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How I Got Over: Rising Opera Star Ryan Speedo Green

At twelve years old, Ryan Speedo Green was placed in solitary confinement in Virginia’s juvenile facility of last resort. At twenty-four, he won America’s most prestigious contest for young opera singers, beating 1,200 other singing hopefuls, and this fall he will make his starring debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Puccini’s La Bohème.

Join us for an evening of song and conversation with Green and Daniel Bergner, author of Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, to examine one man’s unlikely journey from solitary to stardom, a journey that sheds light on the realities of race in America. Hosted by WNYC producer of special projects on race Rebecca Carroll.











When: Wed., Oct. 5, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Where: The Greene Space
44 Charlton St.
646-829-4000
Price: $15
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At twelve years old, Ryan Speedo Green was placed in solitary confinement in Virginia’s juvenile facility of last resort. At twenty-four, he won America’s most prestigious contest for young opera singers, beating 1,200 other singing hopefuls, and this fall he will make his starring debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Puccini’s La Bohème.

Join us for an evening of song and conversation with Green and Daniel Bergner, author of Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, to examine one man’s unlikely journey from solitary to stardom, a journey that sheds light on the realities of race in America. Hosted by WNYC producer of special projects on race Rebecca Carroll.

Buy tickets/get more info now