Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire (Fall 1998), and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking (Fall 2000). This move has helped build the house's reputation as one of the leading innovators in the United States, a reputation which is still held today. Towards the end of the 2001 season, Mansouri announced his resignation and was succeeded by Pamela Rosenberg, formerly of the Stuttgart Opera. Personal Mansouri was born in Iran and lived in Zurich, Geneva, Toronto and San Francisco. He died at home in Pacific Heights area of San Francisco and survived by his wife Marjorie Thompson and daughter, Shireen. References and sources References Sources Current Biography Yearbook. 1990 edition. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1990. Who's Who in Opera. An international biographical directory of singers, conductors, directors, designers, and administrators. Also including profiles of 101 opera companies. Edited by Maria F. Rich. New York: Arno Press, 1976. The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia. A comprehensive guide to the world of opera. Edited by David Hamilton. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Four volumes. Edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Press, 1992. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Four volumes. Edited by Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, (n.d.). Baker's Dictionary of Opera. Edited by Laura Kuhn. New York: Schirmer Books, 2000 External links Interview with Lotfi Mansouri, May 11, 1982 1929 births 2013 deaths Iranian emigrants to the United States Iranian emigrants to Canada Iranian opera directors Opera managers People from Tehran University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of California, Los Angeles faculty American opera directors Iranian emigrants to Switzerland Music Academy of the West alumni