Biography
A native of Suffolk, Virginia, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green has quickly garnered an international reputation as a “breakthrough star”, appearing at many of the world’s most important opera houses and music festivals. Roles for the Wiener Staasoper have included Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Banquo Macbeth, Titurel Parsifal, Der Einarmige Die Frau ohne Schatten and Lodovico Otello, amongst others. Mr Green began his 2020/21 season with a house debut at the Theater an der Wien as Jake in Porgy & Bess. Upcoming highlights will include a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Jake and as Colline La boheme. In 2016, Little, Brown & Company published ‘Sing for Your Life’, by New York Times journalist Daniel Bergner, telling the story of Mr Green’s personal and artist
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2012 — Yesterday
Lohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Bayerische StaatsoperHeinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)
View cast and crewDudamel Leads Das Rheingold - Celebrating Frank Gehry, Wagner, Richard
LA PhilWotan
View cast and crewLohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Deutsche Oper BerlinHeinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)
View cast and crewChicago Philharmonic Presents Ryan Speedo Green, BlanchardVerdiRossiniPucciniWagner, RichardKodály
Opera Festival of ChicagoSoloist + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Lohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Bayerische StaatsoperHeinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)
View cast and crew
Dudamel Leads Das Rheingold - Celebrating Frank Gehry, Wagner, Richard
LA PhilWotan
View cast and crew
Lohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Deutsche Oper BerlinHeinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)
View cast and crew
Chicago Philharmonic Presents Ryan Speedo Green, BlanchardVerdiRossiniPucciniWagner, RichardKodály
Opera Festival of ChicagoSoloist + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
80Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Blanchard
Lyric Opera of ChicagoCharles Blow
View cast and crewSat13:00
New York City, United StatesMon19:30
New York City, United StatesFire Shut Up In My Bones, Blanchard
Lyric Opera of ChicagoCharles Blow
View cast and crewThu19:30
New York City, United StatesSat20:30
Santa Fe, United StatesFri20:30
Santa Fe, United States
Biography
A native of Suffolk, Virginia, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green has quickly garnered an international reputation as a “breakthrough star”, appearing at many of the world’s most important opera houses and music festivals. Roles for the Wiener Staasoper have included Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Banquo Macbeth, Titurel Parsifal, Der Einarmige Die Frau ohne Schatten and Lodovico Otello, amongst others. Mr Green began his 2020/21 season with a house debut at the Theater an der Wien as Jake in Porgy & Bess. Upcoming highlights will include a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Jake and as Colline La boheme. In 2016, Little, Brown & Company published ‘Sing for Your Life’, by New York Times journalist Daniel Bergner, telling the story of Mr Green’s personal and artist
