{"id":278378,"date":"2026-02-07T04:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278378\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:20:09","slug":"mariah-carey-sings-in-italian-on-opening-night-of-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278378\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey Sings in Italian on Opening Night of the Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMariah Carey <\/a>brought world class pop star wattage to the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday night at Milan\u2019s historic San Siro Stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\tCarey, who has scored 19 Billboard No. 1 singles and six Grammy Awards, performed entirely in Italian for the first time in her illustrious career, singing Domenico Modugno\u2019s \u201cNel Blu, dipinto di Blu\u201d \u2013 known internationally as \u201cVolare\u201d \u2013 as a symbolic gesture that underscores the event\u2019s theme of \u201charmony\u201d and the ambition to highlight local culture while giving the broadcast global appeal. <\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Domenico Modugno and performed at the 1958 Sanremo Festival, \u201cVolare,\u201d with its famous refrain \u2013 \u201cvolare! oh, oh!\u201d \u2013 marked a milestone in the history of Italian song, becoming a global phenomenon and winning two Grammy Awards, an unprecedented achievement for Italian music at the time.<\/p>\n

\n\tCarey segued from \u201cVolare\u201d into her hit single \u201cNothing is Impossible\u201d from the 2025 studio album \u201cHere For It All.\u201d She wore a an Art Deco-inspired gown featuring beads and crystals on the bodice, waist and skirt. And a diamond necklace, earrings and bracelet, valued at $15 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tInterweaving sport, fashion and national heritage, just as the Paris Olympics did in 2024, the Italian ceremony also included a tribute to Giorgio Armani, the late fashion titan who died at 91 last September and stood as Milan\u2019s greatest ambassador.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Winter Olympics ceremony is set against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions<\/a> \u2014 U.S. officials have confirmed that ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who are expected to attend the opener in Milan\u2019s San Siro stadium<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. Discovery, which owns the Eurosport network, will be airing 865 hours of live Olympics <\/a>Games spread out over 15 venues. \u00a0In the U.S., the Games will get full-court-press treatment from NBC and Peacock. In Europe, HBO Max is streaming the games in Europe alongside local broadcasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey brought world class pop star wattage to the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,2221,409,139243],"class_list":{"0":"post-278378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mariah-carey","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-winter-olympics-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}