John Malveaux: New York Times: The story of Ryan Speedo Green's leap from solitary confinement to opera’s grandest stage is told in the book, “Sing for Your Life”

Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family

Daniel Bergner

 Lee Boudreaux Books

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:

The New York Times

By Michael Cooper

September 30, 2016

It was roughly 15 years ago that a high school student from Virginia named Ryan Speedo Green first visited the Metropolitan Opera on a school trip.

At the time, he was working to put his life back on track after a rough childhood that included a harrowing two months in juvenile detention. But he set himself an unlikely goal. “I am going to sing at the Met,” he told one of his teachers.

And he did.

The story of his leap from solitary confinement to opera’s grandest stage is the subject of a book released this month, “Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family,” by Daniel Bergner.

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