2024-07-31 14:36:48
Celine Dion was one of the highlights of the opening of the world’s leading sporting event, which also featured performances by Lady Gaga and the progressive metal band Gojira.
Singer Celine Dion returned to the stage to be part of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with an emotional presentation at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
The renowned Canadian artist She had said goodbye to music after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, a neurological disease that attacks the nervous system, causing muscle stiffness and spasms in patients.
Celine Dion was one of the highlights of the opening of the world’s main sporting event, which also featured the performances by Lady Gaga and progressive metal band Gojira.
The singer closed the extensive opening ceremony with a moving rendition of Hymne à l’amour (The Hymn of Love), one of the best-known musical themes by the late Edith Piaf, written for her great love, the boxer Marcel Cerdan, who died shortly after its release.
This is the second time that Celine Dion has performed at the opening of the Olympic Games, having also done so in 1996 in Atlanta, in the United States.