Lady Gaga performed a French cabaret song, the Moulin Rouge dancers performed the cancan and heavy metal band Gojira teamed up with acclaimed singer Marina Viotti during the spectacular opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Huge crowds on the banks of the Seine and the world’s athletes on it braved rainy conditions as France celebrated its history in many aspects from the 1789 revolution to Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, also not leaving out those who rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral after the devastating fire from 2019. Notre Dame featured prominently along with the Louvre, the Conciergerie, Pon…