Celine Dion’s Triumphant Return to the Stage

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<p>A dramatic pop music comeback story is underway: Celine Dion is performing again.</p><p>In 2022, Dion, the renowned Canadian singer, announced that she had stiff person syndrome, a rare and incurable neurological disorder that causes painful muscle spasms and affects roughly one in a million people. The announcement came as a shock to her fans, and in a raw and revealing documentary released in 2024, “I Am: Celine Dion," she shared her struggle to overcome her condition, and sing again. But Dion worked her way back to performing, and is now appearing in a run of sold out shows in Paris.</p><p>The culture reporter Elisabeth Vincentelli was there on opening night, and in this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” she talks with our host Natalie Kitroeff about the remarkable comeback of Celine Dion.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/elisabeth-vincentelli" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Elisabeth Vincentelli</strong></a>, an arts, culture, and theater journalist.</li></ul><p><strong>Background Reading:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/arts/music/celine-dion-paris-comeback-concert.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Celine Dion Is Back Onstage. Naturally, She Chose Paris.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/world/europe/celine-dion-tour-paris.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paris Really, Really Loves Celine Dion</a></li></ul><p>Photo credit: Clementine Schneidermann for The New York Times.</p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>