BIOGRAPHY
Already as a young girl, Gaye possessed a broad musical taste. At the age of 16, she was engaged to perform in a regular television variety programme in Australia after which she completed a diploma in Operatic Arts at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. After 10 years of solo engagements in opera, Gaye was offered the role of Eva Peron, alternating with Patti Lupone, in the Australian Production of Evita directed by Hal Prince. This role started Gaye on a successful career in Musicals. Leading roles in Barnum​, ​Song and Dance​, ​They’re Playing our Song​ ​and Sweeney Todd​, amongst others, followed.
Upon her arrival in Germany in 1985, she was offered the role of Anna in The Rink​. Leading roles followed throughout Germany, France, most notably at Theater des Westens in Berlin where she performed such roles as Sally Bowles in Cabaret ​along side Hildegard Knef and Sally Durant ​in Follies​ with Eartha Kitt.​ On her return to Australia in 1992, Gaye again took up her operatic career, performing leading roles for Opera Australia in Cavalleria Rusticana​, Lohengrin​, Carmen, Elektra​, Tannhäuser ​and in 2004, in Wagner’s Ring Cycle​ under the baton of Asher Fisch.
On her return in 2007 to Germany, she performed in both Musicals and Opera throughout German speaking Europe.
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Gaye now resides permanently in Australia and is currently the Artistic Director of the Blackheath Theatre Company.
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For a full CV, please contact me here.
SELECTED CREDITS - MUSICALS
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Year Show Role Theatre
2016-17 The Full Monty Jeanette Landestheater Linz
2015-16 Flashdance Hanna Theater St Gallen
2015-16 Company Joanne Landestheater Linz
2012-14 Sweeney Todd Mrs Lovett Theater Magdeburg
2002 Sweeney Todd Mrs Lovett State Opera South Australia
1997 Evita Eva Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
1991 Follies Sally Durant Theater des Westens
1989 Kurt Weill Revue Soloist Theater des Westens
1988 Cabaret Sally Bowles Theater des Westens
1988 Cabaret Sally Bowles Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
1987 Chicago Velma Kelly Theater Des Westens
1987 Chicago Velma Kelly Deutsches Theater, Munich
1986 The Rink Anna Theater Bielefeld
1985 Side by Side Soloist Marian Street Theatre
1984 A Toast to Melba Nellie Melba Nimrod Theatre, Sydney
1983 Song and Dance Soloist Australian Tour
1982 Barnum Charity Australian Tour
1981 Evita Eva Her Majesty’s Theatre Sydney
SELECTED CREDITS - OPERA
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Year Show Role Theatre
2011-12 Jenufa Starenka Theater Magdeburg
2005 Elektra Overseer HK Philharmonic Orchestra
2004 Ring Cycle 2nd Norn, Siegrune State Opera of SA
2000 Elektra Overseer Sydney Festival
1998 Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza Opera Australia
1998 Lohengrin Ortrud Opera Australia
1997 Rigoletto Maddalena Opera Australia
La Forza del Destino Preziosilla Opera Australia
Maria Stuarda Hannah Opera Australia
1996 Carmen Mercedes Alan Smythe Productions
1997 Carmen Carmen Victorian State Opera
1994 Christinas World Christina Sydney Opera
1994 Carmen Carmen Victorian State Opera
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