preface
Celine Dion, a singer who is famous all over the world for her song "My Heart is Eternal", officially announced two years ago that she unfortunately suffered from stiff person syndrome, so she will suspend all performances.
As soon as this message came out, it undoubtedly shocked all the fans and viewers who loved her.
But now, two years later, she is standing on the highest stage in the world again, singing bravely for the Paris Olympics.
In order to be able to stand on the stage again, what seems like a short two years is actually a long 20 years!
The unknown B-side
This performance at the Paris Olympics in France is her first public appearance after being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome in 2022 and stopping performing.
This is also her second time singing at the Olympics, after successfully unveiling the Olympic Games in 1996 when she sang a classic song "The Power of Dreams" at the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympic Games.
Celine Dion was originally born in an ordinary family in Canada, and has been interested in music since she was a child, and since the age of 5, she has been able to sing with her family in her home bar.
She became famous at a young age, and at the age of 14, she participated in the world-class singing contest held in Tokyo, Japan, and at a young age, she rose to prominence and won the championship among a group of outstanding singers, and it was precisely because of this competition that she won part of her fame.
Celine Dion was born a singer, from becoming famous at a young age to becoming popular all over the world, in her singing career, she has gone very smoothly, but fate has not favored her forever.
In 2016, at the peak of her career, her husband died of throat cancer.
In fact, at this time, her body was already in condition, but she did not give up her dream of singing, but still insisted on singing, until in 22 years, she officially announced her true illness.
Celine Dion battling illness
Stiff person syndrome is a very rare neurological disorder, unlike ALS as we are familiar with it, this disease does not cause muscle atrophy, but can cause some muscles in the body to continue to stiffen, and there is no way to relax and move normally.
Celine Dion battling illness
When the patient's major joints are immobilized, the body will not be able to move freely, and in severe cases, it will appear as a zombie. In other words, the whole body will be very stiff at the onset of the disease.
Celine Dion first became aware of her physical condition at the beginning of the 21st century, when she suddenly found that she was unable to practice transliteration when singing.
This surprised her very much, at this time she already had a lot of performance experience, this small transposition can be said to be a piece of cake for her, not a difficult task at all.
But what she didn't expect was that in the subsequent practice, in addition to not being able to transpose the tone, she even had the phenomenon of out of tone and broken tone, which made it difficult for her to accept.
This disease is not only torturing her body, but also torturing her spirit, and it is a blow to her self-confidence.
Celine Dion was in great pain, she had no way to control her body at that time, and in the first few years, in order to be able to perform normally, she relied on taking medicine to maintain the normal operation of her body, which allowed her to control her voice normally and keep her in a normal performance state.
But as her condition progressed more severe, she had to keep increasing the dosage so that she could walk normally and swallow.
When the body has just recovered a little, and finally adjusts to the state to record, although the sound is still a little out of shape, it is not easy to return to the recording studio.
So the producers who completed the recording work with her on the set still actively encouraged her, but as soon as she stepped out of the studio on her front foot, she immediately fell ill and fell to the ground in the next second.
After that, she burst into tears, whether it was because of the excessive force on her vocal cords today that caused her illness, and if so, then she could no longer sing.
Celine Dion has extremely high requirements for herself, and while she is talented, she will not slack off in practice, and she will always work so hard.
In order not to disappoint the audience who came to watch the performance, she would try her best to cover up her illness every time she fell ill on stage.
She will choose to find all kinds of excuses to leave the stage, or turn the microphone to the audience, just to be able to show the audience her best.
She also tried to hum a melody for comparison, but she could clearly feel that her timbre was much different from before.
Falling from the high stage to the low end is very painful for everyone, and she doesn't want people to hear her voice, so her concert is postponed by her for various reasons.
But a person's ability to bear is limited, and in the end she chose to make this secret hidden for more than 20 years public, so in 2022, she announced her illness to the public, said that she wanted to recuperate with peace of mind, and suspended all activities.
At this time, she had no way to move her body, or even control her breathing, and the muscles of her whole body often spasmed, and the spasms lasted even more than ten minutes.
In the last year, her body has been unable to allow her to walk normally, and she is stiff and even painful.
Music is all she has, but for now, music has gradually abandoned her, and this situation has left her in a huge amount of self-doubt, and she often thinks that if she can't sing again, will her fans continue to like her, and will people still recognize her as Celine Dion?
She wanted to get back on stage, she loved it, she missed it, so she told herself: if she can't run, she can walk, if she can't walk, then climb.
Her wish came true. On the global stage, she successfully sang and became the first big winner of this Olympic Games.
Celine Dion kicked off the Olympic competition as the last singer to sing in the opening performances that were "disliked" by people. Many people said that her familiar singing voice was extremely touching, and many people thought that it was the most wonderful performance in the whole opening ceremony.
When seeing her performance and experience, many people think of Coco Lee, the singer who has been away from us for a long time.
They have all fought against an unfair fate, and they will always be so glamorous in front of fans and audiences, but when people can't see them, they are under unimaginable pressure.
It wasn't until the time of his death that it was known that Coco had a birth defect in his left leg, which had never been known before. But in the face of fate, Coco still didn't hold on.
In Celine Dion's personal documentary, she shows the world her fragile side. She was carried to the bed by the accompanying medical staff with a sudden spasm, her whole body was uncontrollable, her facial muscles twitched, it was difficult to breathe, and her whole body was in pain, she could not make a sound, and she could only hum a few whimperes in her mouth.
To this day, there is still no cure for this disease.
Singing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, she also performed with the risk of illness, but seeing her trembling and determined to complete the performance, I will feel the tenacity of her life and her love for the world!
Information sources:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Celine Dion
Documentary: "I Am: Celine · Dion"
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