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An Iranian-born opera director and manager

Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. His directing career began in around 1960.

NEA Opera Honors: An Oral History with Lotfi Mansouri

He is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and of the San Francisco Opera, which he ran from 1988 through 2001.^[1] In 1992 he became a Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.^[2] His autobiography was published in 2010.

Mansouri introduced opera surtitles—titles projected onto a screen above the stage that allow the audience to follow the libretto during the performance of an opera.^[3]

Biography

Mansouri was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Hassan and Mehri (Jalili) Mansouri.

He married Marjorie Anne Thompson on September 18, 1954; he has a daughter, Shireen Melinda.^[3]

Mansouri studied psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (A.B., 1953) and was assistant Lotfi Mansouri - Wikipedia WYTYL