Bass-Baritone Ryan Speedo Green, a native of Suffolk, Virginia, is in his final year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. Ryan made his Metropolitan Opera stage debut in the 2012-2013 season, singing the Mandarin in Turandot and the Second Knight in a new production of Parsifal with Daniele Gatti conducting. Additional operatic engagements include the Commendatore in Don Giovanni at The Juilliard School, Colline Colline in La Bohème with Central City Opera, and Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola as a resident artist with Opera Colorado.Concert work includes the bass solo in Verdi’s Requiem with Hartford Chorale, Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Virginia Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with the Florida Symphony and Norwalk Symphony Orchestras. Honors and awards include National Grand Finals winner of the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2014 George London Foundation Award, a 2014 Annenberg grant recipient, a 2014 Gerda Lissner Foundation First Prize winner, both the Richard and Sara Tucker Grants from the Richard Tucker Foundation, and a finalist in the Palm Beach Opera Competition. Mr. Speedo Green received his Master of Music Degree from Florida State University and his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Hartt School.