But Gelb doubts the strike will lead to any profound rearrangement of diplomatic loyalties.
Gelb pointed to the shift in Congress as the single biggest factor at work.
"But Horowitz wasn't a drinker, so he gave them to me, " Mr. Gelb said.
"It's not that big a list of singers who can sing certain roles, " said Mr. Gelb.
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"Making a hit opera means you are remembered in the annals of opera history, " said Mr. Gelb.
Gelb believes in the power of the well-timed phone call, the intimate lunch date, the intercontinental flight.
Now that Levine is on prolonged medical leave, the major decisions are falling to Gelb, with erratic results.
Paul Gelb, a Razorfish vice president, said he has been impressed with Tumblr's large user base and creativity.
Gelb struck a deal with CBS News whereby a documentary team would make a film about the orchestra.
"I think we were too aggressive in our pricing this season, " said Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager.
"I didn't want to in any way write him off, and I'm glad we didn't, " Mr. Gelb said.
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"It creates a level of comfortability for advertisers, " said Paul Gelb, head of strategy for ad server MoPub Inc.
Instead, Gelb focussed on remaking the classical division, which, like other classical labels, was dwindling in significance and revenues.
After leaving Aix, Gelb went to visit the director, who is now eighty-four.
Opera purists are not at all happy about Mr Gelb's foray into cinemas.
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The relationship today between Gelb and his predecessor is publicly cordial, if circumspect.
Gelb is notorious among colleagues for his work habits, which involve pre-dawn e-mail sessions and a ruthless efficiency with time.
The life of the professional Peter Gelb may be controversial, but the personal life of Peter Gelb seems pretty sweet.
In August, before an audience at the Chautauqua Institution, in upstate New York, Gelb clarified his position without shifting it.
As Gelb steered the career of Horowitz, becoming his manager, he received an education in the handling of the artistic personality.
One afternoon at the Met, Gelb led me up the sweeping staircase from the lobby to the recently renamed Mercedes T.
"Long-term, we believe AIG's top-tier global franchise should continue to deliver superior returns and book value growth versus peers, " Gelb said.
Gelb said the Met projects it will sell 80 percent of available tickets this season, down 2-3 percent from last season.
The twenty-five-million-dollar donation was, Bass said, in part a farewell present to Joe Volpe, and in part a welcome gift to Gelb.
Was this the sort of thing that typically happened to Mr. Gelb?
Gelb, he said, had arranged for Horowitz to visit the house of Aleksandr Scriabin, the celebrated pianist and composer, who died in 1915.
That's better than many analysts' estimates, including Lehman Brothers' Jay Gelb, who said in a research report he had expected 9% growth in 2008.
Though revenue per performance is actually up slightly, Mr. Gelb said he would prefer, on balance, for more people to be coming through the door.
As for those much loved productions, Gelb has his own plans.
Throughout the album, producer Howe Gelb and an assortment of likeminded collaborators add graceful flourishes, but On High easily stands alone as a superb solo album.
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