Celine Dion Delivers Stunning Olympics Performance

The New York Times reports:

The stakes could not have been higher for Celine Dion’s first public performance since 2020. After canceling tour dates, in 2022 she announced that she was suffering from a rare neurological disorder known as stiff person syndrome, which causes muscle spasms, including constrictions of her vocal cords.

Her performance at the Olympics opening ceremony was a song from Edith Piaf, the petite, tangy-voiced, dramatic and quintessentially French chanson singer who was nicknamed “the Little Sparrow.” The song, “Hymne à l’amour,” envisions a love that outlasts the end of the world, and it’s the kind of soaring, swelling, long-breathed anthem that Dion used to belt to the rafters.

Like sports, singing has a demanding physicality of its own. Dion faced a live, real-time test with a worldwide audience. And in a long, white glittering dress, she seized her moment. She relied on subtlety along with lung power. Yes, she nailed the landing.

Read the full article. I got goosebumps watching live. Watch every second and let’s hope that the Olympics copyright team doesn’t yank the video.