 Azar's stage work focuses on world premiere and rarely performed contemporary operas.He directed the world premiere of a chamber ensemble version of Du Yun’s "Angel’s Bone" with the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Mann Center which won the Pulitzer Prize in music tin 2017.He directed the American stage premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' "ATTHIS" in a well-received production that had the heroine bound in duct tape.