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Sing for your life : a story of race, music, and family / by Daniel Bergner. by Bergner, Daniel. Thorndike Press, [2016] Call #: LP 782.1092 G797b Subjects Green, Ryan Speedo.   Bass-baritones -- United States -- Biography.   Singers, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Opera -- Biography.   Poor children -- United States -- Biography.   Fatherless families -- Biography.   Abusive mothers -- Biography.   At-risk youth -- Biography.   Resilience (Personality trait) -- Biography.   Virginia -- Biography. ISBN:  9781410494498 (hc.) Edition:  Large print edition. Description:  411 pages (large print) ; 23 cm Notes:  "A portion of this book originally appeared, in different form, in the New York Times Magazine"--Title page verso. Summary:  "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. Ryan Speedo Green had a tough upbringing in southeastern Virginia: his family lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled house across the street from drug dealers. His father was absent; his mother was volatile and abusive. At the age of twelve, Ryan was sent to Virginia's juvenile facility of last resort. He was placed in solitary confinement. He was uncontrollable, uncontainable, with little hope for the future. In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera, beating out 1,200 other talented singers. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses. Ryan's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from solitary confinement to stardom. Daniel Bergner takes readers on Ryan's path toward redemption, introducing us to the two teachers from his childhood who redirected his rage into music, and his long-lost father who finally reappeared to hear Ryan sing. Bergner illuminates all that it takes - technically, creatively - to find and foster the beauty of the human voice."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 782.1092 G797b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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