Finn Sagal

The second-year Ryan Opera Center baritone from La Cañada Flintridge, California, has performed at Lincoln Center, 54 Below, and the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas with such luminaries as Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, and Kristin Chenoweth. Sagal will appear at Lyric this season in El último sueño de Frida y Diego following his company debut last spring in The Listeners. He received a 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant, first place at the 2025 Saengerbund Awards, the 2025 Ginger and Jim Meyer Centennial Award from the American Opera Society, and third place in the 2024 Neue Stimmen competition. The baritone returned to the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program in 2025 as a Renée Fleming Artist, performing Guglielmo/Così fan tutte, and participated in the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Sagal recently received a master’s degree at the Yale School of Music, where he performed the roles of Junius/The Rape of Lucretia, the Tutor/Le Comte Ory, and Nick Shadow/The Rake’s Progress. He holds an undergraduate degree in vocal performance from UCLA.

Finn Sagal is sponsored by Lead Sponsor the Estate of Lois Siegel and cosponsors Patricia A. Kenney & Gregory J. O’Leary, Jennifer Malpass, and Julian Oettinger.

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