There will be a spectacular show in Paris tonight. There has never been anything like it in history.

Tonight at 7:30 pm the XXXIII Olympic Games will open in the heart of Paris. The Olympic Games. Never before in history has there been such an opening ceremony, as it is not the first time that the ceremony is held in a stadium. Slovenia will send 90 athletes to the competition in the French capital. The flag bearers of the record-breaking Slovenian Olympic expedition will be the captain of the national handball team Ana Gros and the gold medal canoeist from Tokyo, Benjamin Savšek.

Paris Olympics organizers have done a good job of hiding the details of today’s opening ceremony, a spectacle conceived by a theater director called Red Line. Thomas JollyMainly known for his rock opera musical Starmania, considered to be about love and diversity.

In line with the motto of the Olympic Games’ Grand Opening, the director envisioned the opening taking place on the banks of the Seine and along its banks, rather than at the central Olympic stadium as has been the tradition so far, which illustrates the host country’s intention to bring the Games to the heart of the French capital.

This time the athletes are on board

Between 6 and 7,000 athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees will sail on the river along the 6-kilometer Olympic course that stretches from the Austerlitz Bridge to the Eiffel Tower in about 85 boats. Around 120 heads of state and royal families will also attend the opening ceremony. Slovenia will be represented by the President of the Republic Natasha Pielke MusarHe will also meet with the presidents of Slovakia and Portugal during the Olympics. Peter Pellegrini exist Marcelo Rebelo de SosoSTA reported recently.

And the Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Dove Will be accompanied by his partner to the French capital Take Garber as an example During his stay in France, Golob will also visit the Slovenian House and have a working lunch with the president of the Slovenian Olympic Committee. Franje BobinecThe visit will end on Saturday with a handball match between the Slovenian and Spanish men’s national teams.

Preparations for this massive event were conducted in secrecy.
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Spectators will be able to watch the events from stands built specifically for the event, with tickets costing up to €2,700, but fans will also be able to watch the opening ceremony for free on the riverbank. There are also excellent seats behind windows and on apartment balconies with views of the Seine. The Paris Opening Ceremony will be the first ceremony in the history of the modern Olympic Games that most spectators will not have to pay to watch the event.

Organizers expect an in-person audience of 500,000 people, with an average of hundreds of millions of people watching the ceremony via live television or webcast.

Jolly assembled a team around him that included Fanny HerreroCreator of the French Netflix hit series Call My Agent, renowned author Lelo Slimani and famous historian Patrick Boucheron.

The opening ceremony will be divided into 12 different parts and will involve about 3,000 dancers, singers and others who will entertain the audience from both sides of the river, on bridges and near local landmarks. Part of the ceremony will also pay tribute to Notre Dame, the cathedral was severely damaged in a fire in 2019 and its restaurant is currently in the final stages of renovation.

A fusion of classical music, chanson music, rap music and electronic music

The music will be a mix of classical, traditional French chanson, rap and electronic music. According to reports that have appeared in the media in recent months, the French-Malian star Nakamura Aya At the opening ceremony, she sang a legendary song by Edith Piaf. There are rumors that the opening ceremony will also have a pop dance music section. Lady GagaThe organizers have also remained silent, but now the famous American woman has appeared on the streets of Paris.

Lady Gaga was instantly recognized by Parisian pop fans.
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While spectators are looking forward to the prospect of the opening ceremony taking place underwater, it presents an additional challenge for security forces overseeing the event, which will include, among other things, divers equipped with underwater weapons, and some 45,000 police officers and thousands of soldiers and security personnel.

According to the organizers, this should be the largest opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to date. The first Olympic Games were held in Athens on Easter Monday, April 6, 1896, as a prelude to the first modern Olympic Games.

The ceremony traditionally includes elements such as a parade of nations, speeches and the lighting of the Olympic flame. In the past, it was customary to release doves as a symbol of peace into the air after the bonfire was lit, but the custom, first implemented in 1920, was discontinued after unpleasant incidents at the 1988 Seoul Olympics when some doves were burned. Since then, organizers have been imagining alternative versions of the symbolic display of dove releases, STA writes.

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