Lorenzo's Solo

"I know why they didn't choose me. It's because of you!" "Me?" "Yes! It's always Lorenzo and Beppe this, Lorenzo and Beppe that! If they saw me as just Lorenzo, I'd have been picked!"

- Lorenzo and Beppe

Lorenzo's Solo is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-third series.

Plot
Lorenzo takes a larger coach in order to pull the opera singer Dame Bella Canto, but soon finds himself lost without his good friend Beppe.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gina
 * Lorenzo
 * Beppe
 * Dame Bella Canto
 * Dame Bella's Orchestra
 * The Teacher
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * Dowager Hatt's Friends
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer
 * The Indian Fashion Designer

Locations

 * Italy
 * The Italian Shunting Yard
 * The First Italian Station
 * The Colosseum
 * The Italian Scrapyard
 * Rome

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Anna Francolini as Gina and the Passengers
 * Vincenzo Nicoli as Lorenzo, Beppe and the Passengers
 * Flaminia Cinque as Dame Bella Canto

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Anna Francolini as Gina and the Passengers
 * Vincenzo Nicoli as Lorenzo, Beppe and the Passengers
 * Flaminia Cinque as Dame Bella Canto

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-third series.
 * This is the first international episode where Thomas plays no significant role.
 * Apart from Thomas reading the title aloud, this episode does not include any narration. This is also the last time this happens.
 * This is the only episode with a few things:
 * The only episode of the twenty-third series set in Italy that Ester and Stefano do not appear in. Despite Antonio Magro (Stefano's voice actor) being absent for this episode, Flaminia Cinque (who voices Ester) is present as Dame Bella's voice.
 * The only appearance of Dame Bella and her only appearance in the twenty-third series.
 * This episode's British air date coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Railway Series.
 * On the Nick Jr. US airing of this episode, it was paired with Too Loud, Thomas!.
 * This episode and Too Loud, Thomas! are the final episodes to have aired on the Nick Jr. Channel in the US, on December 27, 2019, as Nickelodeon lost the rights to air Thomas & Friends at the end of 2019.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Lorenzo's Solo

UK/AUS

 * Digs and Discoveries