Céline Dion will go on.
The Grammy winner, 56, made her highly anticipated musical return Friday with a performance that closed out the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Situated on the iconic Eiffel Tower, which was adorned by the Olympic rings, the French Canadian singer serenaded the world with Édith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’amour” (“Hymn to Love”) after the Olympic cauldron was lit.
Wearing a sparkly floor-length tasseled Dior gown, Dion was accompanied by a pianist as she belted out the song, which was first recorded in 1950. The performance marked nearly 30 years since the musical legend took to the stage at the 1996 Olympic Games, which took place in Atlanta, with her ballad, “The Power of the Dream.”
This was the legendary “My Heart Will Go On” singer’s first time performing since March 2020, per Reuters. After postponements due to COVID-19 and health issues, she canceled her Courage World Tour dates in 2022.
Later that year, she revealed in an emotional Instagram video that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes her to experience muscle spasms.
