olympic closing ceremony 2021 opera singer

When the song finished, a rendition of Claude Debussy’s ‘Clair de Lune’ played as the Olympic flame was finally extinguished. After their touching words, the 32nd Olympiad was brought to a close with a musical performance by Shinobu Otake and the Suginami Junior Chorus who sang 'Hoshi Meguri no Uta’. The handover to Paris was followed by speeches from Thomas Bach and Seiko Hashimoto, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee. You can see the sporty part of the video above. Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, also made an appearance on top of the Eiffel Tower. It was a welcoming sight, as most summer festivals have been cancelled in Japan this year.Ī short snippet of what we can expect from the Paris 2024 Games was also shown, with plenty of Hollywood-worthy BMX action and break dancing or ‘breaking’, which will be introduced as a new Olympic sport in 2024. Photo: Steph Chambers/Getty Imagesīack in the Japan National Stadium, a mini bon odori festival was set up across the stadium floor, with dancers showing off their moves. The video then took us to Akita prefecture for a showcase of the Nishimonai bon odori dance before heading to Gifu for the Gujo odori dance.

The video began with a traditional Ainu dance performed against the gorgeous backdrop of Hokkaido before moving on to the tropical islands of Okinawa, where an Okinawan Eisa dance is performed.

The performance opened into a video montage of traditional regional dances across Japan spanning from Hokkaido to Okinawa. The performers at the Olympic Games #Tokyo2020 #ClosingCeremony have been outstanding! /p81INmmM3kĪ big thank you was given to the Olympic volunteers before a taiko drum performance kicked off an interpretive dance by Aoi Yamada.

Olympic closing ceremony 2021 opera singer