The Perils of Casting an Opera Five Years in Advance
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/02/28/Extraordinary_Lives_Peter_Gelb Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb explains why production plans casting up to five years prior to an actual performance. Despite the foresight, Gelb recounts a recent troublesome casting as an instance of when that approach fell short. ---- Peter Gelb, Ge... Read more
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- -: The Perils of Casting an Opera Five Years in Advance
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/02/28/Extraordinary_Lives_Peter_Gelb Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb explains why production plans casting up to five years prior to an actual performance. Despite the foresight, Gelb recounts a recent troublesome casting as an instance of whe...
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- -: Coral Reef Surgeon Fish: Evolving to Compete Through Mimicry
February 2, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/01/24/Diversity_and_Evolution_of_Coral_Reef_Fishes Luiz Rocha, Assistant Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences, highlights the evolutionary advantage of the surgeon fish. The surgeon's genes allow them to mimic angel...
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- -: Steve Jones Goes Shirtless!
December 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)He's the hunky host of "The X-Factor" -- Steve Jones was here to get up-close and personal with Ellen! He also couldn't resist the opportunity to try on a shirt in front of our audience!
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- -: A New Twist on a Favorite Game -- Mo' or Go
October 11, 2010 (over 13 years ago)You all know Ellen's favorite game, Know or Go, but today she put a new spin on it with the game Mo' or Go. Rather than answer trivia questions, the contestants had to tell a story...
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- -: TEDxTempleU - Mohamed Niang - Malo Traders LLC: The Harvest Fairy
April 23, 2011 (about 13 years ago)MOHAMED ALI NIANG is a senior International Business and Entrepreneurship major at Temple University, with minors in Economics and Corporate Sustainability. His efforts both in and out of the classroom have been widely recognized: he was part of the winning team at the 2010 Center for Internatio...
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- -: TEDxPalermo - Beniamino Saibene - For a Revolution in Public Space
May 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The TEDxPalermo Talk by Beniamino Saibene was held in the afternoon of April 30th. The location due to bad weather was changed at the very last minute and the studio427 was welcoming our day. His talk is about the challenging, coral mission to redesign together the city of Milan, is about how to ...
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- -: Cynthia Schneider: The surprising spread of "Idol" TV
November 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cynthia Schneider looks at two international "American Idol"-style shows -- one in Afghanistan, and one in the United Arab Emirates -- and shows the surprising effect that these reality-TV competitions are creating in their societies. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China
January 24, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers thre...
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- -: Sorry Spin Gets Competitive!
November 11, 2010 (over 13 years ago)With the prizes getting bigger and bigger during Game Week, today's contestants on Sorry Spin put in everything they had!
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- -: Game Week Ends with a Brand New Car!
November 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Ellen's "Lap of Luxury" Game Week came to a close today. Someone beat the tough competition and went home with a brand new Buick Regal!
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