1.   Everyone readily proclaims it his operatic masterpiece, and in Russia it is a repertory staple.

2.   Mainstream concertgoers, they say, demand to hear repertory staples and complain when subjected to unfamiliar contemporary works.

3.   One of the most poignant revelations concerned the autobiographical Eighth Quartet, which has since become a repertory staple.

4.   Overall, the production emerged as a valid and often involving take on a repertory staple.

5.   Regional companies and university opera studios have made it a repertory staple.

6.   Sir Anthony Dowell, the artistic director of the Royal Ballet, has been pursuing a policy of survival, relying on repertory staples to keep audience figures high.

7.   The major classical record companies are deservedly criticized for churning out more and more recordings of repertory staples.

8.   The performances were animated and full of surprise, a hard-won achievement in these repertory staples.

9.   The problem is that repertory staples are trotted out too often for their own good.

10.   The staging has become a repertory staple for Upshaw, but Lieberson has not performed it since First Night.