At the Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) in New York, Sher directed productions of "Waste" by Harley Granville Barker in 2000 (its American premiere, winning the 2000 Obie Award for Best Play), "Cymbeline" by Shakespeare in 2002, "Dom Juan" by Molière in 2003, and "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" by Shakespeare in 2004. He directed "Cymbeline", "Dom Juan", and "Pericles" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 2006 Sher directed Gioachino Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia" ("The Barber of Seville") at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center. In 2009 Sher directed the opera "Tales of Hoffman" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (opening December 3, 2009). In 2011, Sher directed "Mourning Becomes Electra" for Seattle Opera. In March 2011, "Le Comte Ory" by Rossini opened at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in a production directed by Sher. The reviewer for "The New York Times" called the production "lively, colorful and inventive." In June 2011, Sher's production of the world premiere of Nico Muhly's "Two Boys "was presented at the English National Opera. The American debut took place in October 2013, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Met commissioned the production.