On Nov. 21 and 22, 2025 Fort Worth Opera will continue its 80th Anniversary Season with Philip Glass’s “La Belle et la Bête.”

The work will be performed at Fort Worth’s Ridglea Theater and will feature Véronique Filloux, Andre Courville, and David Grogan.

The fusion of opera, concert, and film pairs a live chamber orchestra and singers with Jean Cocteau’s 1946 cinematic masterpiece — an immersive retelling of the classic fairy tale that is romantic, surreal, and wonderfully strange.

In a statement, General & Artistic Director Angela Turner Wilson said, “The last Glass work we performed was Hydrogen Jukebox in 2011, and La Belle et la Bête pushes that spirit even further. We’re stepping away from the traditional proscenium arch and into something completely different: a fusion of voice, music, and film. It’s opera, it’s cinema, it’s romantic, it’s funky, it’s unique — and it’s wonderful. And now, thanks to the Claytor Family Charitable Foundation, anyone can experience it for the price of an ordinary movie ticket.”

The performance will launch Fort Worth Opera’s Pay What You Can program, made possible through the generous support of the Claytor Family Charitable Foundation.

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