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Ryan Speedo Green Replaces Matthew Rose In ‘La Boheme’

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Ryan Speedo Green will sing “La Boheme” in tonight’s performance. The Metropolitan Opera announced that due to illness Matthew Rose would not be able to perform the role of Colline. As a result, Green will replace Rose. Green is currently performing in the Met Opera’s production of “Aida” and will be featured on HD on Oct. 6. He will also {…}

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Ryan Speedo Green To Give Recital At The Kennedy Center

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Ryan Speedo Green is set to make his recital debut at the Washington National Opera. The 2018 recipient of the Marian Anderson Vocal Award will give a recital as part of the award bestowed on him by the company. Adam Nielsen will accompany him in a recital that is set to include works by Wagner, Verdi, and Mahler, as well as the American composers Margaret {…}

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6 Reasons Why You Must Read Ryan Speedo Green Biography ‘Sing for Your Life’

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A year ago, the name Ryan Speedo Green might not be quite the household name that it has become. The bass, born on April 1, 1986, has had a whirlwind of a year. From his high-profile turn at the Metropolitan Opera in “La Bohème” to the release of “Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music and Family,” a {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Ryan Speedo Green To Steal The Show As Timur In Puccini’s ‘Turandot’

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Last year was arguably Ryan Speedo Green’s biggest year as he broke out in the operatic world with his showstopping aria “Vecchia Zimarra” in Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Metropolitan Opera. The bass made the most out his two minute aria and critics said that he was the most memorable performance of the night. A star was essentially born. This {…}

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Sydney Mancasola, Ryan Speedo-Green, Roberto Kalb Headline Promethean Artists’ Live Programming

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Promethean Artists has announced its programming for the week of June 8, 2020. It all kicks off with Roberto Kalb, Resident Conductor and Head of Music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, taking questions from audience members on a variety of topics. Streaming Date: June 8, 2020, at 12 p.m. EDT Chase Schaap continues his weekly “Fitness for Singers” series, {…}

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Boosey & Hawkes Signs Courtney Bryan

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Boosey & Hawkes has signed New Orleans–based composer Courtney Bryan to its roster. The composer is done work for orchestras, chamber ensembles, and voice. She was recently commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is currently the composer-in-residence with Opera Philadelphia and Creative Partner with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. {…}

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Modus Operandi Orchestra Presents ‘Celebrating America at 250’

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Modus Operandi Orchestra (MOO) is set to perform “Celebrating America at 250” at Merkin Hall in New York City. The concert will feature works by Copland, Barber, Montgomery, and Dvořák. Soprano Katherine Whyte will be the soloist for Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” MOO’s founder and music director, Justin Bischof conducts. Modus Operandi Orchestra regularly presents symphonic, operatic, and choral {…}

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Quinn Kelsey & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s HD of ‘Macbeth’

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The Met: Live in HD will continue with Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Oct. 17. The broadcast will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role alongside Lise Davidsen stars as Lady Macbeth. The cast will also include tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts, and Louisa Proske {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2026-27 Review: Macbeth

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Back in 2007, the Metropolitan Opera premiered Adrian Noble’s take on Verdi’s “Macbeth,” a grim and dark modern day setting, transforming Shakespeare’s dark thriller into a horror story. It was a visually striking and theatrical production on which some of the company’s most renowned and striking performances, especially Lady Macbeth, took center stage. To open its 2026-27 season, the Met {…}