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Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) 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.

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.

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.

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