

Yoko Ono at the Olympics? Italy said 'hold my prosecco' and made history weird.
The opening ceremony for the XX Olympic Winter Games was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy on February 10th, 2006.
Direction
Marco Balich turned a stadium into a surrealist fever dream.
Production
Pavarotti lip-synced his final performance and nobody cared.
Costume
3,500 performers dressed as planets, flames, and questionable abstractions.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'spettacolo' cost €11 million and featured the largest LED screen in Europe at the time, because of course Italy went hard on the visuals.
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