RUN, DON’T WALK, TO SEE THE NEW PRODUCTION OF DIE ZAUBERFLöTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE) AT THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA…IT’S MAGNIFICENT!

On September 24, 2009

This was the first opera I saw on my honeymoon in Paris in 1950 and it just gets better and better. I also prefer the original German to French. This new production featured the amazing puppets, costuming, and special effects of Lion King’s Julie Taymor. The humor, the acting, and the singing were perfect, especially Christopher Maltman as Papageno and Erika Miklosa as the Queen of the Night. Big thanks to my niece, Margaret Magill, a violinist with the Met orchestra, who was able to get me tickets for the opening night.

This was also the first time I had seen the new fountain at Lincoln Center. The night couldn’t have been more beautiful—a warm, balmy, sit-outside-in-a-café sort of evening on the cusp of autumn. The whole area is one that those of you who visit the Big Apple must not miss.

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Jon Pollack

I loved the Chagall production. I am sorry it finally had to be replaced, but happy you like the replacement.

September 25, 2009

This is the blog for Meg Noble Peterson, whose latest book is Madam, Have You Ever Really Been Happy? An Intimate Journey Through Africa and Asia, the story of her first eight-month solo backpacking trip around the world. A synopsis and excerpts from the book can be found on this website.

I began this blog, detailing my recent adventures throughout the world, in the summer of 2005 with my trip to Sweden and Norway. Scroll down to the end to begin this journey. And be sure to browse the Archives and Categories for more in-depth information with photos and stories.

In the blog I include backpacking trips to northern and southern India, Nepal, Myanmar, Ladakh, Kashmir, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tanzania, as well as backpacking and hiking in the Pacific Northwest and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Here is a quick recap of trips taken before starting the blog:

In March, 2005, I traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic.

In May, 2004, I spent a month with my eldest daughter in Tibet. Together we circumambulated sacred Mt. Kailash over the Dolma La (pass) at 18,000 ft. and Lake Manasarovar at 14,000 ft. We camped in the countryside, mixed with nomads, and visited the sacred places and temples of this beleaguered country.

In May, 2003, I explored the many facets of Peru and climbed on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

In May, 1999 I did the Wainwright Walk across England from St. Bees Head on the Irish Sea to Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea. And in November and early December of the same year I trekked, once again, in Nepal, doing the Annapurna circuit, and going over the Thorong La (pass) at 17,500 ft.

To see the places I traveled on my previous trips, visit the map on this website.

In 1998, my eldest son, Christopher, treated the entire family to a trip to the Galapagos Islands, three years before he died. This will remain one of the high points of all my travel adventures.

Author of Madam, Have You Ever Really Been Happy? An Intimate Journey through Africa and Asia

RUN, DON’T WALK, TO SEE THE NEW PRODUCTION OF DIE ZAUBERFLöTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE) AT THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA…IT’S MAGNIFICENT!

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RUN, DON’T WALK, TO SEE THE NEW PRODUCTION OF DIE ZAUBERFLöTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE) AT THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA…IT’S MAGNIFICENT!

I JUST HAD TO VISIT LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ONE MORE TIME!

TRAVEL IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE YOUNGER GENERATION LIKE WILDFIRE, AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS!

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