With great pride and joy I, Sonia Cavenago, am the mother of the talented singer Valerio Scanu!
Sonia’s exact date of birth is a mystery, but we do know that she works in a pharmacy in La Maddalena, the birthplace of Valerio Scanu’s extraordinary talent before her debut with Amici di Maria De Filippi on Canale 5!
The husband
Sonia tragically lost her beloved husband Tonino Scanu to COVID-19 in December 2020 at the age of 64.
Valerio Scanu, special guest of Eleonora Daniele’s Storie Italiane (Rai Uno), passionately shared his experience of the harrowing moments that followed the death of his father.
When my father died, I was too scared to tell my mother. I kept it to myself for seven agonizing hours before I found the strength to call my aunt and break the news to her.
Valerio Scanu told Il Corriere della Sera about his father’s reaction when he revealed his attraction to men and he was filled with emotion.
My father was sobbing in the kitchen the next morning when my girlfriend arrived at 6am. She tried to comfort him and said, “It’s not true that it’s not true.” She tried to comfort him, saying, “Don’t cry, so many same-sex couples have loving and successful relationships.” He replied, “I am suffering because my son hid his truth from us for fear that we would not accept it.”