The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony saw Céline Dion return to the stage and give a beautiful performance that left the viewers touched. Friday, July 26 marked the performance of the 56-year-old singer which will be a memorable line as she sings Édith Piaf’s Hymne À L’Amour (Hymn to Love) at the base of the Eiffel Tower.
Dressed in a gorgeous white Dior dress with crystals set on it, Dion sang her powerful voice against the backdrop of Paris’s wonderful scenery. This performance marked her first live appearance since being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in August 2022, a condition she discussed in her Prime Video documentary, I Am: Some Real Divas such as; Céline Dion.
This time was special as Dion performed this number in 2015 during the American Music Awards paying tribute to the victims of the Bataclan terror attack in France. She was expected back home and French broadcasters jokingly claimed that the secret was out and she was the worst kept secret of the event.
Prior to that, in the earlier part of the day, Lady Gaga started up the Olympic celebrations with her live rendition of “Mon Truc en Plumes” by the Seine River. It was believed that Gaga would be performing after she was sighted in Paris only a few days prior.
Dion’s return to the stage was a big plus, especially from that lengthy period of his absence. Speaking to Vogue France earlier this year, Dion had kept mum on performing again and said, “I can’t answer that. For four years I’ve been telling myself that I’m not going back, that I decided, that I’m not ready are some of the things that my body will tell me. ”
However, Dion did not lose heart, such being a great environment for growing as a person. “It is difficult to exist from one day to another One has to struggle to get a living I am straining myself a lot and the next day will also be even more difficult But there is one thing that will always remain and that is the will The passion The dream The determination,” she said.