Il Volo Takes Flight

Il Volo... Takes Flight - Live From Detroit Opera House
Live album by Il Volo
Released	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Recorded	27 October 2011 Detroit Opera House
Genre	Pop-opera Easy Listening
Length	54:48
Language	Italian, English
Label	Geffen Records
Producer	Tony Renis, Humberto Gatica
Il Volo chronology
Christmas Favorites (2011) Il Volo... Takes Flight - Live From Detroit Opera House (2012) We Are Love (2012)

Il Volo... Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House is the first live album by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo. The album was recorded during one their first North American shows. It includes eight tracks from their debut album, Il Volo .

The album went gold in Mexico ^[1] and has sold more than 46,000 copies in USA ^[2]

Reviews

Jon O'Brien of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 saying, “[The album] showcase their impressively mature and warm romantic tones in front of a lush 66-piece orchestra and a receptive sellout crowd” He added it’s “a far more authentic proposition on record than their older counterparts, Il Divo” ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Il Mondo"	Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Carlo Pes, Italo Greco	4:09
2.	"Un Amore Cosi' Grande"	Guido Maria Ferilli, Antonella Maggio	3:20
3.	"Ti Voglio Tanto Bene"	Ernesto De Curtis	2:44
4.	"Granada"	Agustín Lara	3:59
5.	"E Piu’ Ti Penso"	Ennio Morricone, Tony Renis, Mogol	4:54
6.	"'O sole mio"	Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi	3:41
7.	"Non ti scordar di me"	Ernesto Curtis, Domenico Furno
8.	"This Time"	Michael Busbee, K. Griffin, M. Lewis	3:10
9.	"Smile"	Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, John Turner	4:51
10.	"Mattinata"	Ruggero Leoncavallo	2:43
11.	"Music Proibita"	Stanislao Gastaldon	3:26
12.	"Mamma"	Cesare Andrea Bixio	3:40
13.	"La Luna Hizo Esto (feat. Pia Toscano) "	Edgar Cortázar, Mark Portman, Diane Warren	3:34
14.	"Notte Stellata [The Swan]"	Tony Renis, Camille Saint-Saëns	3:54
15.	"Funiculì, Funiculà"	Luigi Denza	3:26
Total length:			54:49

Credits

• Arranged By: William Ross, Kenny O'Brien, Steven Mercurio
• Art Direction, Design: Liam Ward
• Bass: Reggie Hamilton
• Conductor [Orchestra]: Steven Mercurio
• Coordinator: Joann Tominaga
• Drums: Blair Sinta
• Engineer: Kenny O’Brien, Favio Esquivel
• Guitar: Corrado Sgandurra
• Guitar: Dean Parks
• Mixed By: Cristian Robles
• Photography By: Glenn Corcoran
• Piano, Keyboards: Randy Kerber

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4]	95
Italian Albums (FIMI) [5]	37
US Billboard 200 [6]	85
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [8]	9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON) [9]	Gold	30,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Certificaciones 2013". AMPROFON . Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. "Il Volo Prep New Album, Tour With Barbra Streisand". Billboard . August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
3. "Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. "Ultratop.be – Il Volo – Il Volo... Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. "Italiancharts.com – Il Volo – Il Volo... Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
6. "Il Volo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
7. "Il Volo Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
8. "Year End 2012: Top Classical Albums". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
9. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved December 28, 2024.Type Il Volo in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Il Volo Takes Flight Live from the Detroit Opera House in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.