7 - Sunday, February 26, 1989 - Lynn Valley Echo

Local woman gears up for role in opera

THE WHIRLWIND life of Rosemary Courquin is enough
to exhaust anyone listening to her talk ‘about it.

The Lynn Valley resident of
some 14 years and mother of two
is preparing to perform in her first
principal role with the North Shore
Light Opera Society (NSLO).

She'll be playing Isabel, one of
General Stanley’s daughters in
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates
of Penzance, which is opening
March 3 at the Centennial Theatre.

The energetic 35-year-old
manages to fit three opera rehear-
sals a week around her regular
schedule, which includes fitness
and jazz dancing classes, teaching
yoga, running, modelling her long,
curly hair and being é a “‘full-time’’

Courquin came to Canada from
Fiji with her family in 1972. She
married a Canadian and is raising
two daughters, ages four and 10.

Although Courquin sang in
choirs and acted a little when she
was in school, her arrival in the
performing world was accidental.

In 1984 she was spotted in a jazz
dance class in West Vancouver by
the NSLO’s director, who was
looking for more black extras for
the production of Showboat.

The musical was already in

ROSEMARY COURQUIN eee
Lynn Valley woman to play prin-
cipal role in The Pirates of Pen-
zance.

The N©.0's beginnings go back
to 1943, with the formation of a
greup called Le Cantore D'Opera,
waich was to be an outlet for
?mateur musical performers.

Their initial productions, I
Pagliacci and Calaveria Rusticana,
were followed annually by a
musical offering.

The Pirates of Penzance is
directed by North Shore actress/
director Joan Harris, with musical
direction by Richard Williams and
choreography by Doreen Marlor.

The show will be playing March
3 and 4, 9 to 11 and 16 to 18 at 8
p.m., and at 2 p.m. on March 12.
For tickets call the North Van-
couver Recreation Centre, 988-
6166, or VTC/CBO outlets, 280-
4444, ‘

rehearsal when Courquin came
down for a look — and stayed.

She has been singing in the
chorus ever since as well as serving
as the NSLO's publicity director
for the past two years.

Courquin has also branched out
with the role of the flirtatious
Spanish waitress in Deep Cove
Stage’s Surprise Package and an
appearance in Sydney Poitier’s
movie, Shoot to Kill, filmed in
Vancouver last year.

Courquin’s main love is still the
NSLO, which is made up of 35
multi-talented local people who all
like to sing. According to her, a
love of music and willingness to
work, rather than a formal music
background, are the prerequisites
for becoming involved.

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