Lotfi Mansouri
Opera Director
1929 – 2013
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Who was Lotfi Mansouri?
Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and of the San Francisco Opera from 1988 through 2001. In 1992 he became a Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the subject of a 1998 biography.
He introduced opera surtitles—projected subtitles above the stage that allow the audience to follow the libretto during the performance of an opera.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1929
Tehran - Also known as
- Lotfollah Mansouri
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lived in
- Tehran
- Died
- Aug 30, 2013
San Francisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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