D ECCA ARE PROUD TO ANNO UNCE THE FIRST 1 0 RELEA SES IN T HE COMPACT O PERA C O L LECTION . THE SERIES HAS BEEN DESIGN ED TO A PPEAL TO THE COLLECTOR AND FI R ST-TIME BUY ER A LI KE B Y PRESENTIN G A TRULY GRE AT COLLECTION OF OPERA RECORDINGS FROM THE DECCA AND P HILIPS C A T A LOGU ES, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED A T A TRULY R EMARKABLE PRICE.

2CDs

• Verd i Rig oletto Gruberova, Bruson, Sinopoli • Verdi La Traviata Sutherland, Bergonzi, Pritchard

• Gluck Drfeo ed Euridice McNair, Ragin, Gardiner • Puccini La Boheme Tebaldi Bergonzi, Serafi n

• Rossini II Barbiere di Siviglia All en, Baltsa , Marriner

• Puccini Madama Butterfly Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Serafin • Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Caballe, Carreras, Cobos

3CDs

• Bellini Norma Sutherland, Horne, Bonynge • Mozart Don Giovanni Weikl, Price, Sass, Solti

• Wagner Die Walkure Nilsson, Vickers, Leinsdorf

The next 10 t i t les are currently being prepared for October 2002.

470 577-2 (2CO)

470434-2 (2CO]

470437-2 [2CO]

470 440-2 (2CO]

470443-2 (3CO)

• PRICE!! - 2CD sets will be offered at 1 CD top-price, ... significantly below the mid price operas on other major labels .

3 and 4 CD sets will be similarly competitive. • Outstanding recordings from the Decca and Philips catalogues . • Some recordings are first time reductions from Top Price offering truly outstanding value (e.g. Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Orfao ad Euridice and Sir Neville Marriner's II Barbiere di Siviglia) . • Booklets contain cast lists and plot summaries.

• Full libretti with translations (English, French, German) are available as enhanced CD ROM content.

SUPERB VALUE!