How A Troubled Kid Went From Juvenile Detention To Being An Opera Star

Uncategorized Posted: January 1, 2019 2:50 am

Ryan Speedo Green, 32, went from a troubled home to finding a life’s passion and success as an opera singer good enough to command the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.

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