeared on HBO’s “Entourage” and the following year, performed with Barbra Streisand. Boschetto phoned us from Montreal Sept. 9 where Il Volo performed for 5,000 people the previous night. Currently touring in America promoting new albums We Are Love and Mas Que Amor, the vibrant young singer is definitely living la dolce vita these days.
“I think each moment of our career has been so special and important for us,” Boschetto said of his group's international superstardom. “For us, it’s a dream. Every single part of our day is like dreaming and we didn’t expect any of this. Being here after three years, everything has happened so fast. It’s really all a dream come true.”

Il Volo opera/pop trio comes to Westbury

"We don't sing just opera and we don't sing just pop," says Piero Barone of the Italian trio known as Il Volo, making its second concert appearance in two years at NYCB Theatre at Westbury Tuesday evening.
"We're a crossover between classical and contemporary," the 20-year-old tenor adds. As the only one of the three who's no longer a teenager -- tenor Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca Ginoble are both 19 -- Barone is the group's senior spokesman.
He speaks three languages -- Italian, English and Spanish -- but like the others, Barone also sings in a fourth language: German. Wagner, anyone?
"I'm the dramatic one," Barone says by phone from Chicago. "I can do opera. We sing with harmonies."
OPERA IDOL His greatest thrill so far is recording "Il Canto," with the legendary tenor Plácido Domingo. "I've been listening to him since I was 5 years old, and now he listens to us. Can you imagine? We decided together to dedicate the recording to Luciano Pavarotti because he's a countryman of ours," Barone said of the late tenor great. Domingo agreed to sing with Il Volo at the urging of a grandson.

Il Volo is way ahead of the learning curve

When Piero Barone, the youngest member of Il Volo, was born 20 years ago, Barbra Streisand already crossed the half-century mark.
But there was Barone, as well as Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, his Il Volo mates, sharing a stage with the icon when she returned to Brooklyn last autumn during a rare tour.
Il Volo impressed with their massive sets of pipes after they were introduced by Streisand.
“To perform with Barbra Streisand, particularly in her hometown of Brooklyn, was something we’ll never forget,” Barone says during a telephone interview from Vancouver. “Every night we were out with her, I had goose bumps.
“It was an extraordinary experience. What I learned from her was to keep it humble since she has accomplished more than anyone and she is so humble. We’ll be humble, too.”
Il Volo, which will perform Thursday at the Tower Theater, has plenty to be proud of, but the handsome, charismatic trio refrains from tooting its collective horn.

Photos: Il Volo in Montreal

Il Volo concert at The Bell Centre on Sunday, September 8th.

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Il Volo at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto

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For Il Volo’s Gianluca Ginoble, everything is beautiful

“They’re, like, opera singers, and they’re amazing” is how Ari’s teenage daughter summed up Il Volo on the series finale of HBO’s Entourage, and while that may seem an apt description, group member Gianluca Ginoble is quick to say that it’s not quite true.
“The Three Tenors sang opera, no?” he says over the phone in his charming Italian accent from his Vancouver hotel room, referring to the Spanish and Italian singers, a common comparison. “And we can’t sing opera. I don’t want to sing opera. We sing an operatic pop. We sing in harmony.”
In Italy, they don’t really love this kind of music. I don’t know why
Il Volo — Ginoble, 18,  Ignazio Boschetto, also 18, Piero Barone, 20 — have a worldwide following for the operatic sensibility they bring to pop songs as well as for their beautiful harmonies on traditional Italian songs. The three met in 2009 on American Idol-esque Italian TV show Ti Lascio Una Canzone. Ginoble won the competition, but things went so well when producers asked the trio to sing O Sole Mio that the they formed Il Volo (Italian for “flight”).

Il Volo on the Chicago Theater (Sept 4)

Classical singing trio Il Volo in Toronto Sept. 7

Piero Barone took one look at his suite in Chicago and called his manager to complain. It was too big, he says: he only needs one bed.
“I’m the simplest guy in the world,” says one-third of the classical singing sensation Il Volo, now touring North America.
Fame has come quickly for the three singers discovered as teens two years ago while participating in an Italian music competition, Ti lascio una canzone.
Since Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble released their first album, Il Volo, (a million-seller) the group has appeared on American Idol, Live With Kelly and Michael and in HBO’s finale of Entourage.
They have just released their second album, Il Volo:We Are Love, and are singing some of its songs at their Sept. 7 concert at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre.
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Italian tenor group lights up the Gibson Amphitheater

At 9 o’clock sharp, the lights began to dim. An orchestra composed of men and women, all dressed in white, started to play the opening of “Questo Amore,” Il Volo’s rendition of Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing.”
Three backdrops appeared at the top of the stage, and a dim blue light lit one up just as Gianluca Ginoble, the 18-year-old baritone of the group, began to belt out the lyrics. His silhouetted figure shone through the screen as if he were behind it. Ignazio Boschetto, 18, one of the two tenors, subsequently began to sing his part, his shadow also appearing on the middle backdrop, followed by 20-year-old Piero Barone, the other tenor of the group, who unleashed a powerful voice comparable to a tenor with 30 years of experience.
Just as their three shadows continued to give the illusion of them singing, the three young men approached the stage from the sides, startling the excited audience as their silhouettes began to fade. The crowd was in awe. The boys had their full attention. With excitement in their eyes and smiles throughout, Il Volo thanked their fans, and continued the show.

Video: Il Volo Tour Chicago (EXTRANewspaper)

 

Il Volo talks to extra about their upcoming release and concert in Chicago. 

Il Volo live in Fresno (Saroyan Theatre)

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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