True Hallucinations
The Life and Death of Terence McKenna

An Opera
by Will Richter & Mark Pesce

Current status of the project:

On Friday 23 May 2003, three songs from TRUE HALLUCINATIONS - "The Incident", "Strophariad" and "Radiance" were performed live before an audience of 500 at the MINDSTATES conference in Berkeley, California. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive, and reflects the hard work and talent of composer/conductor Will Richter, soprano Marissa Steingold, tenor Scott O. Moore, violinist Philip Vaiman, and keyboardist Daniel Lessner.

Burning Man 2003

Sadly, we do not feel that TRUE HALLUCINATIONS will be ready to premiere at this year's Burning Man festival. In order to give ourselves time to perfect the work in its entirety, we're going to wait until the 2004 event to bring TRUE HALLUCINATIONS to Black Rock City.

Performances of TRUE HALLUCINATIONS

We are planning another work-in-progress performance for sometime in mid-November of 2003, in Los Angeles. We'll keep you informed!

CDs for Sale!

We still have a few limited-edition CDs of the performance at MINDSTATES. They are avaialble for $5 apiece. If you'd like one, please send us mail by clicking here. Thanks!