Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for LA BOHEME

Ryan Speedo Green will sing Colline in tonight's performance of Puccini's La Bohème, replacing Matthew Rose, who is ill.

Ryan Speedo Green is currently singing The King in the Met's revival of Verdi's Aida which will be seen live around the world as a part of The Met: Live in HD on Saturday, October 6th. As a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Ryan Speedo Green made his Met debut in 2012 as the Mandarin in Puccini's Turandot, followed by roles as the Second Knight in Wagner's Parsifal, the Jailer in Puccini's Tosca, Bonze in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Rambo in John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer, Colline in Puccini's La Bohème, and the High Priest Oroe in Rossini's Semiramide. Later this season, he will be seen as Don Basilio in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Wiener Staatsoper.

The cast for La Bohème includes Nicole Car as Mimì, Angel Blue as Musetta, Vittorio Grigolo as Rodolfo, Etienne Dupuis as Marcello, Davide Luciano as Schaunard, and Donald Maxwell as Benoit/Alcindoro. James Gaffigan conducts.

Performances of La Bohème began on September 25, 2018 and run through December 13, 2018. For further information, please visit www.metopera.org.