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Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green in conversation with Harvey Steiman

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Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green on the Ring road to Wotan

Ryan Speedo Green © Jiyang Chen

In the nine years since a book about Ryan Speedo Green told his story of a troubled African-American youth redeemed by opera, the bass-baritone has risen from short opera roles to a career that has made him a star at the Metropolitan Opera. His latest triumph is an astonishingly mature portrayal of Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre at Santa Fe Opera [click here].

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Tautly focused The Turn of the Screw creates a creepy psychological mood at Santa Fe Opera

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United StatesUnited States Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Gemma New (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1.8.2025. (HS)

Jacquelyn Stucker (The Governess), Everett Baumgarten (Miles) and Brenton Ryan (Peter Quint) in The Turn of the Screw © Curtis Brown

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Renée Fleming puts her directorial stamp on a classic Mozart opera in Aspen

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United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [6] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS / Patrick Summers (conductor). Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, 21.7.2025. (HS)

Finn Sagal (Guglielmo) and Jonghyun Park (Ferrando) don pro-wrestling costumes from Peter Barber (Don Alfonso) © Diego Redel

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