Concert Operetta Theater
2007-2008 Season

June 21 & 22, 2008
Naughty Marietta (1910)
by Victor Herbert
Book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young

One of the best loved American operettas with such hits as

"Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"
"The Italian Street Song"
"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
"Neath the Southern Moon"
"I'm Falling in Love With Someone"

Starring
Allison Hymel as Marietta
Joseph Demarest as Captain Dick
Greg Vorst as Etienne Grandet

Also starring
Teresa D'Amico as Lizette
and A. Scott Bullitt as "Monsieur By-and-By"
Jose Melendez, music director and pianist

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Videos and DVD's of COT productions are available for

The Loves of Lehar (concert)
Countess Maritza 2007 (Emmerich Kalman)
The Cousin from Batavia (Eduard Kunneke)
The Merry Widow (Franz Lehar)
An Afternoon of Operetta Classics (concert)
A Night in Vienna! (concert)
The Music of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (2005 concert)
The Chocolate Soldier (Oscar Straus)
Die Schöne Galathée (Franz von Suppe)

O.K. Video
406 Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE 19809
302-762-2333 or okvideo1@aol.com

I received the Maritza DVD and immediately played it. Bravo!  Wie lieblich! Wie entzükend!   The voices were uniformly quite good and the women all are very attractive and cute.   The small chorus works very well with minimal musical diminution.   Your approach and concept is an excellent and efficient, yet musically and theatrically valuable and enjoyable, format! 
David Baumgartner, Ohio

"The Cousin from Batavia " was the first COT performance that
I attended, having learned only a few months ago of
your existence through an internet search. I very much
enjoyed the performance and look forward to coming back
for more. I'm glad to see that there are at least a few others
who also enjoy this kind of music. Thank you for your efforts!
Carl Shankweiler Valley View, Pa.

Thank you for keeping the music of the operetta alive. 
Last Saturday's Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
concert was fantastic.  It brought back many happy memories.
The voices were magnificent and the setting -
the beautiful St. Monica'sChurch - made for a heavenly evening.
Cleta  Higgins

In a city with far too few performances of
opera and virtually none of operetta,
Concert Operetta Theater has carved out a
regional niche for itself that needs and deserves
support because no one else is doing what it does
— perform the glorious repertoire of operettas.
Michel Caruso, The Chestnut Hill Local

The production (The Czarevitch) was really super...
You must come to realize what a great contribution
you make to the regional music scene.
For that I thank you most sincerely.
Keep up the good...no, excellent work.
Dr. Joseph McGory

Bravo Daniel, Outstanding singing!
The Czarevitch was a wonderful production.
Bob Abbott

"A Night in Vienna! was an evening of delight, so many
wonderful talented performers. We want to thank you
for "Vienna" and previous productions that have thrilled
us and retrained our faith that operatta can still be
experienced in this era."
Illene and Don Suplee

"Schöne Galathée was truly Schön"
Dan Rothermel, The Savoy Company

"You may be controversial in Philadelphia,
but you certainly understand this material"
Michael Presser, Inside Broadway

"Countess Maritza adds another feather to the crown of
Concert Operetta Theater and its founder Daniel Pantano"
John Lane, The Weekly Press 2003

"The invaluable Concert Operetta Theater…"
Michael Harrington, Philadelphia Inquirer

"After the performance (The Duchess of Chicago)
I jotted down the comment "near perfect!"
J. Gehringer, NJ

"What a magnificent musical afternoon - Bravo!"
F. Horwitz, Chester County, PA