After a high-energy performance of the cancan, a masked person running across roofs and surfaces through the city carrying a torch briefly stole the show. The individual passed dancers in rags before they broke out in a performance of a song from Les Misérables, a musical that covers the history of France. The identity of the person wearing the mask has not yet been revealed.
if you’re not watching the olympic opening ceremony the main torchbearer is a masked vigilante wearing keens and les miserables-style revolutionary rags who entered on a boat to the phantom of the opera theme and is now doing parkour around paris to techno. extremely french
— molly taft (@mollytaft) July 26, 2024
Later, metal band Gojira delivered a performance with a heavy dose of pyrotechnics.
“We just went metal after Les Mis, after cancan,” NBC opening ceremony host Kelly Clarkson said, enthused.
Kelly Clarkson just screaming “What?!” She is truly America
— The Jay Agenda (@JayJurden) July 26, 2024
An opera singer took over, performing as a large ship passed through the Seine. “Sing!” Clarkson shouted.
It’s all a part of a portion of the event titled “Liberté,” which is one-third of the French Republic’s motto, “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.”
Translated to English, it is “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”
