It’s official: Two musical icons will be Olympic opening ceremony performers when the events take place in Paris on July 26.
On July 25 it was confirmed that Celine Dion, making her way back into the spotlight after taking time off to deal with her stiff-person syndrome, will join Lady Gaga for a duet of Édith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose,” per The Guardian.
Dion certainly has the catalog and the crossover appeal for an international event, and she’s sort of a hometown girl, as she grew up speaking French. Her appearance had been rumored after she was seen in Paris earlier this week, but everything was tightly under wraps until now. When asked about the rumor, French president Emmanuel Macron teased, “It would be great news because she’s a tremendous artist. I would be immensely happy if she could be at this opening ceremony like all our compatriots…I will not reveal anything…There is also a surprise.”
This isn’t the first Olympics appearance for Celine Dion, either: She was one of the Olympic opening ceremony performers in 1996 at the Games in Atlanta, where she sang “The Power of a Dream.”
Rumors of a Lady Gaga Olympics appearance were a little less…subtle. The American pop star was seen aboard a floating piano on the Seine, which is kind of like the biggest hint there is.
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