Departure with a bang yesterday, at the Teatro Metropolitano Astra in San Donà di Piave, for the new tour of the singer Luca Minnelli, a pop lyric tenor with an incredible voice who has recently been making a lot of talk about himself.
The tour is to present the album, also released yesterday, La voce è musica, which includes ten covers and two original songs, previously released as singles, one of which in collaboration with the legendary Queen guitarist Brian May and with Broadway star Kerry Ellis, and the other written by maestro Francesco Sartori, author of many hits of our song, including Boccelli's Con te partirò.
Minnelli's management, managed by the creative impresario Franco Trevisiol and the manager daughter of art Jennifer Sanavio, did not miss anything and decided to do things big, so that the album and tour accompanied an interview book, In tip of voice, edited by the journalist and daughter-in-law of Lando Buzzanca Raffaella de Rosa published by Male Edizioni by Monica Macchioni, a well-known guru of parliamentary communication. But above all she has set up an extraordinary show for the concerts, a true 360 ° multimedia show, with a very high level orchestra of eleven elements; an extraordinary female voice, Francesca Maionchi, who is also given the space, as well as a duet with Minnelli, to sing solo pieces - an excellent choice it must be said -; a pair of dancers of great charisma and elegance who perform on stage during an instrumental interlude; a special participation of the phenomenal saxophonist, and talented entertainer, Flavio Bordin, a lifelong friend of Minnelli; and some of the best and most evocative background visuals seen in many and many concerts, full of touching cinematic quotes, really well chosen, from Nuovo Cinema Paradiso to Mission to Once Upon a Time in the West. And then, the special guest, Maestro Sartori himself, who towards the end of the concert replaces the excellent Daniele Labelli on the piano for three songs, including his classic Con te partirò and the new single written for Luca, La voice is music - which gives the album its title.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the concert, which started at 9pm and was a first date with free admission by invitation dedicated to the press, friends and other guests, and I must say that few times I have heard such thunderous, long and convinced: a real triumph, well deserved. A tour de force of emotions, vocal and instrumental virtuosity, of bewitching images and pure beauty, which I recommend to anyone not to miss. If you love music, or good entertainment in general, as soon as Luca Minnelli passes your part, buy the ticket!
By Umberto Baccolo
