Sing for your life
Subtitle: a story of race, music, and family
By: Daniel Bergner
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Biographies and Memoirs; Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781410494498
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Large type books; Bass-baritones; African American singers; Biography
Description: The touching, triumphant story of a young black man's journey from violence and despair to one of the world's most elite artistic institutions, Sing for Your Life chronicles Ryan Speedo Green's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from juvenile solitary confinement to stardom, performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses.