Celine Dion overcame the challenge of stiff person syndrome at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday to give her first live performance in four years.

Dressed in a striking white gown, she belted out Edith Piaf’s classic song Hymne de l’Amour (Hymn To Love) as the final number of the ceremony against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.

It marked the end of an extravagant, four-hour 2024 Olympics opening ceremony unfolding along a six-kilometer (4.5 mile) stretch of the River Seine under the pouring rain.

There was hardly a dry eye along the river at the end of the Dion’s dramatic return after battling stiff person syndrome for close to five years.

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The star, who last performed live in New York in the spring of 2020, has strong connections with the Olympic games.