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STAGES with Peter EyersAuthor: Peter Eyers
STAGES is the podcast that accesses a variety of professional life connecting with an audience. A host of creative artists reflect on their career, their process and what matters to them. Some have made the arts a lifetime pursuit, some explain how their career became a happy accident but all describe the challenges and demands and ultimately celebrate why theres no business like show business! STAGES talks to talent from front of house and backstage - directors, designers, drag artists and doormen performers, producers and publicists ... teachers, technicians and talent! Whatever stages it takes to engage and affect an audience or whatever it takes to carve out a career in the arts well examine it in STAGES. STAGES is the recipient of the Best New Podcaster Award at The Australian Podcast Awards in 2019. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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STAGES Episode 609: GAYE MACFARLANE
Episode 609
Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
Gaye MacFarlane is an acclaimed Australian mezzo-soprano whose career has spanned more than four decades across opera, musical theatre, concert performance, television and radio. A born performer, she began singing professionally as a teenager on Australian television before completing a Diploma in Operatic Arts at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.Her early operatic career saw principal roles with major companies including Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera and South Australian Opera. She performed leading roles in works such as Carmen, The Italian Girl in Algiers, Orfeo and Euridice, Ariadne auf Naxos and The Rape of Lucretia. Highlights include the title role in Carmen in both Australia and Germany, Venus in Tannhäuser, Maddalena in Rigoletto, and appearances in Wagner’s Ring Cycle.Gaye’s transition into musical theatre began when she was cast as Eva Perón in Evita, alternating the role with Patti LuPone in the Australian production directed by Hal Prince. This success led to starring roles in Barnum, Song and Dance, They’re Playing Our Song and Sweeney Todd.Her European career flourished from 1985, with leading roles at Berlin’s Theater des Westens and Munich’s Theater am Gärtnerplatz. She appeared as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Sally Durant in Follies, Anna in The Rink and Velma Kelly in Chicago, performing alongside legends including Hildegard Knef and Eartha Kitt.As a concert soloist, Gaye has performed Verdi’s Requiem, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with leading orchestras in Australia and abroad. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au
