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Straz Center's Opera Tampa

LOVE V. DEATH

Dates

Nov 1, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025

Date

Jaeb Theater

Synopsis

In this world premiere chamber opera, Tampa Bay area composer Tom Sivak uses dark humor to explore two macabre historical events.

Act I: This opera recounts the haunting true tale of Carl von Cosel, a German-born radiology technologist living in Key West, FL, whose fixation with a young Cuban American woman suffering from tuberculosis transforms into a macabre devotion that endures long after her passing.

Act II: As those closest to Mary Mallon begin to fall victim to a mysterious illness—believed to be Typhoid Fever—the opera unravels the tragic fates of those in her orbit, culminating in her arrest and the shadows it casts over her legacy.

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08/01/2025 12:00 PM

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Synopsis

In this world premiere chamber opera, Tampa Bay area composer Tom Sivak uses dark humor to explore two macabre historical events.

Act I: This opera recounts the haunting true tale of Carl von Cosel, a German-born radiology technologist living in Key West, FL, whose fixation with a young Cuban American woman suffering from tuberculosis transforms into a macabre devotion that endures long after her passing.

Act II: As those closest to Mary Mallon begin to fall victim to a mysterious illness—believed to be Typhoid Fever—the opera unravels the tragic fates of those in her orbit, culminating in her arrest and the shadows it casts over her legacy.

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Nov 1, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025

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