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Welcome
to
Concert Operetta Theater
"The only Viennese concert operetta in the USA!"
At The Helen Corning Warden Theater
A beautiful 1910 ballroom at The Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Daniel Pantano, Executive and Artistic Director
2129 W. Ritner Street Philadelphia, PA 19145
215-389-0648
ConcertOT@aol.com
Click here to see and hear
Concert Operetta Theater
on
Youtube!
2010 - 2011 Season
Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 4 pm
One show only!
The Helen Corning Warden Theater at the Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street
Remembering Romberg!
Musical selections from
The Student Prince, Desert Song, New Moon, Viennese Nights,
Maytime,
My Maryland, and The Night is Young
October 24, 2010 at 3 pm
Merkin Hall in New York City
The NYC Premiere of
The Merry Nibelung
(Die lustigen Nibelungen) by Oscar Straus
An operetta burlesque based on the German Mythology
which became the basis for Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Pro-Wagnerians caused riots over the performances in 1904
and it found itself banned by 1908!
Siegfried must die!
Gunther is obliged to go into combat with Brünhilde to win her as a bride
while the rich Siegfried arrives to wed Kriemhild. The Worms family
needing Siegfried’s money thinks he would be better off dead!
See the worst family before the Sopranos!
The modern hit of the Vienna Volksoper!
New English translation by
Michael Ashby, Daniel Pantano, and Stephan Stoeckl
José Meléndez, music director and pianist
Click here to read Steve Cohen's review in The Broad Street Review
Click here to read the review on The Opera Critic Web site
Click here to read Lewis Whittington's article on The Edge
Click here to see productions photos by Donato Valentino
taken at the June 14th production in Philadelphia
Click here to see videos from the June production
March 2011
The Helen Corning Warden Theater at the Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street
An Evening of One Act Operetta
...more to come!
May 2011
The Helen Corning Warden Theater at the Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street
Victor Herbert eternal favorite
Sweethearts
hear
Every Lover Must Meet His Fate, Jeanette and her Wooden Shoes,
The Angelus, The Game of Love, Pretty as a Picture,
The Cricket on the Hearth and Sweethearts!
What the critics have said about Concert Operetta Theater
Daniel Pantano dedicates himself to restoring and preserving this type of music
theater. He is artistic director of the Concert Operetta Theater and he casts his productions with attractive professionals. These shows are worth seeing and hearing
for their tunefulness and wistfulness. And, on occasion, there comes a weekend like
this when we get even more.
Steve Cohen, The Opera Critic
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.
Michael Caruso, Chestnut Hill Local
The Concert Operetta Theater draws on the huge pool of classically trained singers
based in our region to present classic operettas concert-style, without sets or costumes. They leave the details up to your imagination and concentrate on the music and the dialogue. I was especially impressed with the quality of the acting. There’s no reason,
after all, why a vocalist who can hit high notes shouldn't be able to recite dialogue in a natural, effective manner.
Tom Purdom, Broad Street Review
Videos and DVD's of COT productions are available for
The Merry Nibelung (2010)
Giuditta (2010)
Music of the American Operetta (concert, 2009)
A Waltz Dream (Oscar Straus, 2009)
Sari (Emmerich Kalman, 2008)
Loves of Lehar (concert, 2008)
Naughty Marietta (Victor Herbert, 2008)
Countess Maritza -2007 (Emmerich Kalman, 2007)
The Cousin from Batavia (Eduard Kunneke, 2007)
The Merry Widow (Franz Lehar, 2006)
An Afternoon of Operetta Classics (concert, 2006)
The Czarevitch (Franz Lehar, 2006)
A Night in Vienna! (concert, 2005)
The Music of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (concert, 2005)
Die Schöne Galathée (Franz von Suppe, 2005)
The Chocolate Soldier (Oscar Straus, 2004)
The Duchess of Chicago (Emmerich Kalman, 2004)
The Count of Luxembourg (Franz Lehar, 2004)
O.K. Video
406 Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE 19809
302-762-2333 or okvideo1@aol.com
I totally enjoyed the Saturday afternoon performance of Kalman's operetta Sari, featuring Steven LaBrie....Glorious singing, excellent Hungarian sonics, with umlauted sounds to die for! A special thanks to you for preserving, nurturing and making so vibrant the operetta genre.
Lew Loesburg.
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
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