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Milan Cortina 2026, the day of the Opening Ceremony has arrived

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The day has arrived for the official start of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics with an Opening Ceremony destined to enchant the world. Starting at 8 p.m., the lights of the San Siro will be turned on to kick off the Games. It will not be the classic parade confined within a single arena: the Italian one will be the first real shared opening ceremony in Olympic history. A great collective embrace capable of uniting the Lombard metropolis with Cortina, Livigno and the Val di Fiemme. Among the authorities present will be the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, announced with a central role in the story of the evening.

Andrea GussoniL’étoile Nicoletta Manni lights the Olympic brazier in Milan: photos

Nicoletta Manni, étoile della Scala, lit the Olympic brazier in Milan’s Piazza Duomo.
The Olympic flashlight concluded its journey through Italy before the Winter Olympics Milan Cortina.
Thousands gathered in Piazza Duomo to witness the'arrival of the Olympic flashlight.
The show has kicked off, the hope is that many medals will come for Italy.
Nicoletta Manni showed the Olympic torch to the audience present
It will be two memorable weeks for the city of Milan, which is hosting the Olympics for the first time in its history
The evocative photos of Piazza Duomo and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II will go around the world

Cristian Chivu, technician of Inter Milan, is among the torchbearers who carried the torch in the Lombard capital.
President Sergio Mattarella, arrived in Milan, met with the blue athletes.

Mattarella attended the gala dinner with Heads of State organized by Cio at the Fabbrica del Vapore.
"Italy is honored to host the XXV edition of the Winter Olympic Games", said Mattarella.
The president hopes that Olympic values will become concrete inspiration in international life.

The most powerful symbol of this bond will be the simultaneous lighting of two Olympic braziers: one in Milan (he should be entrusted to Alberto Tomba) and the other in the Dolomites. Real technological giants clad in thousands of low-consumption lights. Not mere containers of the flame, but self-propelled structures that open and close like a breath. The design pays homage to the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, recalling those interwoven motifs with which the great genius recounted the balance between man and nature.

Approximately 5,000 athletes will parade, but the ceremony will also feature major players from other sports. For volleyball, six World Champion Azzurri will be present: Giannelli, Anzani, Porro, Danesi, Egonu and Cambi. For soccer, in their stadium, Franco Baresi and Beppe Bergomi will symbolically take the field, protagonists of a derby charged with meaning and memory. Giving voice and soul to the evening will be an artistic parterre that mixes Hollywood glamour with the excellence of Italian music.

The most resounding surprise will be the presence of global pop icons such as Mariah Carey, who is expected to perform “Nel blu dipinto di blu,” alongside the pillars of our song: Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini, who will be responsible for performing the anthem, to the contemporary sound of Ghali.

The tale of Italian identity will also be entrusted to actors of the caliber of Pierfrancesco Favino, Sabrina Impacciatore and Matilda De Angelis, ready to transform the stadium into a theater. An interweaving of classical music, rap and spoken word, orchestrated around the theme of harmony.

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