Lotfollah Lotfi Mansouri was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is most well-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 the 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.
Biography
He was the son of Hassan and Mehri (Jalili) Mansouri. He m ...
