Welcome to
Concert Operetta Theater
"The only concert operetta in the USA!"

Helen Corning Warden Theater,
A beautiful 1910 ballroom at The Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street, Philad
elphia, PA 19103


Daniel Pantano, Executive and Artistic Director
2129 W. Ritner Street Philadelphia, PA 19145
(215) 389-0648 ConcertOT @ aol . com

Concert Operetta Theater is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
All donations are tax-deductible.

Click here to see and hear over 204 videos clips of
past productions and concerts on
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2011 - 2012 Season
COT's 10th Season!

Saturday, October 22 and Sunday October 23
both concerts at 4 pm

Victor Herbert's 1913 eternal favorite
Sweethearts

Is she Sylvia the laundress or Princess Jeanne?
How did she get to Holland and raised by Paula (AKA Mother Goose)?
Will she find true love with the cad Karl or with the handsome Franz?

 

Find all the answers to these questions in this 1913 Dutch romp.
Hear the songs you love!
Every Love Must Meet His Fate, Jeanette and Her Wooden Shoes,
Pretty as a Picture, The Game of Love, The Angelus,
Cricket on the Hearth
and Sweethearts!

Starring


Megan Monaghan, as Sylvia and Zachary Altman, as Prince Franz
also starring

Rachel Hendrickson* as Liane and
Siddhartha Misra* as Lieutenant Karl

with
Mary Punshon as Dame Paula, Michael Ashby as Percival Slingsby,
Thomas Faracco as Aristide Caniche, Justin Johnson as Petrus von Tromp
and Daniel Pantano as Mikel

and featuring the six beautiful gosslings
Adrienne Weber Bishop*
Sydney de Lapeyrouse*
Jennifer Holbrook*
Tayla Lieberman*
Stephanie Melzie*
Marisa Robinson*

with Steven Gantzos*, David Milley* and Marcus Saitschenko*

*COT debut

José Meléndez, music director and pianist

and

March 2012

Apple Blossoms
by Fritz Kreisler


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


Concert Operetta Theater productions are available on DVD for
An afternoon of Classic Operettas (The Carp & The Lovely Galatea, 2011)
Remembering Romberg! (concert 2011)
T he Merry Nibelung (Oscar Straus, 2010)
Giuditta (Franz Lehar, 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)

Call or email O.K. Video
406 Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE 19809
302-762-2333 or okvideo@gmail.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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