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Global opera powerhouse Hèctor Parra comes to Banff Centre with an action-packed story set in interwar France.
Commissioned by the Opéra national de Paris, the Catalan composer’s Miroir de nos peines adapts Pierre Lemaitre’s novel of the same name, with a libretto by Jean-Luc Vincent. The narrative plunges headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France—seized by the panic of a new European conflict—descends into chaos.
Recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Composition Prize and the National Culture Prize of Catalonia, Parra is internationally recognized for his dramatic and innovative operas. Miroir de nos peines isn’t the first time he’s taken an interest in French-language literature: his adaptation of Jonathan Littell’s Les Bienveillantes premiered in 2019 to enormous acclaim, with the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia heralding it as “the most important opera of the 21st century.”
This free, work-in-progress showing isn’t to be missed.
Event Artists
No InformationBanff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Miroir de nos peines (Mirror of Our Sorrows)
Date/Time
Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location
Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, AB
Canada, T1L 1H5
Price
$0
Phone
403-762-6301
Website
https://www.banffcentre.ca/summer-arts-fest/music-opera/miroir-de-nos-peines-mirror-our-sorrows?event_timestamp=2026-07-25T19:30:00
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