From Troubled Teenager to Opera Star

American Ryan Speedo Green went from a troubled childhood in juvenile detention to becoming an opera singer performing all over the world. He tells Matthew Bannister how his life changed after he saw an African-American opera star singing the lead role in Carmen when he was just fifteen years old. Image: Ryan Speedo Green as Colline in Puccini's La Bohème Credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera