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As director of the Canadian Opera Company, Lotfi Mansouri demands excellence
As director of the Canadian Opera Company, Lotfi Mansouri demands excellence

As director of the Canadian Opera Company, Lotfi Mansouri demands excellence

Date9/18/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: As director of the Canadian Opera Company, Lotfi Mansouri demands excellence: 'I don't want to engage someone because they're Canadian. I want to engage them because they're good.'
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0065372F
Ontario's Mr. Opera. There's a clever woman behind many a successful man. Lotfi Mansouri, director of the Canadian Opera Company, received a personliz(...)
Ontario's Mr. Opera. There's a clever woman behind many a successful man. Lotfi Mansouri, director of the Canadian Opera Company, received a personliz(...)
1/13/1984
Vancouver soprano Heather Thomson samples Iranian dish made by Lotfi Mansouri, general director of teh Canadian Opera Company. Strangers expect our cu(...)
Vancouver soprano Heather Thomson samples Iranian dish made by Lotfi Mansouri, general director of teh Canadian Opera Company. Strangers expect our cu(...)
4/10/1980
A festive occasion. Lotfi Mansouri, general director of Canadian Opera Company, and the Honorable Pauline McGibbon, chairman of the Toronto Internatio(...)
A festive occasion. Lotfi Mansouri, general director of Canadian Opera Company, and the Honorable Pauline McGibbon, chairman of the Toronto Internatio(...)
3/1/1984
Lotfi Mansouri, Canadian Opera Company general director, is gearing up for a spring season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It's meant to introduce ope(...)
Lotfi Mansouri, Canadian Opera Company general director, is gearing up for a spring season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It's meant to introduce ope(...)
11/11/1975
Lotfi Mansouri, Canadian Opera Company general director, is gearing up for a spring season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It's meant to introduce ope(...)
Lotfi Mansouri, Canadian Opera Company general director, is gearing up for a spring season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It's meant to introduce ope(...)
3/1/1978
Canadian opera director Lotfi Mansouri
Canadian opera director Lotfi Mansouri
11/11/1975
Getting ready: Preparing for the gruelling role of Otello is James McCracken, in his O'Keefe Centre dressing room and in rehearsal with opera director Lotfi Mansouri
Getting ready: Preparing for the gruelling role of Otello is James McCracken, in his O'Keefe Centre dressing room and in rehearsal with opera director Lotfi Mansouri
9/4/1980
I want to make opera exciting to the public, says the Canadian Opera's Lotfi Mansouri, here coaching singer Victor Braun for this season's opener, Don(...)
I want to make opera exciting to the public, says the Canadian Opera's Lotfi Mansouri, here coaching singer Victor Braun for this season's opener, Don(...)
8/30/1977
Opera Ball chairman Carole Graftstein has program signed by Lotfi Mansouri
Opera Ball chairman Carole Graftstein has program signed by Lotfi Mansouri
9/20/1978
Director Lotfi Mansouri, centre, directs John Avey and Linda Maguire
Director Lotfi Mansouri, centre, directs John Avey and Linda Maguire
3/11/1988
Greeting Lotfi Mansouri who came in black cape and hat, are gala chairman Shari Fell, left, and Carole Grafstein, right, who is wearing a purple Brian Winstown gown
Greeting Lotfi Mansouri who came in black cape and hat, are gala chairman Shari Fell, left, and Carole Grafstein, right, who is wearing a purple Brian Winstown gown
1/23/1989
Lotfi Mansouri
Lotfi Mansouri
9/4/1986