EditorialRyan Speedo Green as Emile Griffith in a new production of "Champion,” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, April 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Speedo Green as Emile Griffith in a new production of "Champion,” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, April 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Speedo Green as Emile Griffith in a new production of "Champion,” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, April 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Speedo Green as the boxer Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Speedo Green as the boxer Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Butt Philip as Grigory, left, and Ryan Speedo Green, center, as Varlaam in “Boris Godunov,” in New York, Sept. 25. 2021. (Richard Termine/The New York Times)
EditorialFundraiser Mick Cullen, better known as Speedo Mick, passes St Michael's Mount on his way to Land's End on Monday, September 27, as part of his Giving Back Tour
EditorialFundraiser Mick Cullen, better known as Speedo Mick, makes it to Land's End at sunset on Monday, September 27, as part of his Giving Back Tour
EditorialRyan Speedo Green, a bass baritone with an international opera career, performs with the music director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony at the Rady Shell, a sleek new outdoor venue at Jacobs Park on the San Diego waterfront, Aug. 6, 2021. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)
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