PARIS – Céline Dion (58) made her long-awaited return to the stage on Saturday, delivering her first full concert in more than six years.
According to Dion's website, the Canadian singer performed to a sold-out crowd of about 35,000 people at the Plenitude arena near Paris. The concert was the first of her new series of performances that will run until May 2027.
Dion became emotional when she took the stage, but performed several of her greatest hits throughout the show, as well as French songs. She also performed the opera piece La Wally The return follows Dion having to interrupt her career because of stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological condition. She did perform during the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, but Saturday's performance was her first full concert since 2020.
Dion told the audience she had promised to return to the stage and that she is now there to sing for them and for herself.
Sources: Céline Dion, The Guardian
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