Ivan Plazačić, baritone and Đorđe Nešić, piano

Program:
Charles Gounod
L’absent

Jules Massenet
Élégie

Gabriel Fauré
Automne, Op. 18/3

Camille Saint-Saëns
L’attente

Eric Satie
Gnossienne No. 2
Gnossienne No. 3

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6/6

Not a word, O my friend, Op. 6/2

I should like in a single word

Richard Wagner
Wie Todesahnung, Wolfram von Eschenbach’s aria from the opera Tannhäuser

Igor Stravinsky
Come, master, observe the host of mankin, Nick Shadow’s aria from the opera Rake’s Progress

Jake Heggie
A Hundred Thousand Stars, Manfred’s aria from the opera Out of Darkness

Kevin Putts
J’ai perdu ta photo, Audebert’s aria from the opera Silent night

David Little
Two marines fromy cycle Soldier songs

Biogarphie:
Djordje Stevan Nesic’s performances have been described as artful, assertive, sensitive and quietly virtuosic, and his career highlighted by recital, concerto, chamber, and collaborative performances, both in the U.S. and internationally. He strives to promote music addressing social justice and human rights issues.
In December 2024, Djordje will conduct the opera An American Dream by Jack Perla and Jessica Murphy Moo at the Manhattan School of Music. Recently at MSM, he conducted the productions of Mozart’s La finta giardiniera and Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and Ana Sokolovic’s Svadba at Peabody. Upcoming, he will teach masterclasses in his native Belgrade, Serbia, before rejoining the music staff of Opera Saratoga for the summer, then returning to Europe for the Music and More Summerfest in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recent engagements include leading Ana Sokolovic’s Svadba at MSM, a world premiere of She Who Dared by Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton with ALT, appearances with the Berkshire Opera Festival, Carnegie Hall in NYC, Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, the Prototype Festival in NYC, the KotorArt Festival in Montenegro, the Serbian Cultural Center in Paris, and the Caixa Cultural in Brasilia. Notable engagements include: Carnegie Hall as the official pianist for the Joyce DiDonato masterclasses, NPR’s The Prairie Home Companion in NYC’s Town Hall, and a concert memorializing the victims of slave trade in the Great Hall of the United Nations General Assembly. With a group of his students from Carnegie Mellon University, he presented four concerts in Belgrade, Serbia, including the staged premiere of the opera Svadba by Ana Sokolovic.
Recordings include Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock on Bridge Records, Ricky Ian Gordon’s Ellen West on Bright Shiny Things, and Opera America Songbook. Other venues include Lincoln Center, the United Nations General Assembly Hall, the Mann Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia, FUJI TV in Japan, the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the Greenwich Music Festival, and the Phoenicia Voice Festival.
Formerly a faculty member of Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, he currently teaches at Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Purchase Music Conservatory.