Behind-the-scenes video shows moments leading up to Celine Dion’s stunning Olympics performance

Céline Dion shared an inside have a look at the preparations for her stunning performance on the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Instagram. 

The performance of French singer Édith Piaf’s “Hymne A L’Amour” was the primary time Dion, 56, had carried out publicly since asserting her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome in December 2022. The uncommon, incurable situation has impacted Dion’s skill to sing and stroll, and her sister informed a French publication in December 2023 that Dion no longer has full control of her muscular tissues. 

In a previous social media post, Dion stated “trying to overcome” the situation was “one of the hardest experiences” of her life. 

In the clip shared on Friday, Dion confirmed the work that went into making her return to the stage. The video began with footage of Dion coming into a resort and blowing kisses to a crowd of cheering followers. 

The subsequent clips confirmed Dion’s hair and make-up being executed, and the star being wearing a glamorous Dior robe. She accomplished some stretches earlier than the performance, after which her crew added equipment together with Dior pumps and glowing silver earrings. 

Finally, the video shows Dion strolling to the stage. After leaving her dressing room, she exchanged fist bumps along with her crew earlier than sharing a candy second along with her oldest son, 23-year-old René-Charles Angélil. The two embraced, and Angelil seemed visibly emotional as Dion made her return to the stage. 

Dion ended the clip with a second of herself in a white bathrobe, emblazoned with “Céline 2024,” celebrating to the sounds of applause. 

“Under the Paris sky, a song soars,” Dion wrote within the video’s caption. 

Dion’s performance capped off a memorable opening ceremony that noticed Olympic athletes progress down Paris’ River Seine by boat. Despite sheeting rain, the parade of athletes was accompanied by multiple musical acts, together with a pre-taped music quantity by Lady Gaga. 

The Paris organizing committee’s director of design and costume for ceremonies stated Dion was smitten by performing within the occasion, CBS News previously reported. 

“When we called Celine Dion one year ago she said yes straight away,” Daphné Bürki stated.