Yuval Sharon is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles and the Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director of Detroit Opera. In 2023, he was named the Director of the Year by Musical America, and in 2017, he was honored with a MacArthur Fellowship and a Foundation for Contemporary Art grant for theater. He was the first American invited to direct at Bayreuth, and is the recipient of the 2014 Götz Friedrich Prize in Germany for his production of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic. With The Industry, Sharon has directed and produced new operas in moving vehicles, operating train stations, Hollywood sound stages, and various “non-spaces” such as warehouses, parking lots, and escalator corridors. Between 2016 and 2019, Sharon was the first Artist-Collaborator at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, creating nine projects that included newly commissioned works, site-specific installations, and performances outside the hall.
