Finn Sagal

Ryan Opera Center Ensemble

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. He recently received a 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant. In Lyric's 2024/25 Season, he played A Policeman in The Listeners. Sagal participated in the 2023 Merola Opera Program and, in 2022, the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program. He 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. While there he appeared as Pluton/Charpentier's La descente d'Orpheìe aux enfers, and the title role/Le nozze di Figaro. Among his awards, Finn was the winner of the 2017 Songbook Academy Competition.

Finn Sagal is sponsored by Jennifer Malpass and Julian Oettinger.