Soap Wire's Performer of the Week: Giovanni Mazza on General Hospital

To quote Natasha Rothwell’s Kelly from Insecure: “Growth 🤌🏾”

This week’s Performer of the Week goes to Giovanni Mazza — and what a difference a year (and some change) makes. Giovanni absolutely blew me away this week on General Hospital. I did not expect this level of raw emotion from Gio, but Giovanni delivered beautifully.

From the despondent shock of overhearing two women argue about his true parentage, to the painful realization that the woman who raised and taught him wasn’t his biological mother — Giovanni captured it all. That scene with Braedyn (Emma Scorpio-Drake) was another highlight. You could see Emma knew something was wrong, but Gio just wasn’t ready to say it out loud.

Then came that performance. Getting on stage, dedicating it to his parents — only to name Brooklyn Quartermaine and Dante Falconeri — and then smashing the violin? That wasn’t just rage. That was grief, betrayal, identity, confusion… everything crashing down at once. The violin smash was powerful symbolism — his world, shattered.

For the first time since this storyline started, I’m truly invested in Gio’s journey and how he picks up the pieces, with Emma by his side.

Congratulations to Giovanni Mazza — Soap Wire’s Performer of the Week. Bravo!