CELINE DION I'M TAKING MY LIFE BACK

HER TRIUMPHANT APPEARANCE AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS MARKS THE START OF HER RETURN TO THE CONCERT STAGE

- Louise A. Barile

Celi ne Dion announced her re-turn to performing in the biggest way possible at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Perched atop the iconic Eiffel Tower in a custom, pearl-beaded Dior gown, she belted out Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à l’amour” (“Hymn to Love”) to close the four-hour program on July 26. “Stay focused, keep going, my heart is with you!” Celine shared in a message to the competing athletes from around the world.

The French-Canadian singer knows what she’s talking about. After leaving the spotlight in 2020 during the pandemic and revealing her struggle with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), an incurable auto immune disease, she’s finally well enough to begin the next chapter of her career, which will include a new Las Vegas show. “We have been working so hard to put this show together, because I’m back,” she said in June. “I’ll be onstage. I don’t know when exactly but, trust me, I will scream it out loud. I can’t wait.”