Dafter Il Volo – Christmas in Jerusalem proposed last year on Christmas Eve, Channel 5 continues with the music. It airs tonight at 9.30pm Elisa – Merry Christmas to you too. The show event, which sees the participation of several guests, was created on the occasion of the two concerts held on 15 and 16 December at the Assago Forum.
Elisa – Merry Christmas to you tooThe guests
«This year we will spend Christmas together», announces the singer in the promo currently playing on the Mediaset flagship. And the evening – also streaming on Mediaset Infinityis certainly full of music, but there will be moments of pure entertainment. The set list contains some of the most famous songs from Elisa’s repertoire and also some symbolic songs of the Christmas tradition.
Alongside her on stage, in addition to the band, several big names in Italian and international music, and not only. Among those announced, the tenor Andrea Bocelli. It is not the first time that the two are guests at each other’s concerts. Then in 2007 they recorded the song The voice of silence. Another round, another star: Tiziano Ferro. Their collaboration dates back to 2013, when Elisa released the album The soul flieswhich contains the duet And I discover what happiness is.
Still, one of the ladies of music: Ornella Vanoni. He recently published Revolutionary calm, with the participation of Samuele Bersani. It also arrives Carmen Consoli, with whom he duetted in Promise me in the album Parthian diaries (secrets revealed). Then Gianni Morandi, with whom she shared the stage at Saremo 2022. Elisa placed second with Or maybe it’s youMorandi third with Open all doors.
“Elisa – Merry Christmas to you too”, the concert on Canale 5. (Getty Images)
Also on stage are Ligabue and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari
Elisa Toffoli’s career began in 1997 with Pipes & Flowers, her debut album which sold over 300,000 copies and earned her her first platinum record. In over twenty-five years of her career, her studio albums have reached 11. Countless duets, which do not stop at those already mentioned.
Among the many, must be remembered The obstacles of the heartwritten by Ligabue, which intervenes at the end. The song was released in 2006 and was an incredible success. It was the most played song on the radio for more than three months. Among the guests of Elisa – Merry Christmas to you too, therefore, he is also there.
Another lucky collaboration arrives in 2018. The song is Alone in the night by Takagi & Ketra, feat. Elisa e Thomas Paradise. The meeting with Paradiso – present on stage tonight – is a harbinger of the birth of a new song, It will all be finepublished in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic. To complete the cast of singers, Rkomi and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari. With the first he wrote and recorded Blue. With the seconds, he sings one of their hits, White pastel.
Elisa – Merry Christmas to you toostarring Eleonora Abbagnato and Drusilla Foer
The evening’s parterre is enriched by the presence of artists who belong to the world of dance, cinema and theatre. Giorgio Panariello, Drusilla Foer, the Étoile of the Paris Opera Eleonora Abbagnato and Pio and Amedeo arrive. The duo from Foggia, in addition to being among the Mediaset presenters, is also promoting the new film, How can a rockout December 28.
Then he also arrives on stage Dardust. Together with him and Calcutta he wrote the single When it snowswhich anticipates the new collection Intimate – Recording Abbey Road Studiosreleased last December 8th. Produced by Dardust, it contains some Christmas songs including the cover of Still night And And Merry Christmas to youthe single that gives the show its name.
AND speaking of the show, Elisa tells the story of its genesis. On Instagram he writes: «While I was imagining the release of this album at Christmas, I thought it would be nice and exciting to propose a new, Christmas song. I’ve never done it before,” she pressed. «On an afternoon, which then extended into an evening some time ago, in a hotel in Milan she’s born And Merry Christmas to you»goes on, “which then also gave life to the idea of the Christmas show which will be broadcast on TV.”
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