Upset?
“But no, I’m calm. We organized everything at the last minute, but we had already planned it for June 26, 2020 in Franciacorta.”
Full Covid.
“I had lost relatives to the virus. So we canceled and never thought about it again.
Until now. Actually tomorrow: September 9th.
“A random date, chosen simply because there was space in the church. We hurried, the participations were sent until the last minute. Some of my friends can’t come because they already had a concert planned.
Fausto Leali?
“Yes. Also Annalisa Minetti. And then Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D’Arby, ed.). But the woman will be there.
Luisa Corna smiles but sips her words as she speaks in a video call about her upcoming wedding to Stefano Giovino, lieutenant colonel and head of the support department of the Tuscania Carabinieri paratrooper regiment in Livorno. Fifteen years apart, she is 57 and he is 42; they have been together for nine years. Even if it wasn’t love at first sight, it was close: they met at an event for the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross in Palazzolo sull’Oglio, the town of the singer where they will get married, in the sanctuary Our Lady of Lourdes; a few months later they were already living together.
She also followed him in his transfers.
“Now we live in Livorno, a beautiful city that I love. Before we were in Brindisi. As a good shooter, I love to move and move, except when moving.
He already travels a lot: he gives evenings and concerts all over Italy.
“Yeah, but usually I arrive, sing and leave. This is not the right opportunity to get to know our beautiful Italy in depth.”
Have you ever worried about the age difference?
‘When I met him I thought about it: So it’s not a few years. But it was just a thought. The experience made me understand that there is no certainty in life and instead he became mine. His presence was so captivating and every day that age faded into the background.”
He already had two children: today there are two teenagers aged 13 and 15. Was it difficult to adapt?
“Stefano immediately became my family and the presence of these two children, who I was able to watch grow up, helped to strengthen the relationship.” They have their mother, of course, but it was nice for me to be able to be a point of reference. “
Were you sorry that you didn’t have “yours”?
“We thought about it, but this thought never turned into a wish.” And in any case, the arrival of these children filled my life, they made sure that I did not feel the emptiness of motherhood.
Between her and Stefano, who is more jealous?
“He’s not like that at all, so maybe I’m a little more like that.” Even though he never gives me a reason.
She has done many things: actress, singer, model, TV presenter.
“And the writer too. I published Tofu and the Magic of the Rainbow, a musical fairy tale for children. I’m already writing the second one. It’s therapeutic: it’s like being little again.”
If you had to choose just one area, which one would resonate with you the most?
“Well, music is absolutely the denominator of my life. I always wanted to be a singer since I sang in the oratorio as a child, because of or thanks to Father Lino, who played the guitar: around the age of 7-8 I gave my very first performance with Romagna mia and they asked me for an encore. At 18, I started modeling, became independent and also began seriously studying singing and acting. Television is 33 years old.
What work did your parents do?
“They both worked in my father’s company, which dealt with cables and ropes for the construction industry. He was sorry that he couldn’t leave the business to me or my sister, also a singer: she will be my maid of honor at the wedding. He has been missing for many years, his name was Giacomo Giuseppe Corna. I regret that I couldn’t meet Stefano.
Who will accompany her to the altar?
“My mother, Pierina. And I will wear a white dress. Traditional”. How many guests are there? “Not very many, we were so late! Less than a hundred. And who will sing at the reception? “It will be a nice jam session. I will definitely sing a song that “I wrote, Angolo di cielo, which is something like an open-hearted letter dedicated to my father and Stefano. Besides, everyone will improvise.”