Celine Dion is aiming to perform for one final time for a TV special after her battle with stiff-person syndrome forced her away from the stage.
The 56-year-old singer was diagnosed with the syndrome in 2022 but has been working on her voice as she seeks to sing once more amid her battle with the autoimmune neurological disorder.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Celine is not giving up her desire to sing again.
“She has been working with voice coaches, band members and specialists for over six months now.
“She believes she could release a concert film featuring her playing her biggest hits.”
Dion cancelled the remaining dates on her tour last year as a result of her health problems — which she documents in the new feature-length documentary I Am: Celine Dion — and explained that she “can’t answer” if she will ever be able to get back on stage.
The global superstar has spoken out about her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis in 2022. (Source: Prime Video / YouTube)
The singer said: “I can’t answer that… because for four years I’ve been saying to myself that I’m not going back, that I’m ready, that I’m not ready. As things stand, I can’t stand here and say to you: ‘Yes, in four months.’
“I don’t know… my body will tell me. On the other hand, I don’t just want to wait.”
Dion recently explained how she has different therapies to treat the condition, which impacts the muscles, on a daily basis but says she will never be “cured”.
She told France’s Vogue magazine: “I’m well, but it’s a lot of work. I’m taking it one day at a time. I haven’t beat the disease, as it’s still within me and always will be.
“I hope that we’ll find a miracle, a way to cure it with scientific research, but for now I have to learn to live with it. So that’s me, now with stiff person syndrome.”
In a post to social media, Dion told fans she’s been diagnosed with “stiff person syndrome”, causing spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing.
