So we’ve all heard the “Titanic” song approximately 435,598 times. We’ve seen Celine Dion pounding her chest and frowning with melancholy on a number of different platforms, from the Oscars to David Letterman to a hundred other places. But they all pale in comparison to a Celine Dion Las Vegas performance, entitled “Celine Dion: A New Day.”
Sure, buying a ticket to a Celine Dion show in Vegas
might make your friends eyebrows arc in surprise, but
thousands of attendees have left one of her Las
Vegas shows in awe. The music almost takes second
place in a Las Vegas Celine Dion show. The spectacle rivals
only Prince or Elton
John, when it comes to over-the-top festivities. The
visual effects, choreography and pyrotechnic wizardry
are enough to win over even the most skeptical in the
audience.
And the songs are pleasantly arranged, reworking and breathing new life into some of her older hits, while leaving the showstoppers just as you remember them. The enormous video screen behind Dion could be the largest of its kind in all of America, and consistently shifts and slides as the singer belts out her greatest hits. Another feature of the Celine Dion show in Vegas is the multitude of acrobats and dancers that lend themselves to the project. Produced under the watchful eye of Franco Dragone, whose credits include Cirque Du Soleil, the Celine Dion Las Vegas show involves a myriad of surreal moments, like she is singing in the midst of a colorful dream or acid flashback.
Along with her famed numbers, Dion pays tribute to those that came before her on the Strip, working in a Sinatra or Dean Martin track, not to mention a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish.” Though the songs change occasionally, it’s mostly her solo work that makes up the breadth of a Celine Dion show in Vegas.
The most intriguing aspect of the Celine Dion Las Vegas show is the singer herself. Though she’s had a couple of image issues in the past, on stage the singer is endlessly charismatic and surprisingly self-deprecating, her lilting accent makes the spots in between songs stand out just as much as her greatest hits. It all adds up to an evening of brilliant colors, impeccable high notes and charming grace that is sure to be a highlight of your stay in the city of lights.
The show can be seen every Wednesday through Sunday at 8 pm.
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Artist Biography:
One of the most recognized singers in the world, Celine Dion’s career broke through in 1990 with her hit album “Unison.” She continued her rapid ascent in popularity after being featured on Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” soundtrack, and her second album counted three more top 40 hits amongst them. But it’s “My Heart Will Go On” from the Titanic soundtrack that will forever be her most recognizable song, rocketing to the top of the charts in 1997 and staying there for weeks on end. She has now released a plethora of studio and live albums, drawing on almost each one to round out her “A New Day” set list. If you’ve heard it on the radio, there’s a good chance it’s become part of the Las Vegas Celine Dion show.
