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LA SCALA CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE SILVER

SCREEN WITH ANGELA GHEORGHIU’S
ACCLAIMED DEBUT IN LA TRAVIATA
EMERGING PICTURES’ EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CINEMA OPERA SERIES CONTINUES
WITH VERDI'S MOST BELOVED OPERA,
CONDUCTED BY LORIN MAAZEL, DIRECTED BY LILIANA CAVANI

Following Angela
Gheorghiu’s
celebrated La Scala
debut as Violetta in
the 2007 production
of La Traviata,
Emerging Pictures
brings this
performance to
theaters as part of its
High Definition opera
series. Cinemas
across the U.S. and
abroad will be
participating in these
screenings. Praised by
Bloomberg for having
“mastered the role”
and “acting her socks
off,” Gheorghiu leads an all-star cast which includes Ramón Vargas and Roberto Frontali. With the brilliant
conductor Lorin Maazel on the podium, La Traviata is directed by Liliana Cavani, designed by Dante
Ferretti, and choreographed by Micha van Hoecke. Screenings of La Traviata begin in New York on
February 16 at Symphony Space.

In the United States, Emerging Pictures is presenting this series through Emerging Cinemas, its network
of digital venues comprised of museums, performing arts centers, art houses and cultural centers
nationwide. Emerging Pictures has again partnered with Screenvision for distribution of the operas to
movie theaters nationwide. Screenvision is a leading cinema advertising and movie pre-show
entertainment company, and also provides a variety of alternative content programming to its network of
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entertainment company, and also provides a variety of alternative content programming to its network of
U.S. movie theatres via its Screenvision Programming Services division.

The operas are presented via digital cinema servers, enabling theaters to select the date and time of
single or multiple presentations. With the release of Aida in December 2007, Screenvision and Emerging
Pictures were the first companies worldwide to bring opera to cinemas equipped with the 2k systems of
Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology conforming to the guidelines set by the Digital Cinema
Initiative (DCI) experts which provide the absolute best image for the viewers.

In addition to La Traviata, productions slated for big screen release are Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda (La
Scala), Puccini’s Il Trittico (La Scala), Verdi’s La Forza del Destino (Maggio Musicale) and Puccini’s La
Rondine (Teatro La Fenice). Emerging Pictures’ first two opera releases, Aida (La Scala) and Tristan und
Isolde (La Scala), continue screening in theatres across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and
Canada.
Movie theater tickets for these operas are priced at $20 and selected cinemas may offer multiple
viewings. For additional information about Emerging Pictures, please contact Kirshbaum Demler &
Associates at 212/222-4843.

ABOUT EMERGING PICTURES

Emerging Pictures was founded in 2002 by Barry Rebo, Giovanni Cozzi and Ira Deutchman to create a
new theatrical distribution process for independent, international and documentary films through the use
of digital technology. Emerging has grown into a distribution, marketing and exhibition company through its
network of affiliated theaters, Emerging Cinemas, which bring first-run arthouse cinema and other
specialty programs such as operas , concerts and Syndicated Fim Festivals and series to cities and
communities that would otherwise not usually have access to such films. www.emergingpictures.com

PRODUCTION AND CAST INFORMATION

LA TRAVIATA
La Scala, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Liliana Cavani
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Cast: Includes Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Ramón Vargas (Alfredo Germont), Roberto Frontali (Giorgio
Germont)

MARIA STUARDA
La Scala, by Gaetano Donizetti, directed, designed and costumed by Pier Luigi Pizzi
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Cast: Includes Mariella Devia (Maria Stuarda), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Elisabetta)

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Nicolas Joel
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Design: Ezio Frigerio
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Cast: Includes Violeta Urmana (Donna Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlos di Vargas), Marcello Giordani
(Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla)

IL TRITTICO
La Scala, by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Luca Ronconi
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La Scala, by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Luca Ronconi

Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Design: Margherita Palli
Costumes: Silvia Aymonino
Cast: Includes Juan Pons (Michel), Miro Dvorski (Luigi), Paoletta Marrocu (Giorgetta), Anna Maria
Popescu (Frugola), Barbara Frittoli (Suor Angelica), Mariana Lipovsek (Zia Principessa), Leo Nucci
(Gianni Schicchi), Nino Machaidze (Lauretta), Cinzia De Mola (Zita), Stefano Secco (Rinuccio)

LA RONDINE
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, directed by Graham Vick
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Design: Peter J. Davison
Cast: Includes Fiorenza Cedolins (Magda), Massimo Giordano (Ruggero)

AIDA
La Scala, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Costumes: Maurizio Millenotti
Cast : Includes Ildiko Komlosi (Amneris), Violeta Urmana (Aida), Roberto Alagna (Radames), Giorgio
Giuseppini (Ramfis)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

La Scala, by Richard Wagner, directed by Patrice Chéreau
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Design: Richard Peduzzi
Cast: Includes Ian Storey (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Michelle De Young (Brangane), Gerd
Grokowski (Kurwenal), Matti Salminen (King Mark) and Will Hartmann (Melot)

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