Lodovica Comello

Lodovica Comello
Born	(1990-04-13) 13 April 1990 San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2008–present
Spouse(s)	Tomas Goldschmidt (m. 2015)
Website	lodovicacomello.com
Musical career
Genres	Pop, dance-pop
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Labels	Walt Disney, Sony Music Entertainment Italia

Lodovica Comello (born 13 April 1990) is an Italian actress, singer and dancer, who gained international popularity for her role as "Francesca" in the Argentine Disney Channel series Violetta.^[1]

Early life

Comello was born and raised in San Daniele del Friuli, Italy, near Udine in Friuli. She demonstrated her passion for art, acting, dance, guitar from a very young age. In high school, she studied music theory and learned guitar. In 2009, she took courses in music at M.A.S.: Music Arts & Show, a drama school in Milan, Italy.^[2] Two years later, she was cast as a performer for the "Il Mondo di Patty" tour, the Italian version of the widely successful Argentine children's program, Patito Feo. The tour held concerts in Italy and Spain. She also appeared as a backup vocalist for Brenda Asnicar's special section of the same tour in Italy.^[3]

Acting career

While living in Milan and attending M.A.S., she learned of a Disney Channel Latin America casting search for Italian actors, who also spoke Spanish. Although she spoke little Spanish, Comello memorized a short monologue in Spanish for her audition. One week after auditioning, she successfully obtained a role on Violetta, the network's latest tween musical television series. In 2011, Lodovica was announced as "Francesca", the best friend and classmate of the title character in the show. Filming for the program required Comello to move to Buenos Aires in mid-2011. Once cast in the series, Comello learned Spanish.^[4]

In November 2012, she filmed the second season of Violetta in Buenos Aires and Barcelona, Spain. It premiered on April 29, 2013. That same year, she provided the Italian voiceover for "Britney" in Monster's University.^[5] Comello appears in the third and final season of "Violetta" which began production in Buenos Aires in March 2014 and ended in late November of that same year. It began airing in Argentina on July 28, 2014. The series finale aired in Latin America on February 6, 2015.^[6]

Music career

2013 to present

On November 1, 2013, Comello released "Universo" ("Universe" in English), the lead single from her debut album of the same name, which was later released on November 19, 2013 in Italy, Spain and Argentina. The album features nine tracks co-written by Comello and one English-language cover of I Only Want To Be With You. Comello recorded acoustic versions of the title track, "Universo" in Spanish and Italian. The album's second single was "Otro día más". The music video was filmed in Barcelona, Spain and premiered on her official YouTube channel in March 2014.^[7]

In May 2014, Comello announced plans to embark on a world tour in 2015. A special website was created to allow fans to vote on various international cities for possible concert locations in Latin America, Europe, Israel, and the United States.^[8] The music video for her third single, "I Only Want To Be With You" premiered on her official VEVO channel on September 5, 2014.^[9]

On January 24, 2015, Comello announced to fans via her official Twitter account that her sophomore album, "Mariposa" ("Butterfly" in English), would be released on February 3, 2015 in Italy. The album was subsequently released on iTunes for Europe and Latin America a few weeks later. In 2014, Comello began writing the album during breaks on the set while filming of the final season of Violetta in Buenos Aires. She recorded material on the weekends when the show was not filming. The album contains 12 songs in Spanish, Italian, and English; the album's deluxe edition contains five Italian-language songs. Comello skipped the 2015 world tour with the cast of Violetta in order to focus on promoting her material as a solo artist. Her world tour began in Rome with two sold out shows on February 1, 2015. She toured throughout Italy from February until mid-March. The tour included shows in Spain, Brussels, Poland, Portugal, and Paris. ^[10][11][12] The album's lead single, "Todo El Resto No Cuenta", was released on iTunes on January 30, 2015. The single's music video premiered one day later.^[13] The album debuted at #13 on the Italian Album charts.^[14] Mariposa's second single,"Sin Usar Palabras", features the Spanish singer Abraham Mateo.^[15] Comello also released a Polish version of "Sin usar palabras" featuring Szymon Chodyniecki.^[16] Her world tour to support the release of Mariposa ended on October 25, 2015 in Naples, Italy. ^[17]

Other ventures

On April 2, 2015, Comello released her autobiography, Tutto il resto non conta, in Italy. She wrote the book while living in Buenos Aires during the filming of Violetta's final season. To promote the book, Comello embarked on several book signings throughout Italy in April 2015.^[18] The book was translated into Polish, and she held a signing in Warsaw on May 9, 2015. In June 2015, it was announced that Comello would be a coach for an internet competition held by Disney Italia for a voice role in the Italian dub for the film Inside Out, representing the character Joy (Gioia). ^[19] In September 2015, Comello was announced as the new host for the 4th season of Italia's Got Talent . Auditions began in Milan, and the new season is slated to air in the spring of 2016 in Italy. ^{[20] [21]}

Personal life

Comello has one older sister named Ilaria. She is fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. She lived in Buenos Aires for three years while working on Violetta. She moved back to Milan, Italy once production on the series ended in late November 2014. In 2012, Comello met Argentine television producer, Tomas Goldschmidt, on the set of Violetta. The couple dated for several years. They married in a small civil ceremony at the city hall in San Daniele del Friuli, Italy on April 1, 2015.^[22][23][24]

Filmography

Discography

Studio Albums

Singles

Music Videos

• Universo (2013)
• Otro Día Más (2014)
• I Only Want to Be With You (2014)
• Todo El Resto No Cuenta (2015)
• Sin usar palabras feat. Abraham Mateo (2015)
• Sin usar palabras feat. Szymon Chodyniecki (Polish version, 2015)

Soundtracks

Tours

• Lodovica World Tour 2015

Setlist La setlist è la stessa per tutti i concerti. L'unico cambiamento può avvenire per la canzoni in cui esiste sia una versione italiana che spagnola.^[27]

1. Introduzione
2. Universo
3. La Cosa Más Linda
4. La Historia
5. Sòlo Música
6. Un posto libero
7. Una Nuova Estrella
8. Otro Día Más
9. No voy a caer
10. Vuelvo (o Vado)
11. Medley di canzoni tratte da Violetta (Veo Veo, Hoy somos más, Ven y canta/Vieni e canta, Aprendí a Decir Adiós)
12. Ci vediamo quando è buio
13. Sin usar palabras
14. Un viaggio intorno al mondo
15. Crazy Love
16. Para siempre
17. Historia blanca (o Libro bianco)
18. I Only Want to Be with You
19. Il mio amore è appeso ad un filo
20. Todo el resto no cuenta
21. Universo
22. We are family

Date

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
February 1, 2015	Rome	Italy	Auditorium Conciliazione[28]
February 7, 2015	Milano		Linear4Ciak[29]
February 10, 2015	Torino		Teatro Colosseo[29]
February 21, 2015	Padova		Gran Teatro Geox[29]
Fenruary 26 2015	Bari		Teatro Team[29]
February 28, 2015	Napoli		Teatro Palapartenope[29]
March 1 2015	Catanzaro		Teatro Politeama[29]
March 3, 2015	Palermo		Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele[29]
March 4, 2015	Catania		Teatro Metropolitan[29]
March 6, 2015	Rende		Teatro Garden[29]
March 8, 2015	Lecce		Teatro Politeama Greco[29]
March 10, 2015	Pordenone		Teatro Giuseppe Verdi[29]
March 13, 2015	Udine		Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine[29]
March 15, 2015	Bologna		Europauditorium[29]
March 17, 2015	Pescara		Teatro Massimo[29]
March 18, 2015	Firenze		Teatro Obihall[29]
March 21, 2015	Barcelona	Spain	Teatro Barts[30]
April 2, 2015	Porto	Portugal	Coliseu do Porto[30]
April 4, 2015	Lisbona		Coliseu dos Recreios[30]
April 24, 2015	Bruxelles	Belgium	Cirque Royal[30]
April 25, 2015	Paris	France	Casino de Paris[30]
April 28, 2015	Bilbao	Spain	Teatro Campos Eliseos[30]
April 29, 2015	Saragozza		Auditorio de Zaragoza[30]
April 30, 2015	Valencia		Palcio de congresos[30]
May 3, 2015	Siviglia		Teatro auditorio Riberas del Guadaira[30]
May 5, 2015	Madrid		Teatro Nuevo Apolo[30]
June 26, 2015	San Daniele del Friuli	Italy	Piazza Vittorio Emanuele[31]
June 28, 2015	Varsavia	Poland	Ursynów Arena[32]
July 25, 2015	Mondragone	Italy	Foof[33]
October 10, 2015	Milano		Teatro Manzoni[34]
October 24, 2015	Rome		align="center" Teatro Brancaccio[31]
October 25, 2015	Napoli		align="center" Casa della musica[31]

Concerti annullati o spostati

• Il concerto previsto per il 7 agosto 2015 a Roccella Jonica è stato annullato alla fine di luglio.^[31][35]
• Il concerto previsto per l'8 agosto 2015 a Diamante è stato annullato alla fine di luglio.^[34][35]
• Il concerto previsto per il 25 ottobre 2015 a Rome è stato annullato^[35] e sostituito con una data lo stesso giorno a Napoli.^[31]

References

External links

• Official website
• Lodovica Comello at the Internet Movie Database