F.ra gli guests scheduled for the second semifinal of theEurovision 2022 – on air tonight at 9.15 pm on Rai 1 – there is also the symphonic pop trio The flight composed of Ignazio BoschettoGianluca Ginoble and Pietro Barone.
Active for about ten years, the group presents a new version of Great love. Winning song by Sanremo 2015 and third place at Eurovision of the same year, held in Vienna.
Il Volo: at Eurovision 2022 You Are My Everything (Great love)
Arranged by the maestro Enrico Melozzi, Great love changes skin and turns into You Are My Everything. Melozzi replaced the sweet violins with the electric guitarsrevolutionizing the arrangement and giving new life to a song that marked Il Volo’s career. Giving him a new unexpected rock energyto.
Il Volo in Sanremo. (Getty Images)
As for the text, the guys basically have translated into English words by Francesco Boccia. Absolute triumphant song of Sanremo 2015, Great love it was composed in 2003 by Boccia and by Ciro Esposito, former member of the band The Garden of the Simples.
Originally the piece was offered to Orietta Berti, but the singer of One thousand incredibly he refused. Thus allowing Il Volo to record it and get to know it a success with an international audience as well.
Gianluca Ginobile positive at Covid
Tonight’s performance did though a bittersweet taste. Positive at Covid, Gianluca Ginoble he will not be able to be present with his bandmates in Turin.
But there is a solution. According to the executive producer Rai Claudio Fasulo you are studying a digital link to allow him to sing anyway. In a sort of half virtual and half not show.
The summer tour
However, the tour European boys, Il Volo sings Morricone and more. Departing on May 15th from Madrid. Tour that, together with a symphony orchestra, will become world-wide moving to the United States. With regard to Italy the first dates are on 3 and 4 June at the Verona Arena.
The singers lineup of the second semifinal:
The Rasmus with ‘Jezebel’ (Finland)
Michael Ben-David with ‘I.M’ (Israel)
Konstrakta with ‘In Corpore Sano’ (Serbia)
Nadir Rustamli with ‘Fade To Black’ (Azerbaijan)
Circus Mircus with ‘Lock Me In’ (Georgia)
Emma Muscat with ‘I Am What I Am’ (Malta)
Achille Lauro with ‘Stripper’ (San Marino)
Sheldon Riley with ‘Not The Same’ (Australia)
Andromache with ‘Ela’ (Cyprus)
Brooke with ‘That’s Rich’ (Ireland)
Andrew with ‘Circles’ (North Macedonia)
Stefan with ‘Hope’ (Estonia)
WRS with ‘Llámame’ (Romania)
Ochman with ‘River’ (Poland)
Vladana with ‘Breathe’ (Montenegro)
Jérémie Makiese with ‘Miss You’ (Belgium)
Cornelia Jakobs with ‘Hold Me Closer’ (Sweden)
We Are Domi with ‘Lights Off’ (Czech Republic)
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