Lou Galterio (born in New York, New York, on November 29, 1942; died in St Louis, Missouri, on June 20, 1996) was a noted stage director of opera. He studied drama and English at Marquette University. His productions were seen at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis (including Albert Herring, which was televised in 1978, Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Gianni Schicchi, Ariadne auf Naxos, Maddalena), Santa Fe Opera (including Neues vom Tage, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, and his posthumous production of Don Giovanni), Washington Opera (Anna Bolena and Postcard from Morocco), Opera Pacific (Regina), Dallas Opera (Madama Butterfly), Connecticut Grand Opera (Carmen), and the New Orleans Opera Association (La traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Macbeth, a