Saint Sirus hosted the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Games 2026 as if it were the last farewell song, a massive, artistic and fascinating celebration. The temple of Milanese football was transformed into a stage that resembled a gigantic ice rink with a parade of 5,000 people.
Italy displayed all its beauty and history, from the verses of Domenico Modugno masterfully covered across North America Mariah Carey to the son of ‘In the blue, paint blue’, to the poem of Giacomo Leopardi. From the notes of Giuseppe Verdi the Giacomo Puccini even the mezzo-soprano voice of Laura Pausini.
The five Olympic rings merge in harmony with a stadium that turns 100 years old this year and was designed by Ulysses Stacchini to provide the city with a stunning landscape. A space that, like great works of art, also has a soul.
The Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Games was held at San Siro)
A universal monument as appreciated by its neighbors as The ladder. Perhaps that’s why the dancers from the famous Milan opera performed the last ball at the San Siro to the rhythm of classical music by the great Italian composers.
He Giuseppe Meazzaas the stadium has been officially called since 1980, it will be demolished. This is what AC Milan and Inter have planned, but until the new stadium is completed, both teams will remain here. And when the day for a change of scene arrives, this Olympic night will be remembered as the best tribute to the temple of Milanese football, a place of worship for the sport that enjoyed one last great night of glory and the climax of its wonderful existence.
Saint Sirus It focused the eyes of 60,000 people live and more than 2 billion viewers around the world to watch the opening ceremony of the third Olympic Games held on Italian soil.
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One of the highlights of the night was when the most successful motorcyclist of all time appeared Valentino Rossidriving a tram and taking the president of the Italian republic to the stadium, Sergio Mattarellawhich was visited by 17 heads of state.
Smart Olivia Yes Quim Salarich were the Spanish standard bearers, one in Milan and the other in Livigno. In this too it was a different ceremony, the first that combined four stages with fashion shows in honor of Giorgio Armanimixed by television production to give the impression that they were in the same place.
And the most anticipated moment of the night was a double ration, two cauldrons, one in Milan lit by Alberto Tomba Yes Deborah Compagnoni and another 400 kilometers, in Cortina, illuminated by Sofia Goggia after receiving the penultimate reliever, Gustav Thöni.
