Celine Dion’s love for performing will go on and on.
The Grammy winner was overcome by emotion as she took the stage during the first night of her 16-show residency at Plenitude Arena in Paris Sept. 12, marking her first concert performance since taking a step back from the spotlight in 2022.
“I had promised myself not to cry,” Dion told her 35,000 fans during the opening moments of her show, per Variety. “But I’m so happy to see you all. I missed you. I’m going to sing like you without crying.”
After delivering her first song of the show, “On ne change pas,” which translates to, “We don’t change,” she added, “Here we are. I’m standing on stage in this city that I love so much, thanks to your support and your love.”
“I have to admit, though, that the road was rocky,” she continued. “The journey was longer than expected, with unplanned stops along the way. But I hung in there. A faint ray of light in the distance, deep in the mountains. I believed in it. And here it is. The sun—the sun is here. The sun, right in front of me.”
