Celine Dion Closes The Olympics Opening Ceremony In Style

Despite the rain, Celine Dion delivered a breathtaking performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Following her 2022 diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome, which had kept her from performing, Dion made a triumphant return with a stunning rendition of “Hymne à l’amour” from an illuminated Eiffel Tower.

I’m honored to have performed tonight, for the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, and so full of joy to be back in one of my very favorite cities! Most of all, I’m so happy to be celebrating these amazing athletes, with all their stories of sacrifice and determination, pain and… pic.twitter.com/Ak6iKfhgzX

— Celine Dion (@celinedion) July 27, 2024

At the nearly four-hour concert, Lady Gaga and her pink pompom-adorned dancers performed a mesmerizing rendition of “Mon Truc en Plumes” down the Seine. Thanks for starting the Paris Olympics and celebrating French culture, Gaga tweeted. A pre-recorded section also featured Zinedine Zidane carrying the Olympic torch through Paris. As a fitting musical finale to this historic opening ceremony, Celine sang a stunning solo. Her enchanting voice resounded along the Seine River in Paris, and her adoring fans were overjoyed to witness her live performance again.

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening ceremony, shared why Celine Dion was the perfect choice to conclude the event.

“In the ceremony, we feature a love anthem, ‘L’Hymne A l’Amour.’ We all agreed that we wanted to end the show with this song. Our first thought was straightforward: we wanted the best singer for love songs, and that’s Céline Dion,” Jolly explained to Reuters. “It was a natural choice to ask her to perform to close the ceremony.”