Ryan S. Green is a bass-baritone operaย singer. Born April 1, 1986, in Suffolk, Virginia, his parents, Cecil and Valerie Green, separated when he was a child. The divorce forced his mother, an Air Force veteran, to move her children to a crime-ridden housing project in Suffolk. Green suffered a troublesome childhood. At age 12, he threatened to stab his mother and brother and was committed to a juvenile detention center. With the help of caring teachers and mentors, Green began to focus on music. While attending Governorโs School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia, he joined the choir and took voice lessons. Following his first visit to the Metropolitan Operaย at 11 years old, he told a teacher that he would sing at the Met.
After finishing high school in 2004, he earned his bachelorโs degree at the University of Hartfordโs Hartt School of Music in Connecticut in 2008. In 2010, he earned his masterโs degree in voice performance atย Florida State University. Having won several singing competitions in 2011, Green became one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. A glowing review of his performance in theย New York Timesย led to the publication of his biography,ย Sing for Your Life. At the Juilliard School of Music inย New York, he sang Commendatore inย Don Giovanniย and Colline inย La Bohรจmeย and Don Magnifico inย La Cenerentolaย at Operaย Colorado.
Ryan Speedo Green in recital with George London Foundation, Morgan Library, New York City. Courtesy Promethean Artists.
Green made his opera debut at the Met in its 2012-2013 season, singing Mandarin in Pucciniโsย Turandotย and Second Grail Knight in Wagnerโsย Parsifal. In the 2013-2014 season, he played Bronze in Pucciniโs Madame Butterfly and the Jailer inย Tosca. In its 2014-2015 season as Rambo in John Adamsโs The Death of Klinghoffer. Also, he was a Filene Young Artist who performed at Wolf Trap with the National Symphony Orchestra as Zuniga in Bizetโsย Carmenย and Don Profondo in Rossiniโsย Il Viaggio A Reims.
During the 2015-2016 season, Green traveled to Europe from 2015 through 2016 and performed at the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) inย Austriaย as Varlam inย Boris Godunov, Timur inย Turandot, Basilio inย Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville), Rochefort inย Anna Bolena, Angelotti inย Tosca, Hans inย Undine, and 5th Jew inย Salome. With the Opรฉra de Lille in France, he sang Ferrando in its traveling production of Verdiโsย Il Trovatore. At the Salzburg Festival, he portrayed the Third King in Straussโs Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae). Green has also performed with the Hartford Chorale, Boston (Massachusetts) Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland (Ohio) Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Orchestra, and the Florida Symphony.
In 2014, Green became a member of the Vienna State Opera in 2014. He married Irene Fast in 2016. They both reside in Vienna, Austria.
