Finn Sagal

Baritone Finn Sagal is a second-year member of the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago gaining national recognition for his rich, expressive timbre and stylistic versatility across operatic and concert repertoire. In Lyric’s 2024/25 season, he appeared as A Policeman in The Listeners and was featured in the company’s Rising Stars in Concert showcase. Sagal is an award winner at Neue Stimmen and recipient of the 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, as well as The American Opera Society of Chicago Ginger and Jim Meyer Centennial Award. Sagal is also a past winner of the 2017 Songbook Academy Competition, serving as Songbook Youth Ambassador with performances at Lincoln Center, 54 Below, and the Wynn Las Vegas alongside Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, and Kristin Chenoweth.

Recent performances include concerts with WFMT’s Ryan Opera Center Recital Series, where his repertoire ranged from Schubert lieder and Wagner’s “O du, mein holder Abendstern” to Count Almaviva’s aria from Le nozze di Figaro. He has appeared as a guest artist with the Pasadena Symphony and performed at the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame Gala. In the summer of 2023, Sagal was a participant in the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, following his training at the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program in 2022.

Sagal earned his master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, where his operatic roles included Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Junius (The Rape of Lucretia), and the Tutor (Le Comte Ory). He holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from UCLA, where he performed the title role in Le nozze di Figaro and Pluton in Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers. Additional honors include the Ginger & Jim Meyer Centennial Award from the American Opera Society of Chicago.

Praised by Michael Feinstein for his “versatility as an artist,” Sagal brings a dynamic presence to both operatic stages and concert halls. Equally at home in classic American standards and the music of Mozart and Stravinsky, he continues to distinguish himself as a compelling young artist to watch.