Celine Dion, the ace Canadian singer, delivered a powerful performance at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris.

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The award-winning singer overcame the challenge of stiff person syndrome on Friday to give her first live performance in four years. She last performed live in New York in 2020.

Clad in a sparkly dress and accompanied by just a piano, Dion delivered a performance of Edith Piaf’s 1950 song ‘Hymne à l’amour’ to close the ceremony at the Eiffel Tower.

Piaf released the song for her partner Marcel Cerdan after he died in a plane crash the year before.

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Dion was supposed to sing a duet with Lady Gaga. She, however, went solo.

The songstress’ performance followed after the Olympic Games were officially opened and the Olympic cauldron was lit in the Tuileries Garden.

This was Dion’s second time gracing the stage at the Olympic Games, having performed ‘The Power of the Dream’ in Atlanta in 1996.

It also marked her first live performance since announcing her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder causing uncontrollable muscle tension, in December 2022.

Claudette Dion, her elder sister, revealed that the singer lost control of her muscles. There is currently no cure for SPS.

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In April, the 56-year-old singer also disclosed that she was learning to live with the condition, adding that she has not beaten it.

The ‘My Heart Will Go On’ hitmaker disclosed that she undergoes “athletic, physical and vocal training” five days a week to work on her muscles.



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