The first in Hungary to join these simulcasts, Müpa has fitted out both the Festival Theatre and the Auditorium with the technology required for these performances to truly be enjoyed in their full splendour. Hungarian-language subtitles help viewers follow the plots to the pieces, which are sung in their original languages.

During the intervals of the performances, the simulcast audience will receive important and fascinating background information through English-language interviews with the principals and other presentations of behind-the-scenes secrets.

The first performance in Müpa's ninth season of Met Live in HD transmissions will take place on 8 October, with Sir Simon Rattle conducting Wagner's musical drama Tristan und Isolde. Over the course of the season's ten performances, the audience will get the chance to encounter numerous superb singers, many of whom are very well known, and quite a few others who (for the time being, at least) will be less familiar.

Don Giovanni, for example, will feature Roland Villazon and Simon Kennlyside, while Nabucco will see Plácido Domingo starring in the title role. The bel canto princess Diana Damrau will appear in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Thomas Hampson in La traviata, and Matthew Polenzani in Idomeneo. Anna Netrebko and Renée Fleming will also both be taking the stage at the legendary opera house, in Eugene Onegin and Der Rosenkavelier respectively.

Ticket prices are HUF 3,200 and HUF 4,500, with reduced rates for for up to four tickets per performance for members of the Müpa+ loyalty programme. The extent of the discounts is dependent on the Müpa+ card type held.

7 January 2017, 6:55 pm - Verdi: Nabucco - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

8 January 2017, 6 pm - Verdi: Nabbucco - Encore – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

15 January 2017, 6 pm - Verdi: Nabbucco - Encore - Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

21 January 2017, 6:55 pm - Gounod: Romeo et Juliette – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

21 January 2017, 6:55 pm - Gounod: Romeo et Juliette - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

29 January 2017, 6 pm - Gounod: Romeo et Juliette - Encore - Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

25 February 2017, 6:55 pm - Dvořák: Rusalka – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

25 February 2017, 6:55 pm - Dvořák: Rusalka - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

11 March 2017, 6:55 pm - Verdi: La Traviata – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

11 March 2017, 6:55 pm - Verdi: La Traviata - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

12 March 2017, 6 pm - Verdi: La Traviata - Encore - Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

25 March 2017, 6 pm - Mozart: Idomeneo – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

25 March 2017, 6 pm - Mozart: Idomeneo - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

22 April 2017, 6:55 pm - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

22 April 2017, 6:55 pm - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200 / HUF 4500

23 April 2017, 6 pm - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Encore - Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

30 April 2017, 6 pm - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Encore – Auditorium
Ticket prices: 4500 HUF

13 May 2017, 6:30 pm - R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Auditorium
Ticket prices: 4500 HUF

13 May 2017, 6:30 pm R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Festival Theatre
Ticket prices: HUF 3200, HUF 4500

14 May 2017, 6 pm - R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Encore - Auditorium
Ticket prices: HUF 4500

Source and tickets: mupa.hu