#repertory

This is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism. ↗

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

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But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

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