Photos: Jennifer Lopez at the 2014 World Cup Opening Ceremony

Singers Claudia Leitte, Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull walk with performers during the World Cup’s Opening Ceremony on Thursday.  (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)

The center stage at Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao Stadium resembled a sliced melon.   (Shuji Kajiyama / Associated Press)

The opening ceremony reportedly cost 18 million Brazilian reais, or about $8 million.  (Kevin Cox / Getty Images)

Jennifer Lopez and the others sang the World Cup anthem “We Are One” as Brazilian band Olodum banged drums.  (Adam Pretty / Getty Images)

Many fans wore the yellow and green of the Brazilian soccer team.  (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)

Past World Cup bloopers and highlights were reportedly shown on the stadium’s video screens near the end of the show.  (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP / Getty Images)

The performers embrace at the end of the show. Only days earlier, it had been rumored that Jennifer Lopez wouldn’t be there.  (Frank Augstein / Associated Press)