For another, many basic repertory works can often be had in older recordings at midprice or budget price with perfectly good sound and excellent performances.

Also, a program of repertory works will be offered (July 25-27, 30; Aug. 1-3), as well as special Wednesday matinees for young audiences.

He thus incorporated into his repertory works of ethnic origin or jazz-oriented styles of sassy theatricality.

His contract stipulated that he keep in the repertory works of composers who had created the opéra-comique genre, and also that he could not foist the older repertory on secondary artists.

This from a company that has recently had in the repertory such Slavic works as "Khovanshchina" and "Jenufa."

It is a tenet of his that an effective way to recapture what was daring about standard repertory works is to perform them alongside daring works of today.

For over 30 years, this independent, community-based company has been presenting standard repertory operatic works, and now and then unusual fare like Nielsen's "Maskarade," as well as giving performance opportunities to young singers and introducing audiences to opera.

Yet Ailey himself put into the repertory experimental works by Bill T. Jones, Kathryn Posin, Elisa Monte, Donald Byrd and Ulysses Dove (all of whom did pieces that favored repetition).

Dance presentations will be by Gregory Hines, with Savion Glover (Fri.) and the Joffrey Ballet in repertory works (June 1-6).

Mostly he conducted standard repertory works but he could surprise listeners with his adventurousness.