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?
