Miho Sakoda - Cio Cio San Zach Borichevsky - Pinkerton Kayla Nanto - Suzuki Corey Trahan - Goro Goro’s ambition and careful maneuvering quietly set the tragedy of Madama Butterfly in motion. What do you think about his role in the story, and how do you give that kind of presence shape and three-dimensional texture on stage? I see Goro as the quiet spark that sets the whole tragedy in motion. He’s not the villain, but he’s the one who turns people into transactions, and that c

Metropolitan Opera Veteran Clifton Forbis Headlines a Fort Worth Homecoming Alongside the Opera’s Resident Artists and Western Painter Kevin Chupik (Fort Worth, Texas) — Fort Worth Opera will present Cowboys & Culture , a multimedia concert celebrating the music, stories and spirit of the American West, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Kimbell Art Museum’s Renzo Piano Pavilion.  Presented during the closing week of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Cowboys

Pay What You Can Program Launch Adds to the Excitement as Company Presents Philip Glass’s Haunting Take on Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) (Fort Worth, Texas) — On Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22, Fort Worth Opera continues its 80th Anniversary Season with a hypnotic experiment in sight and sound: Philip Glass’s La Belle et la Bête  ( Beauty and the Beast ), performed at Fort Worth’s landmark Ridglea Theater. This mesmerizing fusion of opera

FORT WORTH, TX — Fort Worth Opera announces the unanimous election of Katherine Polenz as Chair of its Board of Trustees, ushering in a new era of leadership as the organization launches Match the Momentum: 80 Years of Opera in Fort Worth, an ambitious, multi-year fundraising campaign designed to honor its legacy and secure its future.