The program has expanded to include performances from many world-renowned Opera and Ballet companies and festivals. The 2008 schedule includes performances from the Salzburg and Glyndebourne Festivals, the Bolshoi Ballet, Venice’s  Teatro La Fenice, Bologna’s  Teatro Comunale, Florence’s Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Parma’s Teatro Regio. The 2009 season will then begin with the opening night of La Scala.

As of August 2008 The Emerging Pictures Opera and Ballet programs have been shown in cinemas in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden. In the fall of 2008 distribution will be expanded into other countries.