Lotfi Mansouri

Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. His directing career began in around 1960. 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. In 1992 he became a Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His autobiography was published in 2010.