Author: Ryan Morris / Source: Good News Network
Ryan Speedo Green may be a critically-acclaimed opera star, but this was not always the case.
The 32-year-old baritone perform is a former juvenile detention inmate who spent years enduring abuse and conflict before he finally found his calling at the Metropolitan Opera.
Raised in a troubled household, Green grew up in a Virginian neighborhood that was primarily composed of crackhouses and drug addicts. Green, as a fourth grader, lived with his abusive mother. The unhealthy environment contributed to the youngster having difficulty controlling his emotions, and due to the escalation of violent outbursts at school and home, he was eventually placed in a juvenile detention center at the age of 12 – and his most difficult moments were spent in solitary confinement.
“Being in this cell was the lowest point of my entire life,” Green told CBS News.
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Green’s life may have continued on this very same path had it not been for the loving and understanding support of his former teachers and juvenile detention supervisors. To them,…
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